Is Art New tabs safe?
Art New tabs sends new-tab search terms to goog.artnewtabs.com.
The extension replaces the browser's new-tab page with its own search page. When a user submits a search there, it places the typed query in the q URL parameter and navigates to goog.artnewtabs.com.
Who publishes itPro Mobitech Technologies - 2 other listings from the same operator, 2 of them carrying a finding
Pro Mobitech Technologies - 2 other listings from the same operator, 2 of them carrying a finding
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Same store account
1 other listing published from this account, 6k+ users between them. 1 of them carries a finding.
Same operator - 1 listing
Published under a different store account, but sharing the registered address, contact or declared legal entity this one gave the store.
Shared hosts - 2 hostnames
Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.
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Findings
New-tab search terms are sent to Art New tabs search endpoint
Typing a search on the Art New tabs new-tab page redirects the browser to goog.artnewtabs.com with your query in the URL.
The request includes the typed input and destination URL, so the endpoint receives the terms you entered.
- Severity
- Medium unwanted
- Type
- Unexpected
- CWE
- CWE-359
- Source
- Dynamic sandbox
The user submits a search from the extension's new-tab page.
The extension redirects the browser to goog.artnewtabs.com with the typed query in the q URL parameter.
- Your typed search termswatercolor ideas (illustrative)
The text entered in the new-tab search box is sent as the q URL parameter.
- Search request URLhttps://goog.artnewtabs.com/?nbtc=1&q=watercolor%20ideas (illustrative)
The request URL identifies the remote search endpoint and carries the search term in its query string.
Dynamic analysis confirmed the new-tab override and the form handler that places the submitted search text into the outgoing q parameter.
What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 0.1.7. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Read and change your data on artnewtabs.com
*://*.artnewtabs.com/*
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Art New tabs contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.
- goog.artnewtabs.com
Art New tabs sends data to goog.artnewtabs.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.