LinkedIn says it scans extensions to prevent invasive web scraping and calls the California lawsuits 'a house of cards built ...

A security investigation dubbed “BrowserGate” accuses LinkedIn of running hidden scripts that scan visitors’ browsers for ...

A German group claims LinkedIn is 'illegally searching' users' computers. But the Microsoft-owned site says it collects data ...

A BrowserGate investigation alleges LinkedIn secretly scans over 6,000 browser extensions and builds device fingerprints ...

LinkedIn runs a hidden JavaScript script called Spectroscopy that silently probes over 6,000 Chrome extensions and collects ...

A German privacy group has revealed that LinkedIn scans thousands of browser extensions on every page load, prompting legal ...

How can an extension change hands with no oversight?

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions that are advertised as artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistants, but also harbor ...

Two malicious extensions in Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VSCode) Marketplace that were collectively installed 1.5 million times exfiltrate developer data to China-based servers. Both extensions are ...

Abstract: Recent years have witnessed the emerging trend of extensions in modern Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) like Visual Studio Code (VSCode) that significantly enhance developer ...

The JavaScript (aka JScript) malware loader called GootLoader has been observed using a malformed ZIP archive that's designed to sidestep detection efforts by concatenating anywhere from 500 to 1,000 ...

Two malicious extensions on Microsoft's Visual Studio Code Marketplace infect developers' machines with information-stealing malware that can take screenshots, steal credentials, crypto wallets, and ...