In-house software built in March with open-source components may include malware placed there by criminals. This isn’t a ...

LinkedIn is facing two lawsuits over its practice of scanning users’ browsers to determine which extensions they’re running.

A new report dubbed "BrowserGate" warns that Microsoft's LinkedIn is using hidden JavaScript scripts on its website to scan ...

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

Researchers have determined that Microsoft's LinkedIn is scanning browser plug-ins and other information without permission, ...

Claude extension flaw enabled silent prompt injection via XSS and weak allowlist, risking data theft and impersonation until ...

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

2026-03-16 09:32:00.233 [info] [Shared] Extension signature verification result for ms-dotnettools.csharp: UnknownError. Executed: false. Duration: 332ms. 2026-03-16 ...

at file:///c:/Users/JohnM/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft%20VS%20Code%20Insiders/11246017b6/resources/app/extensions/github/dist/extension.js:1:383 at file:///c ...

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

OpenClaw's Node for VS Code extension proved it can support a real local file-based workflow, but on Windows the experience still feels more like early infrastructure than finished tooling.

How can an extension change hands with no oversight?