Microsoft: Edge 148 will stop loading cleartext passwords in memory
Microsoft says it is changing how Edge handles saved passwords in memory following public criticism and the release of a proof-of-concept tool that demonstrated credentials could be extracted in cleartext from the browser’s process memory. Microsoft confirmed that future versions of Edge will no longer preload saved passwords into memory during startup, a behavior security … The post Microsoft: Edge 148 will stop loading cleartext passwords in memory appeared first on CyberInsider.
A proof-of-concept tool demonstrated that Microsoft Edge's saved passwords could be extracted in cleartext from the browser's process memory, prompting a change in how Edge handles stored credentials.
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