The fake Adblock Plus Chrome extension attracted over 37,000 users. When he's not battling bugs and robots in Helldivers 2, Michael is reporting on AI, satellites, cybersecurity, PCs, and tech policy.

Android is often criticized for having malware that gets passed Google's automated Play Store bouncer, but it is far from being the only Google-made platform to have such problems. A recent incident ...

A fake AdBlock Plus extension made its way to Chrome’s official Web Store and was downloaded 37,000 times by users across the globe. Google removed the listing after it was spotted by a security ...

Google has removed a malicious extension from its Chrome Web Store that posed as the popular AdBlock Plus ad blocker but forcibly opened new tabs to show ads to users. As the researcher points out in ...

Adblock Plus is one of the most popular extensions for Chrome with more than 10 million users and 150,000 glowing reviews. However, a spammer was recently able to infiltrate the Chrome web store with ...

We're often assured that programs on official online stores are safe, but there are times when malicious software can slip through the cracks and appear as legitimate products. The latest example ...

One of the developers behind free desktop ad blocker, Adblock Ultimate, says he is "surprised and confused" after a trademark complaint from the company behind the popular ad blocker, Adblock Plus, ...

If you’ve decided once and for all that you can’t stand another video pre-roll commercial, then it’s time to install an ad blocker. But which one? Don’t worry. We picked out the best ad blockers for ...

Adblock Plus is one of the most popular extensions for Chrome with more than 10 million users and 150,000 glowing reviews. However, a spammer was recently able to infiltrate the Chrome web store with ...