It doesn’t matter if you don’t use Internet Explorer, you could still be at risk from this IE zero-day vulnerability

You might think that any security issues with Internet Explorer shouldn’t be much of a problem anymore. After all, most computer users have moved on to more modern alternative browsers like Chrome, Brave, Firefox, Safari, or Microsoft Edge. And e… Continue reading It doesn’t matter if you don’t use Internet Explorer, you could still be at risk from this IE zero-day vulnerability

Internet Explorer browser flaw threatens all Windows users

Nearly four years after it was replaced by Edge as Microsoft’s preferred Windows browser, researchers keep finding unpleasant security flaws in Internet Explorer (IE). Continue reading Internet Explorer browser flaw threatens all Windows users

Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer zero-days could allow spying on your browsing activity

Two zero-day vulnerabilities in the updated versions of Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer could enable outsiders to access confidential information shared between websites, according to new security research highlighted by Trend Micro Tuesday. The browser vulnerabilities were first made public March 29 by James Lee, a 20-year-old security researcher who says he first notified Microsoft about the issues 10 months ago. A Trend Micro analysis of the attacks found that if a web user visits a malicious page using either browser, attackers can exploit a process known as Origin Validation Error to gather information about other pages the user visited. Thieves could use this technique to bypass security measures and steal financial or other personal information, researchers said. “The browser is not restricting information about the website redirection properly, and instead allows [hackers] to access information about the client’s activities on other websites,” Trend Micro said in a blog post. “In […]

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Unpatched Zero-Days in Microsoft Edge and IE Browsers Disclosed Publicly

Exclusive — A security researcher today publicly disclosed details and proof-of-concept exploits for two ‘unpatched’ zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s web browsers after the company allegedly failed to respond to his responsible private disclosur… Continue reading Unpatched Zero-Days in Microsoft Edge and IE Browsers Disclosed Publicly

Update now! Microsoft and Adobe’s February 2019 Patch Tuesday is here

Internet Explorer (IE) may have launched way back in 1995 but nearly a quarter of a century later it’s still creating work for Microsoft and Windows users. Continue reading Update now! Microsoft and Adobe’s February 2019 Patch Tuesday is here

Everything You Need to Know About Windows – January 2019


This month sees Windows Server 2019 finally reach general availability in Azure and appear in the Windows Evaluation Center, plus some changes to Internet Explorer in older versions of Windows.

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