Google's new restrictions on Chrome Web Store extensions introduced Monday, October 1, are likely to affect cryptojackers. In a blog post, Google confirmed that as of now, Chrome extensions submitted ...

Google announced today five new rules for the Chrome Web Store, the portal where users go to download Chrome extensions. The new rules are primarily meant to prevent malicious extensions from reaching ...

Mozilla will start blocking Firefox add-ons that contain obfuscated code as part of the updated Add-on Policy that aims to rid the portal of third-party malicious code. Come June 10, Mozilla will ...

One of the most exciting challenges available to any software developer is that of writing brilliantly working code that’s so obtuse, so indecipherable, and opaque, that even its own author would ...

Hackers behind a phishing campaign appear to have used artificial intelligence-generated code to hide malware behind a wall of overly complex and useless code, said Microsoft. See Also: Unit 42 ...

No wonder commercial apps seem so much slower than Open Source equivalents. Filled with gobs and gobs of useless code so obtuse the compiler can't even optimize it out. Which is what the developers ...

As Mozilla continues to try to make it safer than ever to use Firefox, the organization has updated its Add-on Policy so that any updates that include obfuscated code are explicitly banned. Mozilla ...