Security News

One Million Exposed to Adware via Hijacked Chrome Extension (Security Week)
2017-08-04 15:54

Over one million users were exposed to adware after the developer of a highly popular Chrome extension fell victim to a phishing attack. read more

Another popular Chrome extension hijacked through phishing (Help Net Security)
2017-08-03 17:32

Chris Pederick, the creator and maintainer of the Web Developer for Chrome extension, is the latest victim of attackers who hijack popular Chrome add-ons in order to push ads onto users. The...

After phishing attacks, Chrome extensions push adware to millions (ArsTechnica)
2017-08-03 15:45

Compromised accounts push fraudulent extension updates to unsuspecting users.

Hackers Hijacked Chrome Extension for Web Developers With Over 1 Million Users (The Hackers News)
2017-08-03 02:27

From past few years, spammers and cyber criminals were buying web extensions from their developers and then updating them without informing their users to inject bulk advertisements into every...

Phishers steal Chrome extension from developer (Help Net Security)
2017-07-31 19:45

An attacker has compromised the Chrome Web Store account of German developer team a9t9 software, and has equipped their Copyfish Chrome extension with ad/spam injection capabilities....

Google Wants Symantec Certificates Replaced Until Chrome 70 (Security Week)
2017-07-31 15:16

After several months of debate, Google has released its final proposal in the case of Symantec’s certificate authority (CA) business. All Symantec-issued certificates must be replaced by the time...

Someone Hijacks A Popular Chrome Extension to Push Malware (The Hackers News)
2017-07-31 10:01

Phishers have recently hacked an extension for Google Chrome after compromising the Chrome Web Store account of German developer team a9t9 software and abused to distribute spam messages to...

Google to Fully Distrust WoSign/StartCom SSL Certs in Chrome 61 (Threatpost)
2017-07-10 18:28

Google has put websites signed with WoSign/StartCom SSL certificates on notice that it will no longer trust certs from the Chinese CA starting in Chrome 61.

Google to Completely Ban WoSign, StartCom Certificates in Chrome 61 (Security Week)
2017-07-10 15:35

Google last week warned website owners that digital certificates from Chinese certificate authority WoSign and its subsidiary StartCom will no longer be trusted starting with Chrome 61. read more

Google Chrome Bans Chinese SSL Certificate Authorities WoSign and StartCom (The Hackers News)
2017-07-08 02:44

As a punishment announced last October, Google will no longer trust SSL/TLS certificate authorities WoSign and its subsidiary StartCom with the launch of Chrome 61 for not maintaining the "high...