Google has officially launched its Chrome Web Store for Enterprises, allowing organizations to create a curated list of extensions that can be installed in employees' web browsers. Malicious Chrome ...

With the increasing popularity of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Monero, Ether, Litecoin and many others, cryptomining has not only become a serious pastime for some currency speculators, but a ...

Once upon a time, the browser wars revolved around which browser supports more or better extensions. As those extensions became more popular or got imitated, their exclusivity became less of a selling ...

The people overseeing the security of Google’s Chrome browser explicitly forbid third-party extension developers from trying to manipulate how the browser extensions they submit are presented in the ...

This is the system that Google was using to handle payments on the Web Store, such as one-time fees, monthly subscriptions, and free trials for commercial Chrome extensions. The move to shut down the ...

Google has announced that they will be removing extensions from the Chrome Web Store that are installed using misleading and deceptive installation tactics. This is being done to further protect ...

Search for many popular extensions on the Chrome Web Store and you’ll see misleading and potentially malicious apps first. Google’s Chrome Web Store always lists apps before extensions, and hucksters ...

Earlier this year, Google announced some changes to the Chrome Web Store in an effort to curb malicious extensions. Now, Google is announcing that paid Chrome extensions will no longer be available.

There are 188,620 extensions available on the Chrome Web Store, and while you might think this provides a wide variety of choices for Chrome users, in reality, most of these extensions are dead or ...

Google has temporarily suspended paid extensions from the Chrome Web Store. The move comes in response to a recent increase in fraudulent transactions involving the paid extensions. Simeon Vincent, ...

Editor’s Note: As of March 10, the warning on the Chrome Web Store page has been removed, and replaced with a message that says: “You can now add extensions from the Chrome Web Store to Microsoft Edge ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. On January 20, I reported how Google had confirmed the ...