Post by jholland1964 on Sept 5, 2018 18:22:24 GMT -5
Popular file-sharing site Mega.nz is warning users that cybercriminals hacked its browser extension for Google Chrome so that any usernames and passwords submitted through the browser were copied and forwarded to a rogue server in Ukraine. This attack serves as a fresh reminder that legitimate browser extensions can and periodically do fall into the wrong hands, and that it makes good security sense to limit your exposure to such attacks by getting rid of extensions that are no longer useful or actively maintained by developers.
While this column and warning refers to Chrome and just one extension this advice holds true for ALL browsers as shown on the link and the extreme care that should be taken before adding extensions to any browser.
I myself used to use many more extensions on my browsers than I do now. Right now I have 3 on my Firefox, 2 on Opera, 1 on EDGE. IE is installed on my computer but I don't use it at all so I have no add-ons/extensions. I used to run many more but as the operating systems I use have been upgraded, (XP to 7 and now 10) and browsers have been updated I found many extensions were either no longer needed or were no longer updated or developed so I've reduced the numbers I have and do not plan to increase them.
Everyone can make their own choices of course I just felt this column was valuable enough to post the link.
