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Microsoft announced today that a future Microsoft Edge update would permanently disable the Internet Explorer 11 desktop web browser on some Windows 10 systems in February."The out-of-support Internet Explorer 11 desktop application is scheduled to be permanently disabled on certain versions of Windows 10 devices on February 14, 2023, through a Microsoft Edge update, not a Windows update as previously communicated," Redmond said on Friday.
Microsoft Edge will drop support for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 after the release of version 109 on January 12th, 2023. The decision to no longer provide Windows 7 / 8.1 support for Edge users almost perfectly aligns with the end of support for Windows 7 Extended Security Update and Windows 8/8.1 on January 10th, 2023.
It's just under two weeks since Google rushed out a Chrome patch for the then-current version 107 to seal off a bug that was already being used in real-life attacks. How might the bug might be triggered? Was merely viewing a booby-trapped web page enough? Could it be abused for remote code execution? Could the crooks end up installing malware without any visible warning? Who was using it? Were they state-sponsored attackers, or some other sort of cybercriminals? What they were after? Were they into data stealing, ransomware attacks, unlawful surveillance, or all of those things?
Zero-days are bugs for which there were zero days you could have updated proactively. Because cybercriminals not only found the bug first, but also figured out how to exploit it for nefarious purposes before a patch was prepared and published.
Cloud-based IT, security and compliance solutions company Qualys used the final leg of its multi-city Qualys Security Conference series to welcome software engineers, partners and customers to Las Vegas this November 2022 to discuss this issue and others. All assets discovered by the Network Passive Sensor are reported to Qualys Asset Inventory, where the edge security team can view information about them.
Microsoft has improved the Microsoft Edge efficiency mode feature in the latest stable release to increase battery life when the device is unplugged or on low battery. Efficiency mode is a cross-platform feature that works on Windows, macOS, and Linux, follows Battery Saver mode on Windows, turning on at 20% battery on macOS, and requires enabling on Linux devices since it's off by default.
An ongoing malvertising campaign is injecting ads in the Microsoft Edge News Feed to redirect potential victims to websites pushing tech support scams. App subdomains to host their scam pages within a single day.
The desire for control to achieve safety may also explain why many organizations have chosen to adopt Secure Access Service Edge technology instead of relying on traditional network security models. While tech trends have continued calling for more distributed network environments and cloud computing, more organizations have begun incorporating SASE into their security.