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Microsoft fixes bug that blocked Google Chrome from launching
Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing its Family Safety parental control service to block Windows users from launching Google Chrome and other web browsers. Family Safety helps parents monitor their children’s activity and provides screen time management, app controls, communication monitoring, content filtering, location tracking, and activity reports. Microsoft acknowledged the bug in late June 2025 […]
Mozilla announces switch to disable all Firefox AI features
In response to user feedback on AI integration, Mozilla announced today that the next Firefox release will let users disable AI features entirely or manage them individually. The new “Block AI enhancements” toggle will be available in Firefox 148 on February 24 and will help block current and future generative AI features in the desktop […]
Google fixes new Chrome zero-day flaw exploited in attacks
Google has released an emergency security update to fix the seventh Chrome zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks this year. “Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2025-13223 exists in the wild,” the search giant warned in a security advisory published on Monday. This high-severity vulnerability is caused by a type confusion weakness in Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine, reported last […]
Mozilla Firefox gets new anti-fingerprinting defenses
Mozilla announced a major privacy upgrade in Firefox 145 that reduces even more the number of users vulnerable to digital fingerprinting. The new protections will initially be available only in Private Browsing Mode and Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) Strict mode. After testing and optimization, they will be enabled by default in the Firefox web browser. […]
Microsoft Edge gets scareware sensor for faster scam detection
Microsoft is introducing a new scareware sensor for the Microsoft Edge web browser, which helps detect scam pages more quickly and ensures that Defender SmartScreen blocks them faster. In scareware scams (also known as tech support scams), fraudsters use aggressive landing pages to trick potential victims into believing that their devices have been compromised with malware […]
Google Chrome to warn users before opening insecure HTTP sites
Google announced today that the Chrome web browser will start warning users by default before connecting to insecure HTTP public websites beginning with Chrome 154 in October 2026. Google Chrome also has an opt-in HTTPS-First Mode since 2021, which added the “Always Use Secure Connections” setting and attempts to connect to websites over HTTPS (HyperText Transfer Protocol […]
CommetJacking attack tricks Comet browser into stealing emails
A new attack called ‘CometJacking’ exploits URL parameters to pass to Perplexity’s Comet AI browser hidden instructions that allow access to sensitive data from connected services, like email and calendar. In a realistic scenario, no credentials or user interaction are required and a threat actor can leverage the attack by simply exposing a maliciously crafted URL to […]
Brave browser surpasses the 100 million active monthly users mark
Brave browser reached 101 million monthly active users and 42 million daily active users this September, marking a new record in the project’s history. At the same time, Brave Search, the project’s privacy-focused search engine that launched in 2021 and relies on its own web index, has grown to 1.6 billion monthly search queries and […]
Microsoft Edge to block malicious sideloaded extensions
Microsoft is planning to introduce a new Edge security feature that will protect users against malicious extensions sideloaded into the web browser. Edge enables developers to install extensions locally (also known as sideloading) for testing purposes before publishing them to the Microsoft Edge Add-ons store by toggling the “Developer Mode” option on the Extensions management page and clicking the […]
Mozilla now lets Firefox add-on devs roll back bad updates
Mozilla has announced a new feature that enables Firefox extension developers to roll back to previously approved versions, allowing them to quickly address critical bugs and issues. Once the latest extension version is reverted, users will no longer be able to install it. If automatic updates are enabled, the web browser will also automatically revert […]