Category Archives: browser

EOS: Microsoft encourage IE 10 users to shift to IE 11

Posted on 2019-01-29 by guenni

[German]Internet Explorer 10 will reach its End of Support (EOS) at End of 2019. Microsoft encourage IE 10 users to shift to IE 11 till the end of this year. This affects users of Internet Explorer 10 who are running … Continue reading →

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Google Chrome get drive by download protection

Posted on 2019-01-28 by guenni

Google's Chrome browser will get a protection feature to block dangerous drive-by downloads. This should prevent the distribution of malware via this channel.

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Nearly 200 Extensions (Chrome, Firefox, Opera) vulnerable

Posted on 2019-01-21 by guenni

[German]Security researchers have found nearly 200 extensions for Google Chrome, Firefox or Opera that can be attacked by malicious websites. Maybe another opportunity to check, if you really need this stuff.

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Firefox 64.0.2

Posted on 2019-01-12 by guenni

Mozilla's developer have released Firefox 64.0.2 for Windows, Linux and macOS. This is a maintenance update which fixes bugs. The tip came in from a blog reader.

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Otter Browser 1.0.0.1

Posted on 2019-01-07 by guenni

[German]Are you searching a browser that doesn't depend on Chromium or Firefox and shall not been Edge or Safari? The developers have released the first stable version 1.0.0.1 of the Otter browser (successor from Opera) at January 1, 2019. This … Continue reading →

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

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Microsoft Edge: PoC for Remote Execution Vulnerability

Posted on 2019-01-06 by guenni

[German]A security researcher has published an exploit code as a Proof of Concept (PoC) that exploits a remote execution vulnerability in the JavaScript engine of Microsoft Edge.

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Microsoft Patchday: Other Updates December 11, 2018

Posted on 2018-12-13 by guenni

[German]As of December 11, 2018 (Patchday), Microsoft has released additional updates for Internet Explorer, Windows Server, etc. In this blog post the respective patches are added, which are not included in the remaining posts linked at the end of the … Continue reading →

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Chrome 71.0.3578.98 released

Posted on 2018-12-13 by guenni

As of December 12, 2018, the developers have released the Google Chrome browser version 71.0.3578.98. This update corrects a vulnerability in the PDF module of the browser.

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Tor Browser 8.0.4

Posted on 2018-12-13 by guenni

[German]On December 12, 2018, the developers released Tor Browser 8.0.4. This is a maintenance update that updates Firefox 60.4.0esr and various other components. 

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Google Chrome 71 released

Posted on 2018-12-05 by guenni

[German]Google's developers has released Google Chrome 71 browser to release channel. This new version fixes some vulnerabilities and provides some new features.

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