Here’s how hucksters are manipulating Google to promote shady Chrome extensions

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/01/googles-chrome-web-store-has-a-serious-spam-problem-promoting-shady-extensions/

#GOOGLE #CHROME #KEWLNEWS #PRESS

16 Chrome Extensions attacked in Large-Scale Credential Theft Scheme.

A attack campaign has compromised at least 16 Chrome browser extensions, exposing over 600k users to data & credential theft. This targeted extension publishers through phishing emails that mimicked official communications from the Chrome Web Store.

https://www.cyberhaven.com/blog/cyberhavens-chrome-extension-security-incident-and-what-were-doing-about-it

#google #chrome #it #security #privacy #engineer #media #tech #news

"Hackers have compromised several different companies' Chrome browser extensions in a series of intrusions dating back to mid-December, according to one of the victims and experts who have examined the campaign.

Among the victims was the California-based Cyberhaven, a data protection company that confirmed the breach in a statement to Reuters on Friday.

"Cyberhaven can confirm that a malicious cyberattack occurred on Christmas Eve, affecting our Chrome extension," the statement said. It cited public comments from cybersecurity experts. These comments, said Cyberhaven, suggested that the attack was "part of a wider campaign to target Chrome extension developers across a wide range of companies."

Cyberhaven added: "We are actively cooperating with federal law enforcement.""

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/data-loss-prevention-company-cyberhaven-hit-by-breach-statement-says-2024-12-27/

#CyberSecurity #GoogleChrome #Chrome #Cyberhaven

💡 Google ha presentato Gemini 2.0: AI multimodale con agenti intelligenti

https://gomoot.com/google-ha-presentato-gemini-2-0-ai-multimodale-con-agenti-intelligenti/

#agentiai #ai #astra #blog #chrome #gaming #gemini #gemini2 #google #ia #jules #mariner #modello #news #picks #tech #tecnologia

I used to trust #Microsoft more than other #bigtech platforms, mostly because I used #Excel a lot in my work.

I switched from #Chrome to #EdgeBrowser a long time ago for work (and use #Vivaldi for private stuff).

However I just had to set up my work profile in Edge again today, and Microsoft's #consent for #tracking has really gone to shit.

Look what they consider to now be 'Always Active' (i.e. not requiring consent):

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#surveillancecapitalism #surveillanceadvertising

How to set up a mimimal/blank new tab page on Ungoogled Chromium that conforms to your system’s dark mode setting:

https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium/issues/1675#issuecomment-2490597528

PS. You can install Ungoogled Chromium easily on macOS using Homebrew:

```shell
brew install --cask eloston-chromium
```

For more macOS setup/configuration tips see my quick gist:

https://codeberg.org/aral/gists/src/branch/main/mac-setup.md

#ungoogledChromium #chromium #chrome #minimal #newTabPage #aesthetics #accessibility #privacy #configuration #web

#Google must sell #Chrome to end search monopoly, justice department argues in court filing

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/21/google-sell-chrome-us-court-filing-demand-competition-laws

Justice department urges court to force Google to share data with rivals as part of wide-ranging changes to end online giant’s monopoly on web searching

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[Numerama] - Forcer #Google à vendre #Chrome est complètement absurde.

https://www.numerama.com/tech/1848088-forcer-google-a-vendre-chrome-est-completement-absurde.html

#GAFAM #lobbies
#RevueDePresse #Press

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#translation #extensions for #firefox or #chrome