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Google fights spammy extensions with new Chrome Web Store policy
The policies are specifically meant to fight spam, but they outlaw tactics taken by malicious extensions as well, including fake reviews.
49 malicious Chrome extensions caught pickpocketing crypto wallets
They were posing as crypto wallets in order to rip off users’ private keys and mnemonic phrases and drain real wallets. Google’s yanked them.
Google throws bug bounty bucks at mega-popular third-party apps
Google’s going to throw more bug bounty money at the problem of nasty apps in its Play Store, it announced on Thursday. In a post from the Android Security & Privacy team’s Adam Bacchus, Sebastian Porst, and Patrick Mutchler , the company said that it’s throwing the security net over not just its own apps, but […]
Browser plug-ins peddled personal data from over 4m browsers
Nacho Analytics gathered data like passwords, tax and prescription data from browser add-ons – and those who bought it can keep it.
Firefox add-ons with obfuscated code will be banned by Mozilla
The updated Add-on Policy aims to rid Firefox of third-party malicious code that hides what it’s really up to.
Google locks out extensions that don’t come from its Chrome Web Store
Time’s up for Chrome extensions from third-party sites.
Firefox to get a “walled garden” for browser extensions, Mozilla to be sole arbiter
Mozilla has announced that its Firefox browser is heading towards signed browser extensions only. Even if you publish your extensions “off market,” you’ll have to get Mozilla to sign them first.