Simply switching to these browsers should protect users from the exploits used by attackers and will even keep an organisation safe. This is because they do not rely on the old and insecure MSHTML engine, using Google’s Blink engine instead. Users who are still relying on Internet Explorer on a Windows 10 computer should switch to Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge right away. According to security firm Trend Micro, the Cobalt Strike beacon is installed on the target’s device, giving the attacker control over the computer. However, some documents do not come with the mark of the web flag (for example if they were compressed and then extracted) which means that they will be opened like a local document, allowing them to infect and take over a vulnerable system. Once that is detected, Microsoft Office will only open the file in Read-Only mode. Microsoft Office has a ‘Protected View’ mode for content downloaded from the internet, which is denoted by a ‘mark of the web’ that is applied to files and documents received from the web. The company has not patched the security flaw yet, but has revealed that attackers are using dangerous ActiveX controls to take advantage of Office 2019 and Office 365 apps to install malicious software on a user’s computer if it is running Windows 10.Īlso read: Looking for a smartphone? Check Mobile Finder here. Stability and performance improvements.Microsoft revealed the security vulnerability just on Tuesday, saying that it had tracked down a security flaw that could allow execution of remote code on a device by affecting the MSHTML (also known as Trident) browser engine used by Internet Explorer.Now navigation between pages would be more faster with this edition Chrome supports Backward-Forward-Cache in the desktop version also.
Sitewide Zoom: This edition also equips the user to customize zoom to various percentage for sites of their choice.
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