Icedrake Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Security researchers Nicholas Carlini, Adrienne Porter Felt, and Prateek Saxena reviewed 50 popular and 50 random Chrome extensions from the official Chrome Web Store for security vulnerabilities and discovered that 27 of the 100 extensions “leak all of their privileges to a web or WiFi attacker”. These 27 extensions account for a total of 51 vulnerabilities. Seven of the vulnerable extensions have more than 300k users each according to data provided by the Chrome Web store. 50 popular extensions... I'll bet that I use quite a few of those popular extensions. Now if only I knew what those 50 popular extensions were. Another thing to think about before installing loads of extensions I guess. Rest of the article: http://www.ghacks.net/2011/10/12/27-out-of-100-chrome-extensions-insecure/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted October 21, 2011 Moderators Share Posted October 21, 2011 Wow, that's quite disturbing (though makes sense, Apps in the Android App cat are like that too) ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Aw jeez, that's a lot. Some might see this as a reason to install 100 different antiviruses winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted October 21, 2011 Moderators Share Posted October 21, 2011 Some might see this as a reason to install 100 different antiviruses Get the one with Ask.com Toolbar and Uniblue ad's in it, I'm sure it's really safe and doesn't leak anything. Then again don't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Ask toolbar. Oh god why? winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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