A malvertising campaign is using a fake ad-blocking Chrome and Edge extension named NexShield that intentionally crashes the browser in preparation for ClickFix attacks. The attacks were spotted ...

Ad injection campaigns affect both site owners and end users When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. For those unfamiliar, ad injection ...

A Chrome browser extension advertised as a way to hide sponsored ads on Amazon has been caught quietly hijacking affiliate links in the background, redirecting commissions to its developer without ...

Since January, we’ve been following a set of major changes to extensions on Google Chrome, called Manifest V3, which includes a controversial rework of how ad blockers are expected to function. In ...

Google’s journey toward Chrome’s “Manifest V3” has been happening for four years now, and if the company’s new timeline holds up, we’ll all be forced to switch to it in year 5. “Manifest V3” is the ...

It turned out that there were cases in which quiet malware was sneaked into ad blocking function released as an extension of Google's web browser "Chrome". Advertisement blocker that revealed this ...

Wired caused a bit of a stir earlier this week when it announced that it would block anyone who uses an ad-blocker from viewing its site. Worried that adblockers would eventually prevent them from ...

In a recent revelation by OMG Chrome and the developer of the Chrome extension Add to Feedly, it came to light that Chrome extensions are capable of changing service or ownership under a user’s nose ...