The browser extension injects scripts to capture AI prompts and responses even when the VPN features are disabled.

Urban VPN Proxy, which claims to protect users' privacy, collects data from conversations with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, ...

More than a dozen Firefox extensions were found to be malicious, planting backdoors and keeping track of user browsing habits ...

According to cybersecurity firm Koi, Urban VPN Proxy and three other popular browser extensions with 8 million+ installs can see conversations you've had with the top chatbots in 'raw form.' ...

Browser extensions with more than 8 million installs are harvesting complete and extended conversations from users’ AI ...

According to Koi’s analysis, the AI conversation harvesting was introduced in version 5.5.0 of Urban VPN Proxy, released on July 9 2025. Earlier versions did not include this functionality. Because ...

Anything users typed into ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude, Microsoft Copilot, DeepSeek, Google Gemini, Grok, Meta AI, and ...

A Google Chrome extension with a "Featured" badge and six million users has been observed silently gathering every prompt ...

Malicious Chrome and Edge extensions collected browsing history, keystrokes and personal data from millions of users before ...

Browser extensions that promise privacy are found to be selling AI conversations from millions of users. Security researchers ...

Free VPN apps don't always protect your privacy. They may log your activity, sell your data or expose you to security risks. Here's how to spot the red flags and what to use instead. With more than a ...

A Chrome browser extension with 6 million users, as well as seven other Chrome and Edge extensions, for months have been silently collecting data from every AI chatbot conversion, packaging it, and ...