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Google Limits Chrome Browser Extensions Amid Spike In Fraud

January 26, 2020
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Amazon Warns That PayPal’s Honey Poses ‘Security Issue’
Amazon // January 10, 2020

Amazon, during the height of the holiday shopping season, told its customers to uninstall Honey, a browser extension that automatically searches for coupon codes at checkout, according to a report by CNBC. Amazon said Honey could be a “security issue.” PayPal acquired Honey for $4...

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Google Limits Chrome Browser Extensions Amid Spike In Fraud

January 26, 2020
Google has announced that all paid commercial extensions have been temporarily suspended from being published or updated in the official Chrome Web Store due to fraud, ZDNet reported on Saturday (Jan. 25). Fraudulent transactions began earlier in January, then started happening “at scale,” according to Google engineers. As a result, Google’s security team indefinitely suspended […]

Amazon Warns That PayPal’s Honey Poses ‘Security Issue’

January 10, 2020
Amazon, during the height of the holiday shopping season, told its customers to uninstall Honey, a browser extension that automatically searches for coupon codes at checkout, according to a report...