Security News > 2018 > October > Google Announces 5 Major Security Updates for Chrome Extensions
2018-10-02 16:18
Google has made several new announcements for its Chrome Web Store that aims at making Chrome extensions more secure and transparent to its users. Over a couple of years, we have seen a significant rise in malicious extensions that appear to offer useful functionalities, while running hidden malicious scripts in the background without the user's knowledge. However, the best part is that
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