How can an extension change hands with no oversight?

Reddit users seem to have identified the problem.

Google has just blocked one of our favorite Chrome extensions for apparently containing malware. So what actually happened?

Researchers at Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 found a high-severity flaw in Chrome's Gemini AI panel that could have let rogue browser extensions access local files, ...

Malicious Chrome extensions tied to ownership transfers push malware and steal data, exposing thousands to credential theft and system compromise.

The people overseeing the security of Google’s Chrome browser explicitly forbid third-party extension developers from trying to manipulate how the browser extensions they submit are presented in the ...

Google is testing a new feature in the Chrome browser that will warn users when an installed extension has been removed from the Chrome Web Store, usually indicative of it being malware. An unending ...