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extensions

23 articles

Malicious Chrome and Edge add-ons: how to spot them and why they're dangerous
  • extensions

Malicious Chrome and Edge add-ons and ClickFix attacks

What do malicious browser extensions, crypto theft, and fake Chrome update guides have in common? We look at a recent campaign involving 19 infected add-ons.

  • Alanna Titterington

  • September 17, 2026

How to spot scam websites that your browser says are safe
  • scam

Fifty shades of deception: the hidden dangers of gray-area websites

Sketchy online stores, crypto investments promising fast returns, hidden subscriptions, and browser extensions loaded with harmful software… online scams have moved well beyond classic phishing. Here’s how to spot the websites operating in this gray area, and what kind of harm they can do.

  • Anna Larkina

  • August 25, 2026

The Stealka stealer hijacks accounts and steals crypto while masquerading as pirated software
  • stealers

Stealka stealer: the new face of game cheats, mods, and cracks

We’ve identified a new infostealer named Stealka, which masquerades as pirated software and game mods. It targets data stored inside browsers, locally installed applications, and crypto wallets.

  • Artem Ushkov

  • December 18, 2025

How to securely vet browser extensions across your organization
  • browsers

Browser extensions: never trust, always verify

Systematic measures and tools that organizations can use to defend against malicious browser extensions.

  • Stan Kaminsky

  • November 18, 2025

How a fake AI sidebar can steal your data
  • AI

AI sidebar spoofing: a new attack on AI browsers

How malicious extensions can spoof AI sidebars in the Comet and Atlas browsers, intercept user queries, and manipulate model responses.

  • Alanna Titterington

  • November 13, 2025

How malicious extensions from Open VSX were used to steal cryptocurrency
  • open-source

How installing a fake extension from Open VSX led to cryptocurrency theft

This is a story of how a blockchain developer lost US$500 000 to a fake Solidity extension from the Open VSX marketplace.

  • Alanna Titterington

  • July 14, 2025

57 suspicious Chrome extensions with millions of installs
  • extensions

57 shady Chrome extensions clock up six million installs

Researchers find 57 potentially dangerous browser extensions in the Chrome Web Store. Here’s why they’re dangerous, and how not to fall victim.

  • Alanna Titterington

  • May 29, 2025

The best private browser in 2025: where to flee from Chrome, Edge, and Firefox
  • browsers

Privacy under attack: nasty surprises in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox

How to counter new privacy invasions by browser developers

  • Stan Kaminsky

  • March 24, 2025

Malicious browser extensions in 2023
  • extensions

Dangerous browser extensions

How malicious extensions steal cryptocurrency, hijack accounts in games and social networks, manipulate search results, and display intrusive ads.

  • Alanna Titterington

  • December 15, 2023

How Ducktail steals Facebook accounts
  • extensions

Malware that steals Facebook accounts

How attackers use infected archives and malicious browser extensions to steal Facebook Business accounts.

  • Alanna Titterington

  • November 22, 2023

Dozens of malicious extensions for Google Chrome
  • Chrome

Malicious extensions in the Chrome Web Store

A few dozen malicious extensions — with a combined 87 million downloads — discovered in Google’s Chrome Web Store.

  • Alanna Titterington

  • July 4, 2023

What are the dangers of browser extensions?
  • extensions

Browser extensions: more dangerous than you think

Using the most common families of malicious extensions as an example, we explain what can go wrong after installing a browser plug-in.

  • Anastasia Starikova

  • September 9, 2022

Why Kaspersky solutions alert users about Google Chrome and how to solve the problem (the culprits are Frigate, SaveFrom and other extensions)
  • extensions

Dangerous Chrome extensions

Someone tried to use popular Google Chrome Extensions for secretly playing videos in users’ browsers to inflate view counts.

  • Hugh Aver

  • December 25, 2020

Listen to your cookies with the Listening Back browser extension to understand the real scale of Web tracking.
  • 36c3

Why you should try listening to your cookies

Listen to your cookies with the Listening Back browser extension to understand the real scale of Web tracking.

  • Alex Perekalin

  • March 2, 2020

  • leaks

How browser plugins can leak corporate secrets

Chrome and Firefox extensions can collect your browsing history. Learn why this is dangerous and how to protect yourself.

  • Sergey Golubev

  • September 7, 2019

  • extensions

Chrome extensions abuse millions with adware

Too many ads on your computer lately? Malicious Chrome extensions might be to blame.

  • Marina Mash

  • February 18, 2019

  • extensions

Crazy Razy, bitcoin thief

The Razy Trojan secretly installs malicious extensions for Chrome and Firefox to serve phishing links and steal cryptocurrency.

  • Pavel Shoshin

  • January 24, 2019

  • Facebook

New leakage of Facebook user data, including private messages

The personal data of 257,000 Facebook users, including private messages belonging to 81,000 of them, has leaked online. Hackers claim to have access to 120 million accounts.

  • Alex Drozhzhin

  • November 2, 2018

  • extensions

Data-thieving Chrome extension

Chrome browser extension steals users’ bank data.

  • Marvin the Robot

  • June 6, 2018

  • security

Why you should be careful with browser extensions

Browser extensions are handy, but they can also be really dangerous. Here’s what can go wrong and what you can do about it.

  • Alex Perekalin

  • January 30, 2018

  • advice

Why do you need Kaspersky Protection browser extension?

As you might have noticed, a security browser extension called Kaspersky Protection is installed simultaneously with our security solutions. In this post we will explain what it does and how to

  • Olga Fedorova

  • March 25, 2016

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