On June 15, Microsoft will finally end support for Internet Explorer on various versions of Windows, almost 27 years after its launch on August 24, 1995. The desktop version of IE will be disabled and replaced with the new Microsoft Edge, with users automatically redirected to Edge when they launch Internet Explorer 11. Internet Explorer… Continue reading Internet Explorer shutdown. The Epithaf
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Microsoft will end support for Internet Explorer in 2022
Microsoft has announced quite categorically that it will finally stop supporting its Internet Explorer browser next year. Currently, many users have already abandoned Internet Explorer, which has lived more than quarter of a century, but the company plans to drive final nail in the coffin of the browser on June 15, 2022, as Microsoft will… Continue reading Microsoft will end support for Internet Explorer in 2022
Google says that a quarter of all 0-day vulnerabilities are new variations of old problems
Google analysts studied the 0-day vulnerabilities they discovered in 2020, and concluded that almost a quarter of the problems are new variations of already known bugs that had previously received patches. The authors of the report write that many problems could have been avoided if the developers immediately corrected their products more thoroughly. In 2020,… Continue reading Google says that a quarter of all 0-day vulnerabilities are new variations of old problems
Google: 11 0-day vulnerabilities identified in the first half of 2020
Google Project Zero experts estimate that 11 0-day vulnerabilities, actively exploited by hackers, were identified in the first half of 2020. The current number of 0-day problems indicates that, most likely, that overall this year will be identified the same number of zero-day vulnerabilities, as in 2019 (20). The link above leads to the company’s… Continue reading Google: 11 0-day vulnerabilities identified in the first half of 2020
Microsoft fixed 0-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer and 99 more bugs in its products
Recent February “update Tuesday” became the largest for Microsoft in a long time: within its framework were fixed almost 100 different bugs, including the 0-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer, which was already under attack, and 11 other critical problems. Recall that back in January 2020, Microsoft reported a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer, which the… Continue reading Microsoft fixed 0-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer and 99 more bugs in its products
Windows 7 users will not receive a patch for critical vulnerability in the IE
Microsoft said Windows 7 users would not receive a patch for a critical vulnerability in IE. The fix will be available only to Windows 7 users who paid for extended support. Just a few days after the end of official support for Windows 7, it became known about a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer, and… Continue reading Windows 7 users will not receive a patch for critical vulnerability in the IE
Temporary patch for 0-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer arrived on the Internet
Earlier this week, Microsoft announced about vulnerability in Internet Explorer, which is already exploited for “limited targeted attacks”. Now arrived temporary patch for this 0-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The problem received the identifier CVE-2020-0674 and it is associated with a vulnerability in the Firefox browser. Apparently, the mentioned “limited attacks” are part of a… Continue reading Temporary patch for 0-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer arrived on the Internet