Tag: Browsers
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Google Announces 5 Major Security Updates for Chrome Extensions
Google has made several new announcements for its Chrome Web Store that aims at making Chrome extensions more secure and transparent to its …
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Google to make Chrome extensions safer and privacy-preserving
Google has announced a number of security changes in the Chrome extensions system: a more thorough extensions review process, better user …
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New Chrome extension rules aim to tackle questions over trustworthiness
Google is rolling out new rules and vetting processes for Chrome extensions to restrict untrustworthy apps. Google has outlined a number …
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Google to no longer allow Chrome extensions that use obfuscated code
Google announced today five new rules for the Chrome Web Store, the portal where users go to download Chrome extensions. The new rules are …
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Phishing campaign targets developers of Chrome extensions
Developers of Google Chrome extensions have been targeted by a massive phishing campaign last week, ZDNet has learned. The campaign …
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A final call for replacing security certificates using Symantec roots
The stable release of Google Chrome 70 is coming up this month. This means that sites with remaining Symantec certificates will be flagged …
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Power to the people! Google backtracks (a bit) on forced Chrome logins
Crowdpower! Even the mighty, all-seeing EoG (eye of Google) can’t always predict how its users are going to feel about new features that …
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Google to Stop Automatically Logging Users into Chrome
Google has reversed course on a controversial recent browser update it introduced with little notice that automatically logs users into …
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Firefox Monitor starts tracking breached email addresses
Mozilla has formally launched Firefox Monitor, a privacy-engineered website that hooks up to Troy Hunt’s Have I Been Pwned? (HIBP) breach …
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Google Promises Chrome Updates after Sign In Synchronization Snafu
Google has stepped into the debate over data security in its products, saying that signing out of Google “makes your authentication …
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Mozilla rolls out recovery key option for Firefox accounts
Mozilla announced today a new recovery option for Firefox Accounts, the user system included inside the Firefox browser. Starting today, …
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Google actually listens to users, hands back cookies and rethinks Chrome auto sign-in
Stung by criticism over its creepy cookie hoarding and automatic sign-in in Chrome, Google has pulled a swift U-turn. Kind …
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