Browser Extensions: The Hidden Security Menace Lurking in Your Company!
Browser extensions: the unsung heroes of productivity or the sneaky villains of cybersecurity? LayerX’s 2025 Enterprise Browser Extension Security Report exposes how these handy helpers may be silently plotting to compromise your organization’s data. Spoiler alert: 53% of extensions can access sensitive information. Ready to audit those extensions yet? Your IT team’s sanity might depend on it!
Hot Take:
Browser extensions: the freeloaders of the internet, mooching off your data while masquerading as productivity saviors. It seems that our beloved spell checkers and GenAI tools have been hiding a sinister side, making them the uninvited guests of cybersecurity nightmares. Who knew that a simple extension could be the Trojan horse of our digital age? Time to take a closer look at these sneaky snippets of code before they turn our data into their personal buffet.
Key Points:
- Nearly all employees (99%) have browser extensions, with 52% having more than ten installed.
- 53% of these extensions can access sensitive data like cookies and passwords.
- Over half (54%) of extension publishers are unknown, with 79% publishing only one extension.
- 20% of users have GenAI extensions, with 58% posing a high-risk.
- A concerning 51% of extensions haven’t been updated in over a year, and 26% are sideloaded.