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Forbes
a day ago
- Forbes
Google Chrome Warning—‘Millions Of Users Have Data Stolen'
Be careful what you install. Google has issued an urgent warning for 2 billion Chrome users. A high-severity memory vulnerability could enable attackers to target users through the websites they visit. This has been fixed and all users should update and restart now. CVE-2025-8292 is a critical fix, but there's a much more dangerous threat to Chrome users that is hidden from sight. And so while all desktop users must ensure they move to version 138.0.7204.183/.184 of the browser, that's not enough to stay safe. This threat that should worry you more comes from extensions that might appear to be officially verified, but which have been designed or hijacked to attack your device. 'Millions of users have their data stolen,' SquareX's Vivek Ramachandran told me, as the extension-focused security team released its latest threat report. The alarming reality, he says, is that security tools do not have 'visibility into the dynamic behavior of extensions at run time to protect users against the rising threat vector' The past few years, SquareX says, 'have witnessed a surge in malicious browser extensions, including the Geco Colorpick, Cyberhaven and the Great Suspender. These malicious extensions exfiltrate data, steal session cookies, spread spyware and even hijack browser sessions of victims.' This includes extensions that were dangerous from the get-go, but also 'benign extensions that turned malicious — either due to a compromise or change in ownership — exploiting trusted extensions with a wide existing installed base.' 'Most enterprises still rely on extension store labels like 'Verified' and 'Chrome Featured' to determine its security,' Ramachandran says. 'This research showed that this is approach is extremely flawed as it turns out browser vendors and enterprises do not have sufficient tools to conduct extension analysis.' This latest extension warning from SquareX echoes prior reports that focus on the hidden threats from extensions now installed by most users without any of the checks and balances applied to the browser itself. In a world of increasing AI threats, including the use of marauding browser AI agents, this is a huge risk. 'The majority of extensions today are downloaded and installed from official stores like Chrome Store,' SquareX says. But store badges 'can be easily gamified by attackers with fake reviews and mass downloads. As a result, numerous Verified and Chrome Featured Extensions have been discovered as malicious, including the latest disclosure.' Extensions are often given free rein on devices and can operate with a user's credentials, which is a gift to attacks. 'It is important to first understand the 'superpowers' unique to browser extensions,' Square X warns, including: All told, while updating and restarting Chrome is critical, it could very well be that the real threat to your browser and the data it accesses is hidden from view and constantly working against you. You really do need to be careful what you install.
Hans India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Hans India
Feel proud to be an Indian: Daughter of man gunned down by Pahalgam terrorists
Kochi: Paying thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, Aarti, who saw her 68-year-old father Ramachandran being gunned down by a terrorist in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam on April 22, said she was very proud to hear that the three terrorists who took part in the massacre of 26 people, have been killed by the Indian security forces. 'I heard the news that the three terrorists who took part in the Pahalgam massacre have been eliminated and I feel proud to be an Indian,' said Aarti. 'Even though this is not going to bring back my father, I feel this shows the real commitment of our leaders and the security forces. And I feel really proud of being an Indian,' added Aarti. In reply to a question Aarti said if she is called by the authorities, since she is a witness to the episode, 'I will go and tell them everything.' A former Non-Resident Indian who returned from the Middle East five years ago, Aarti's father Ramachandran was a staunch BJP supporter. He had unsuccessfully contested local body polls and was among those shortlisted as a potential BJP candidate for civic elections to be held later this year. Aarti, a mother of twin boys, was often seen breaking down on TV while recounting the horrifying moments when her father was shot dead by a terrorist, in full view of her two children. She, along with her parents, was holidaying in Pahalgam, Kashmir, when Ramachandran was gunned down by the terrorists. It must be recalled that Aarti had said then that the terrorist had put something on her head, following which her sons had cried out aloud. According to her, maybe hearing the cries of the small boys, the terrorist walked away without harming them. The Pahalgam terror attack saw 25 Indian nationals and one Nepali citizen being shot dead by the terrorists.
New Indian Express
2 days ago
- Politics
- New Indian Express
NDA ignored OPS, he must quit alliance: Veteran politician Panruti S Ramachandran
CHENNAI: Veteran politician and advisor to former CM O Panneerselvam's "AIADMK Cadres Rights Retrieval Committee", Panruti S Ramachandran, on Monday said that it is high time that the leader disassociated himself from the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance that has openly ignored him of late. Ramachandran's opinion gathered significance with the expelled AIADMK leader holding a conference of his outfit in September in Madurai. Sources closer to him said that during a recent meeting in Chennai, 60 out of the 82 district secretaries urged him to join hands with actor Vijay's TVK. Talking to TNIE, Ramachandran pointed out that both Union Home Minister Amit Shah, during his past two visits, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his recent visit to the state, did not give an audience to Panneerselvam, a former CM.
Hans India
3 days ago
- Politics
- Hans India
Constitutionally anchored mechanism needed to balance judicial independence and accountability
Hyderabad: SeniorAdvocate at the Supreme Court of India and Distinguished Professor of Law at NALSAR, Raju Ramachandran, emphasized the need for a comprehensive, constitutionally anchored mechanism that strikes a balance between the independence of the judiciary and genuine institutional accountability. He underscored the importance of transparency, procedural fairness, and consistency in safeguarding both public confidence and constitutional integrity. Delivering a lecture as part of the ongoing Distinguished Lecture Series at the NALSAR University of Law on Saturday, delved deep into the theme 'Removal of Judges: From Justice V. Ramaswami to Justice Yashwant Verma' in his lecture. The session commenced with Prof. Anup Surendranath introducing the speaker. Dr. Malvika Prasad provided an overview of the Lecture Series. The event was graced by Prof. (Dr.) Srikrishna Deva Rao, Vice-Chancellor of NALSAR University of Law, Prof. N. Vasanthi, Registrar, Prof. Sitharamam Kakarala, and students, faculty, and members of the legal fraternity. In his address, Ramachandran drew from historical instances, key legal developments, and his own experience as a member of the Inquiry Committee in the Justice V. Ramaswami case, the first and only full-fledged judicial impeachment proceeding in India. Ramachandran began by outlining the evolution of judicial tenure protections, starting with colonial frameworks and progressing to the post-independence constitutional safeguards designed to uphold judicial independence. He noted the anomaly presented in the 1964 case of Justice Jaffer Imam, who, suffering from mental incapacity, had to be persuaded by Prime Minister Nehru to resign in the absence of a removal procedure for incapacity short of impeachment. The lecture focused extensively on the Justice V. Ramaswami case. He recounted the procedural integrity of the inquiry and the political failure of the impeachment motion, which was defeated in Parliament due to abstentions by the ruling party despite the committee's adverse findings. Ramachandran criticized the limitations of the current constitutional and statutory framework, emphasizing the excessive dependence on the in-house mechanism, a non-statutory process developed by the judiciary to address allegations of misconduct. He noted that this mechanism lacks transparency, operates outside public scrutiny, and creates constitutional uncertainty when its findings influence or precede impeachment motions in Parliament. Discussing recent developments, Ramachandran drew attention to the case of Justice Yashwant Varma, where an internal committee recommended impeachment. He raised critical questions about the implications of such findings being challenged in court and how such parallel processes of judicial inquiry and parliamentary impeachment might undermine each other, potentially resulting in what he termed a 'reverse-Ramaswami scenario.'
The Hindu
4 days ago
- The Hindu
Tigress attacks supervisor at Thiruvananthapuram zoo
A supervisor at the Thiruvananthapuram zoo sustained injuries to his head after a tigress attacked him unexpectedly while he was cleaning its cage on Sunday morning. According to the zoo authorities, Ramachandran, supervisor at the zoo, had gone for a routine cleanup of six-year-old female Royal Bengal tigress Babitha's cage at around 11 a.m. when the attack happened. 'The tigress was at the other end of the cage. So, the supervisor who was outside the cage did not expect it to move suddenly to his side. He was cleaning the cage, when it charged at him and struck at his head through the bars. Since tigers have retractable claws, it will come out whenever it raises its paws. Fortunately, he only suffered a relatively minor injury on his head,' said P.S. Manjula Devi, Director of the Department of Museums and Zoo. Mr. Ramachandran was first taken to the General Hospital and later taken to the Government Medical College Hospital. He was discharged in the evening with four stitches to the head. According to the zoo veterinary surgeon Nikesh Kiran, the Forest department had caught the tigress from Wayanad and translocated it to the zoo. As a rehabilitated tigress, it is kept in a cage and not in the natural enclosure for display to zoo visitors. No violent incident has been associated with the tigress after it was shifted to the zoo. After the attack happened on Sunday, an emergency meeting was convened at the zoo, in which instructions were issued to the staff to not go too close to the cages. Another meeting to be chaired by the director has been scheduled for Monday.
