Google Chrome is the most widely used browser around, and that's largely thanks to its customizability. By adding the best Chrome extensions, you can surf the web your way, and anonymously by throwing ...

Shady VPNs are giving people a ‘false sense of security.’ But why are Russians being targeted?

A Google Chrome Web Store campaign uses over 100 malicious browser extensions that mimic legitimate tools, such as VPNs, AI assistants, and crypto utilities, to steal browser cookies and execute ...

A popular Chrome VPN extension, FreeVPN, is accused of being spyware. It was reportedly capturing screenshots of every single that that the user would visit. It was then sending those screen grabs to ...

A popular Google-featured browser extension offering a virtual private network (VPN) service recently turned malicious and is now spying on users’ every move online. Researchers from Koi Security ...

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I often tell people to think of VPNs like kitchen funnels. Instead of pouring your network traffic directly into the web and spilling your metadata everywhere, you push it down a narrow tube of ...

A security firm discovered that a Chrome extension, FreeVPN.One, secretly captures screenshots of all browsing activity - even though this add-on is 'featured' by Google in the Chrome store and has ...

Security researchers say FreeVPN.One’s Chrome extension can take screenshots of the websites people visit — raising big privacy concerns. The extension’s privacy policy has changed multiple times in ...

Browser extensions promise convenience, but some take far more than they give. A new report from Koi Security says that FreeVPN.One, a Chrome extension with more than 100,000 installs and even a ...