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JFrog found malicious npm packages that deploy a Windows RAT to steal Chrome credentials, run commands, and transfer files.

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Google has launched Chrome version 149 to address more than 70 security vulnerabilities, prominently featuring a high-severity zero-day exploit tracked as CVE-2026-11645. Discovered by an independent ...

Extensions, userscripts, and ad blocking Chrome won't touch — all on Android.

Mastra AI’s 144 JavaScript packages was executed in just 88 minutes by North Korea’s Sapphire Sleet hacking group, which ...

Google has released an unscheduled update for Chrome to close two critical security vulnerabilities. As criminals are already actively using these vulnerabilities for attacks, all users are advised to ...

Google has published two new browser benchmark scores for Chrome, both records, both run on Apple hardware, and both dropped four days before WWDC. Read into that what you will. Get breaking news ...

Almost everyone wants their internet activity to remain private. Even if you don't visit embarrassing sites, you probably want to ensure Facebook doesn't decide what ads to show you. But while you can ...

You can minimize the degree to which your browser spies on you, but potential hackers can use your own SSD against you and ...

Microsoft has formally disclosed that it's working to release a patch to address a Defender zero-day codenamed RoguePlanet .

A threat actor tracked as DriveSurge has been operating large-scale malware distribution campaigns using ClickFix and FakeUpdates techniques on compromised sites. Thousands of websites have been ...