AI & LLMs
BragJack: one extension can hijack browser AI agents
BragJack lets one malicious extension take over the AI assistants in Chrome, Edge, Comet, Opera Neon and Claude in Chrome. Two CVEs, over $20,000 in bounties.
Extensions news and analysis
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Tech Industry
Google pulls every Manifest V2 extension from the Chrome Web Store
The last Manifest V2 extensions, classic uBlock Origin among them, are gone from the Chrome Web Store. Copies already installed keep running, but they get no updates.
Tech Industry
Edge begins dropping Manifest V2, leaving uBlock Origin to Firefox
Microsoft Edge has begun phasing out Manifest V2 extensions, cutting off classic uBlock Origin and leaving Firefox as the last major browser still running it.
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