Chrome Web Store extensions have infected hundreds of millions of users with malware This article, originally posted in Japanese on 15:00 Jun 26, 2024, may contains some machine-translated parts.

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After phishing attack: Malicious extensions smuggled into Chrome Web Store Over the Christmas period, the perpetrators gained access to various Chrome extensions – in some cases even much earlier.

Google recently purged some 200 extensions from its Chrome Store inventory. Extensions and add-ons let users add functions and features to the Chrome Web browser, but bad extensions can expose users ...

After finding that 9 out of 10 cryptomining extensions do not follow guidelines, the Google Web Store is planning to ban all cryptomining extensions for its Chrome browser by the middle of this year.

It sounds counterintuitive, but hear me out. If you’re looking for a new browser extension to try, or you want to download one that has been recommended to you, stop using the Chrome Web Store ...

Google has introduced new updates to its Chrome Web Store policies that help improve the quality of the extensions in the store. Developers have until August 27 to comply with the new policies.

The Chrome Web Store will no longer allow new extensions that specifically mine for cryptocurrencies.

If the Chrome Web Store is not opening/working or you can't install or add new extensions to Chrome, this post will help you fix the issue.

Google today announced that it will ban from its Chrome Web Store any and all browser extensions that mine crypto. Mining cryptocurrencies in the browser isn’t the most efficient way for ...

So far, Chrome Web Store policy permitted cryptocurrency mining in extensions as long as it is the extension's single purpose, and the user is adequately informed about the mining behavior.