This is an eye-opening webinar where we exposed how malicious browser extensions have become a powerful tool for cybercriminals, often slipping past traditional security measures undetected. Our guest speaker, Matt Frisbie, analyzes real-world incidents—including Cyberhaven, ChromeLoader, PDF Toolbox, and Dataspii—showing how attackers have weaponized extensions to exfiltrate data, hijack browser activity, and gain persistent access to systems.
Hear from Google Developer Expert and author of the book Building Browser Extensions, Matt Frisbie, alongside Developer Relations Engineers Oliver Dunk and Patrick Kettner as they discuss the state of the extensions platform and what they’d like to see in the future.
Matt Frisbie is the founder of Track & Trace Tools, the most popular open source platform in the cannabis industry. Trusted by over 1,000 companies, Track & Trace Tools is a free Chrome extension that uniquely integrates with Metrc. It allows cannabis companies to easily submit Metrc reports, gain full access to their locked-down Metrc data, and wield an unrestricted Metrc API.
In this episode, I speak to a guest about what the cannabis consumers and cannabis business owners might be able to expect from the switch from Biotrack to Metrc.
Matt Frisbie, author of Building Browser Extensions, speaks with host Kanchan Shringi about browser extensions, including key areas where they’ve been successful. Based on Matt’s experience as a developer working for Google, Doordash, and a startup he founded, they examine tools for building extensions, as well as APIs they have access to. The conversation presents detailed issues such as cross-browser compatibilities to keep in mind when developing extensions and mechanisms in the browser to prevent security vulnerabilities, and finally examines how emerging platforms can help developers take advantage of exciting new possibilities with web extensions.