Microsoft is updating the Edge web browser to ensure it no longer loads saved passwords into process memory in clear text at startup after previously stating it was "by design." This behavior was ...

Microsoft Edge is adding a new feature that will allow its Copilot AI chatbot to gather information from all of your open tabs. When you start a conversation with Copilot, you can ask the chatbot ...

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If you save your passwords in Microsoft Edge, here’s something you should know. Every time you open the browser, it decrypts all your saved passwords and loads them into memory in cleartext, where ...

UPDATE: May. 6, 2026, 9:40 a.m. EDT This piece was updated to include a statement from Microsoft. Password managers are supposed to make life easier for users by remembering their passwords and ...

A security researcher has discovered that Microsoft Edge will load all your stored passwords into memory in plaintext at startup, making it easy for malware to scrape those passwords. When you ...

An attacker with administrative privileges can gain access to Microsoft Edge user passwords even when they're not in use, because the browser stores them in cleartext in process memory as part of a ...

Update 14.4.2026: Microsoft hat eher beiläufig eine Erklärung dazu abgegeben, weshalb es die telefonische Aktivierung von Windows abgeschafft hat. Das neue Aktivierungsverfahren sei demnach “sicherer, ...

A new update now in testing sets Edge to automatically appear at startup, and you are forced to opt-out if you don't want it. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Ukrainian entities have emerged as the target of a new campaign likely orchestrated by threat actors linked to Russia, according to a report from S2 Grupo's LAB52 threat intelligence team. The ...

The longtime Microsoft Visitor Center in Building 92 has closed and been sealed off. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft’s Visitor Center, a hands-on tech showcase and historical exhibit in ...