Yesterday morning, our solutions started giving many Google Chrome users repeated threat warnings. Trojan.Multi.Preqw.gen, which Chrome tried to download from a third-party site, was specified as the source of the threat. We explain what it’s all about and how to solve the problem. Malicious extensions Our experts in collaboration with their colleagues at Yandex discovered that … [Read more...] about Chrome extensions secretly playing videos
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New Bundlore adware targets macOS with updated Safari extensions
Browser add-ons are a common source of privacy and security concerns. While they are usually legitimate software products with real companies behind them, these plug-ins can also be used by unscrupulous software developers as a way to turn downloads of free software into a revenue stream–dropping browser add-ons that gather information from the user, inject … [Read more...] about New Bundlore adware targets macOS with updated Safari extensions
Two Widely Used Ad Blocker Extensions for Chrome Caught in Ad Fraud Scheme
Two widely used Adblocker Google Chrome extensions, posing as the original — AdBlock and uBlock Origin — extensions on Chrome Web Store, have been caught stuffing cookies in the web browser of millions of users to generate affiliate income from referral schemes fraudulently.There's no doubt web extensions add a lot of useful features to web browsers, making your online … [Read more...] about Two Widely Used Ad Blocker Extensions for Chrome Caught in Ad Fraud Scheme
iOS 8 SDK With Over 4,000 New APIs
Apple has released the iOS 8 SDK with over 4,000 new APIs for developers, bringing the biggest release since the origination of the App Store. Apple today released its iOS 8 SDK, the biggest developer release ever with more than 4,000 new APIs, giving developers the ability to create amazing new apps like never before. iOS 8 allows developers to further customize the user … [Read more...] about iOS 8 SDK With Over 4,000 New APIs