This fake ad blocker malware impersonated uBlock Origin’s developer

An ad blocker that was hosted on the Chrome Web Store falsely claimed its code was written by Raymond Hill. It was, in fact, ...

Fake ad blocker extension crashes the browser for ClickFix attacks

A malvertising campaign is using a fake ad-blocking Chrome and Edge extension named NexShield that intentionally crashes the ...
Bleeping Computer

Google warns uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon

Google's Chrome Web Store is now warning that the uBlock Origin ad blocker and other extensions may soon be blocked as part of the company's deprecation of the Manifest V2 extension specification.
ZDNet

Google Chrome could soon kill off most ad-blocker extensions

Raymond Hill, the developer of uBlock Origin and uMatrix, raised concerns on Tuesday via the Chromium bug tracker that upcoming changes to certain Chrome APIs would mean his extensions can "no longer ...
CNET

Here comes the Google Chrome change that worries ad blocker creators

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...
ZDNet

Google removes two Chrome ad blocker extensions caught 'cookie stuffing'

Google has removed today two extensions from the Chrome Web Store. The two extensions were fully functional ad blockers, but they tried to deceive users by using the names of other more reputable ad ...
9to5google

Google creates performance test for ad blocking Chrome extensions

Since January, we’ve been following a set of major changes to extensions on Google Chrome, called Manifest V3, which includes a controversial rework of how ad blockers are expected to function. In ...