{"id":709964,"date":"2020-01-30T16:15:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T21:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=709964"},"modified":"2020-01-30T16:15:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T21:15:49","slug":"more-than-200-browser-extensions-ejected-from-firefox-and-chrome-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=709964","title":{"rendered":"More than 200 browser extensions ejected from Firefox and Chrome stores"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mozilla and Google are cracking down on malicious and abusive extensions available for the Firefox and Chrome browsers, respectively. The moves come in response to the recent detection of add-ons that turned out to violate the browser maker’s policies, despite review processes designed to weed out wares that are malicious or have the potential to be malicious.<\/p>\n

The most significant move was Mozilla’s ouster over the past month of almost 200 extensions. The majority of them\u2014129, to be exact<\/a>\u2014were developed by 2Ring<\/a>, a maker of business software. There’s no evidence the extensions were malicious, but Mozilla officials found they executed code hosted on a remote server, in violation of Mozilla policies. The representative added that current installations aren’t affected and users who want to install an extension can still do so manually.<\/p>\n

A 2Ring representative said that company officials have contacted Mozilla about the move and are awaiting a response. The representative added that the extensions, which businesses use to integrate select CRM systems with apps installed in customer contact centers, interact only with user white-listed applications specified in the extension’s configuration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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