99% of enterprise users have at least one browser extension installed; 53% have installed extensions with high or critical permissions NEW YORK, April 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LayerX Security, a leader in browser extension security and management, today released its Enterprise Browser Extension Security Report 2025, the only research that combines statistics from real-life usage data from enterprise users, collected from LayerX's customer base, with public data available from public extension stores, and analyzed for the first time to reveal how organizations and employees interact with extensions, the associated risks and security blind spots.
"Our latest report shows that extensions are not only everywhere in the enterprise, they’re also highly privileged, largely unvetted and often tied to anonymous publishers probing a risk to security leaders that they no longer afford to ignore.” While Chrome, Edge and Firefox are the most common stores for extensions, the browser extension threat surface goes much wider.
These extensions can access cookies, passwords, browsing data and more, meaning that enterprise users are at a higher risk of exposureGenAI Browser Extensions are a Hidden Risk: Over 20% of enterprise users have a GenAI-enabled browser extension installed.
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