In effort to slow the spread of malicious extensions on Windows devices, Google announced today that it will require all extensions to be hosted in the Chrome Web store, starting in January. In effort ...

Windows: Months after announcing its plans last year, Google has started blocking Chrome extensions for Windows users that aren't installed from the Chrome Web Store. Previously installed extensions ...

Google has banned obfuscated code for Chrome Web Store extensions to reduce policy violations in a move likely to affect cryptojackers. Google’s new restrictions on Chrome Web Store extensions ...

The Chrome Web Store offers a multitude of quality extensions for Chromium-based browsers. Google says that there are around 200,000 extensions in the Store. However, the store also contains numerous ...

Google Chrome ' provided by Google has a ' Chrome Web Store ' where you can add various extensions that make browsing more convenient. A team of security experts from Stanford University has reported ...

It appears Google has removed all four malicious extensions from the Chrome Web store, but researchers warn that the malware may still be present on impacted machines. I'm PCMag's managing editor for ...

The age of sideloading extensions is over for Chrome users on Windows PCs. After announcing Chrome would become a walled garden in November, Google followed through with its promise on Tuesday. Chrome ...

Google has officially launched its Chrome Web Store for Enterprises, allowing organizations to create a curated list of extensions that can be installed in employees' web browsers. Malicious Chrome ...

Over the past few years, Google has been continuously working to make Chrome extensions safer. Developers now have to limit what they do with collected data, while the Chrome Web Store early next year ...