Using Browser Extensions to Translate or Download Videos? Better Check They're Not One of These 17 Malicious Add-Ons Cybersecurity firm LayerX uncovers 17 malicious extensions that can enable click ...

Malicious Google Chrome extensions have stolen large language model (LLM) conversations and browser data from hundreds of thousands of users. Application security vendor Ox Security detailed a ...

In early December 2025, security researchers exposed a cybercrime campaign that had quietly hijacked popular Chrome and Edge browser extensions on a massive scale. A threat group dubbed ShadyPanda ...

Threat actors continue to probe Visual Studio Code's extension ecosystem, and a late November incident shows how quickly a trusted developer tool can be turned into a supply chain beachhead. In a ...

The extensions were seen profiling users, reading cookie data to create unique identifiers, and executing payloads with browser API access. A threat actor has published over a hundred malicious ...

Google's new AI-powered Antigravity IDE has triggered an intense discussion among developers after many users quickly concluded that the tool is based on Microsoft's Visual Studio Code. A Hacker News ...

The change is currently tested in Edge Canary and affects user consent and control over Chrome Web Store extension installs. Microsoft is known for aggressive Edge promotion inside Windows and Bing.

Careless developers publishing Visual Studio extensions to two open marketplaces have been including access tokens and other secrets that can be exploited by threat actors, a security vendor has found ...

Organizations have accidentally exposed secrets across Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) marketplaces, posing significant risks not just to the organizations themselves but also to the greater ...

The coordinated campaign abuses Visual Studio Code and OpenVSX extensions to steal code, mine cryptocurrency, and maintain remote control, all while posing as legitimate developer tools. In a new ...

WTF?! Several browser extensions with a combined total of more than 2.3 million downloads were reportedly hijacking browsing sessions and tracking user activity. Many of these malicious add-ons ...

Out of the box, Chrome is a functional, albeit boring, browser. The real fun starts when you try all the cool Chrome extensions. If there's something Chrome can't do — or can't do well — then there's ...