Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., at a Feb. 24 hearing of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Wyden asked online-testing firm ProctorU to bolster its cybersecurity. (Photo by Leigh Vogel-Pool/Getty Images) Online testing firm agrees to security audit after inquiry from senator It’s another case of privacy and security risks emerging in technology that is key to adapting to the coronavirus pandemic. Apr 9, 2021 By Sean Lyngaas
Researchers believe hackers used Chrome extensions and other malicious tools — along with domains issued by a single registrar — to spy on computer users. (Getty Images) How hackers used malicious Chrome extensions in a mass spying campaign The discovery exposes another gap in web browser security despite vendor pledges to block malicious code from download stores. Jun 18, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
Evernote patches flaw potentially affecting 4.6 million users of Google Chrome extension The flaw was fixed last month. Jun 12, 2019 By Jeff Stone
(Stephen Shankland / Flickr) This tool allows you to check the code powering Chrome extensions Automation can help with the laborious but important work of tracking the third-party code used by extensions. Feb 21, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
( Flickr user Christoph Scholz Chrome malware targets cryptocurrency, spreads through Facebook’s Messenger A phishing scam via Facebook Messenger has led to the spread of "FacexWorm." May 2, 2018 By Zaid Shoorbajee