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The number of compromised Chrome browser extensions is growing beyond the initial Aug. 1 hijacking of the OCR add-on called Copyfish. Added to list are seven additional legitimate Chrome Extensions that attackers took over and used to manipulate internet traffic and web-based ads, according to researchers at Proofpoint.

A report released Monday shows an expanded list of compromised Chrome Extensions to include: Web Developer (0.4.9), Chrometana (1.1.3), Infinity New Tab (3.12.3), Web Paint (1.2.1), and Social Fixer (20.1.1). It also believes extensions TouchVPN and Betternet VPN were also compromised in the same way at the end of June.

Seven More Chrome Extensions Compromised
 
Focus browser updated to 1.2.1 Unlike before now search bar stays at top of screen.
 
Users on 64-bit Windows who download Firefox will now get our 64-bit version by default. That means they’ll install a more secure version of Firefox, one that also crashes a whole lot less. How much less? In our tests so far, 64-bit Firefox reduced crashes by 39% on machines with 4GB of RAM or more

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64-bit Firefox is the new default on 64-bit Windows – The Firefox Frontier
 
Starting with Windows computers, users will be able to install multiple channels of Chrome on the same machine and run them in parallel with separate user data directories. All you need to do is head over to the Chrome Release Channels page and grab the installation files for Windows (32 or 64-bit). If you're on the stable channel, you can keep your main installation and grab the Beta and Dev additionally. However, if you were already on the Beta or Dev, you'll need to uninstall them (or presumably revert that installation to stable) then get the files manually from that page.

The Chromium team says that side-by-side Chrome installations are now possible on Windows, Linux, and Android, but will be coming to other platforms soon as well. I'm crossing my fingers for Mac and maybe, just maybe, a potential way to do it on Chrome OS.

You can now run multiple release channels of Chrome side-by-side on Windows
 
Chinese UC Browser under govt scanner over data leaks

NEW DELHI: Alibaba's UC Browser has come under the government's scanner for alleged leak of mobile data of its Indian users and may be banned in the country if found guilty, a senior IT ministry official said today.

"There have been complaints against UC Browser that it sends mobile data of its users in India to server in China. There are complaints that even if an user has uninstalled it or cleaned browsing data, the browser retains control of DNS of user's device," the officer who did not wish to be named told PTI.

The officer said if the allegations against the browser are established then it may be banned in the country.

The Ministry of Electronics and IT actively looking at findings of University of Toronto which has allegedly discovered "several major privacy and security vulnerabilities that would seriously expose users of UC Browser to surveillance and other privacy violations".

The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Hyderabad is doing technical investigation into the allegation made in University of Toronto report, which also mentioned that the browser is mostly used in India and China

Chinese UC Browser under govt scanner over data leaks - ET Telecom
 
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