Category Archives: browser

Edge and its poor installer security

[German]Microsoft offers the new Chromium-based Edge Browser since a few days now. However, the security of the provided Windows installer is quite poor.

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News from Microsoft about Chrome and Edge

[German]In this article I would like to summarize some information about the Chromium Edge and the Chrome Browser under Office 365 Pro Plus, which I've seen within the last hours. For example, Microsoft wants to force Bing search in the … Continue reading

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Edge Update auf 79.0.309.71

Microsoft has updated the Edge Browser to version 79.0.309.71. However, there is currently no change log, so it is not possible to tell what has been updated in the browser. (via)

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0patch: Fix for Internet Explorer 0-day vulnerability CVE-2020-0674

[German]A fix for the 0-day vulnerability CVE-2020-0674 in Internet Explorer's JScript library, which was published a few days ago, has been released from 0patch today. Here is some information about what I have found so far – the article will … Continue reading

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Firefox 72.0.2 and 68.4.2esr released

[German]Mozilla's developers had just released (January 20, 2020) version 72.0.2 and version and 68.4.2esr of the Firefox browser. It seems to be a maintenance update for the browser.

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Windows 7: Internet Explorer 11 reaches end of support

[German]Microsoft axes the Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7 SP1 and declared the browser has reached 'end of support' for this operating system. This may be read now on the IE download pages.

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Warning: 0-Day vulnerability in Internet Explorer (01/17/2020)

[German]Microsoft has issued a security advisory for a 0-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer as of January 17, 2020, which affects virtually all versions of Windows (because Internet Explorer is the browser that is present in those versions). There is an … Continue reading

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Edge Update to 79.0.309.68, language issue fixed

[German]Microsoft has updated the Edge Browser to version 79.0.309.68, so that the vulnerabilities present in Chrome (see Chrome 79.0.3945.130) are also fixed in the Chromium Edge Browser. The issue, that Chromium Edge is installed in a wrong language after download … Continue reading

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Chrome 79.0.3945.130

[German] Google's developers have just released Chrome 79.0.3945.130. The browser update closes 11 vulnerabilities in total, but Google don't reaveal details about that.

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Chromium-Edge installed in wrong language

Users who wanted to install the Chromium Edge Browser released on January 15, 2020 report installation problems. The browser is installed in a 'wrong' language. Microsoft is investigating the whole thing, see Microsoft Chromium-Edge released.

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