Socket, a cybersecurity startup that sells technology to help safeguard open-source code against hackers, has raised a new round of funding that values the company at $1 billion. Josh Kushner’s Thrive ...

Browser extensions have evolved into essential browser tools that reshape how people work, search, and stay secure online. Modern productivity browser extensions now combine tab management, AI ...

Founder John Tuckner, the company’s sole employee, joins Socket as it broadens its platform across another part of the software supply chain More of the software people rely on every day now comes in ...

The ongoing GlassWorm campaign has deployed a fresh wave of malicious Visual Studio (VS) Code extensions, many of which seem initially benign but later deploy self-replicating malware that can poison ...

Malicious browser extensions disguised as TikTok downloaders compromised 130,000 users, exposing a growing blind spot in enterprise security. A widespread browser extension campaign is quietly ...

Experts suggest immediately removing any of these extensions from your Chrome web browser. To do so, click on the three dots in the top right corner of your browser window. Next, hover over the menu ...

Stop me if you've heard this one before: a large wave of trusted extensions on the Chrome Web Store has been found to nest malware despite performing their core functions as described. If this sounds ...

More than 100 malicious extensions in the official Chrome Web Store are attempting to steal Google OAuth2 Bearer tokens, deploy backdoors, and carry out ad fraud. Researchers at application security ...

A large-scale campaign involving 108 malicious Chrome extensions has been uncovered, affecting roughly 20,000 users. The extensions, spread across categories such as gaming, social media tools and ...

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