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Google has released an urgent security update for the Chrome desktop web browser to address a severe high-severity vulnerability that is currently being exploited in the wild. The search giant rolled out the fix on Friday, updating the Stable channel t…
New investigation by Q Continuum reveals 287 Chrome extensions leaking the private browsing data of 37.4 million users to firms like Similarweb and Alibaba. Learn how these harmless tools turn your history into a product.
With more than 37 million combined downloads, the extensions expose users to tracking and personal information theft.
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As AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok gain mainstream adoption, cybercriminals are weaponizing their popularity to distribute malicious browser extensions. Security researchers have uncovered a coordinated campaign involving 30 Chrome exte…
Three of the security defects are high-severity flaws, two of which were found and reported by Google.
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A new security investigation has uncovered 287 Chrome extensions that appear to secretly send users’ browsing data to remote servers, impacting an estimated 37.4 million installs. That is roughly 1%1% of the global Chrome user base, based on the resear…
Google has released Chrome 145 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac, and Linux systems, addressing 11 security vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to execute malicious code on affected systems. The update, announced on February 10, 2026, will …
Google has released a new Stable Channel update for Chrome (version 144.0.7559.132/.133) on February 3, 2026, addressing two high‑severity vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause system crashes. The update is rolli…
Key TakeawaysGoogle Chrome is a fast and secure web browser. The Google Chrome Offline Installer is a large standalone setup file that lets you install Chrome without an internet connection, unlike the usual small online setup file which downloads more…
A new study shows that some of the most widely used AI-powered browser extensions are a privacy risk. They collect lots of data and require a high level of browser access. The research was conducted by Incogni, which analyzed 442 AI-powered Google Chro…