Comments on: Fake ‘Change Facebook Color Theme’ events lead to rogue Chrome extensions

By: Criminals Use Facebook and Tumbler to Push Chrome Extensions That Can Access All Your Website Data | 1300SEONOW

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 09:56:01 +0000

[...] article explains the privacy-violating campaign was later detailed further by security firm Webroot.The whole campaign is based on the hopes that Facebook users want to [...]

By: Web Applications | Google Acts Against Malicious Chrome Extensions | Science and Technology | Internet | IT | Gadgets | Software | Game | Space

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 23:02:02 +0000

[...] ViewThru, which displays the full URL when mouse-overing a shortenend link. Others, like the “Change Your Facebook Color” extension pointed out by Webroot, are privacy-violating scams peeping at the browsing [...]

By: Another Chrome Extension Found Tricking Users

Another Chrome Extension Found Tricking Users — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:15:58 +0000

[...] (via WebRoot) [...]

By: Google Acts Against Malicious Chrome Extensions - Gadget Magazine

Google Acts Against Malicious Chrome Extensions - Gadget Magazine — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:59:52 +0000

By: smokeybehr

smokeybehr — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:51:42 +0000

This is another example of “If it’s too good to be true, it probably is.” I saw the “Facebook Red” images come through on my feed, but because I already use a different skin for FB, I ignored it.

By: Chrome 25 bloquera les add-on qui s’installent sans bruit | Univers jeunesse

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 08:58:51 +0000

[...] s’est toutefois pas révélée infaillible, ainsi que l’a montré une arnaque Facebook détaillée la semaine dernière par Webroot. L’add-on malveillant se trouvait sur le Chrome Web Store, alors même que Google avait [...]

By: Google to scan Chrome extensions, bans auto-install • The Register | Do it simply and easily !

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 07:05:21 +0000

[...] outfit Webroot recently pointed out that some of the extensions in the store are illegitimate, data-sucking privacy invaders that trick users with offers to do things like change the colour of Facebook and then suck out all [...]

By: Google to scan Chrome extensions, bans auto-install | Gens News

Google to scan Chrome extensions, bans auto-install | Gens News — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 01:28:28 +0000

By: ste williams » Google to scan Chrome extensions, bans auto-install

ste williams » Google to scan Chrome extensions, bans auto-install — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 23:21:17 +0000

By: Google to scan Chrome extensions, bans auto-install | Technophile

Google to scan Chrome extensions, bans auto-install | Technophile — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 23:15:29 +0000