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Forbes
3 hours ago
- Forbes
Google Chrome Warning—Update Or Stop Using Browser By July 23
Google confirms attacks on Chrome are underway. Google has confirmed that Chrome is under attack again, and has issued another emergency update for all users following the mandatory 'configuration change' it pushed out last week. Whatever device you're running, you need to ensure you have downloaded the latest software and then you need to restart your browser. As I suggested would happen, America's cyber defence agency has now mandated federal employees update or stop using Chrome within 3 weeks, on or before July 23. The warning also applies to Microsoft Edge and other Chromium-based browsers. CISA warns that Chrome's V8 Javascript engine 'contains a type confusion vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to perform arbitrary read/write via a crafted HTML page.' That means just visiting the wrong website could put you at risk. In confirming CVE-2025-6554, Google explained that it would not release any further details at this time, 'until a majority of users are updated with a fix.' But the fact it was discovered by Google's own Threat Analysis Group just five days before the fix was released — with a config change even faster than that — tells you how urgent this is. The assumption is that this will have been found in highly targeted attacks, the kind that use specialized websites to lure specific victims or links and other social media, email or text messages to deploy its attacks. But the fact this is now public domain and being fixed means the risks are high as attackers deployments before it's too late. This is the fourth actively exploited zero-day this year, and it highlights how important it is to keep all browsers updated at all times. While CISA's mandate only applies to federal agency staff, its remit extends to all organizations to help them 'better manage vulnerabilities and keep pace with threat activity.' You will see a flag within Chrome telling you an update has been downloaded and you need to restart. All your tabs should reopen, albeit your Incognito private browsing tabs will not. So make sure there's nothing unsaved in any of those. Following Google's warning that it's 'aware that an exploit for CVE-2025-6554 exists in the wild," we can expect more detail on the vulnerability over the coming weeks.
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Business Standard
2 days ago
- Business Standard
Microsoft Authenticator app to drop password autofill: How to export data
Microsoft is discontinuing the password autofill feature in its Authenticator app. Autofill will stop working in July 2025, and all saved passwords will be permanently deleted by August 1. This move is part of Microsoft's plan to consolidate password management within the Edge browser, which will become the sole platform for storing and using saved credentials. Microsoft urges users to export their data before the deadline if they do not intend to switch to Edge. How to transfer your passwords Microsoft has stated that passwords and addresses already saved in the Authenticator app will automatically sync to your Microsoft account and remain accessible through Edge. However, if you are not planning to use Edge, you will need to export your passwords to another service before August 1. To continue using generated passwords, you must save them from the 'Generator history' (accessed via the 'Password' tab) into your saved passwords. How to maintain access to passwords with Edge For iOS Download the Microsoft Edge browser. Go to iPhone Settings and select General. Select Autofill & Passwords. Under the 'Autofill from' section, you will see a list of available password managers. Choose Edge. (If you have set up Passkeys for your Microsoft Account, ensure that Authenticator remains enabled as your Passkey Provider. Disabling Authenticator will disable your passkeys.) Open Edge and sign in to start autofilling. Your passwords and addresses are now securely synced in your Microsoft account. You can access them through 'Passwords' under settings. For Android Download the Microsoft Edge browser. Go to your device Settings and search for 'Autofill'. Select Preferred service. Select Change and choose Edge. Open Edge and sign in to start autofilling. Your passwords and addresses are now securely synced in your Microsoft account. You can access them through 'Passwords' under settings. Microsoft allows you to export passwords directly from Authenticator under Settings, then Autofill, and finally Export Passwords. Please note that payment details cannot be exported, so users will need to re-enter them manually. Passkeys are still supported Although password support is ending, Microsoft Authenticator will continue to support passkeys. This means you can still log in using facial recognition, fingerprint, or a PIN, ensuring the app remains enabled as your passkey provider. Choosing a different autofill provider instead of Edge If you would prefer to use a different service like Google Password Manager or iCloud Keychain, follow these steps: Set your preferred service as your default autofill provider in your phone's settings. Export your saved passwords from Authenticator and import them into your chosen password manager. Copy your saved addresses manually from Authenticator by tapping and holding, or export them using Microsoft Edge.
Android Authority
2 days ago
- Android Authority
I've tried every browser, but this is the one that works best for me
Andy Walker / Android Authority I open Microsoft Edge, and everything just feels right. It's not flashy or experimental. It's stable, fast, and capable. It 'just works.' I've jumped between browsers over the years, the way someone tests mattresses. I'm always seeking that one that feels just right. But no matter what I try, I keep returning to Edge. Microsoft's modern Chromium-based browser has earned my trust with thoughtful features, dependable performance, and a seamless cross-platform experience. It has all the extensions I can use on Chrome. It has a fantastic password manager, handles passkeys, and can be customized more than Chrome. Sure, it's not perfect, but for me, it's just right, and that's what I'm looking for in a browser. Have you ever seriously tried Microsoft Edge? 0 votes Yes it's my primary browser NaN % Now and again NaN % No, but I'll give it a shot NaN % Only to download another browser NaN % All hail Google Chrome Rita El Khoury / Android Authority I'm a tech enthusiast, especially for consumer and small business-facing software. I get easily distracted by the next shiny thing, like when Arc Browser dropped. I let myself get caught up in the buzz around Arc, and when I tried it out finally I was left a little disappointed. Sidebar tabs? Well, Edge has had those forever as an option. Spaces were not that interesting, because Edge has Workspaces. The peek feature is kinda neat, I guess, but overall, I just went back to using Edge and forgot about Arc. I started with Netscape Navigator back in the day, then slowly migrated to Internet Explorer. Firefox was the first browser I was excited to use. The open-source alternative to Explorer fit what I wanted perfectly. It was fast, pretty, and easy to use. It didn't stall out the way Internet Explorer did, because it wasn't bloated and clunky. Then came Chrome. I started with Netscape Navigator back in the day. Like many others, I jumped on Chrome the day it was released in Canada. I had already been a Gmail user for four years. Chrome was exciting, simple, fast, reliable. It looked great, it had a massive extension library, and soon Google made it so I could access my entire online life through this one browser. But Google became increasingly disjointed. It kept shutting down popular services, and the bloat crept into Chrome. The company grew more monopolistic. So I started shopping for a replacement. My browser-hopping period Megan Ellis / Android Authority I tried Vivaldi for its extreme customization. It felt like the Linux of browsers. I found it overkill for my daily use, and too complicated. Opera was okay, but I just never fell in love with it. I even used the original Microsoft Edge, launched in 2015. It used Microsoft's own proprietary rendering engine and the Chakra JavaScript engine. It was sluggish, and lacked extension support. It was like a prettier version of Internet Explorer, so I wasn't surprised when Microsoft canned it. Brave was maybe the best Chrome alternative of the bunch. Fast, reliable, and with superb privacy tools built in like an ad blocker and a VPN. The crypto stuff was sketchy, and the project's leadership is questionable with its politics. But then Microsoft released a Chromium-based Edge in 2020. What Edge gets right My Bing on Microsoft Edge. Outlook Calendar side panel. The Collections feature. Edge's Workspaces tool. Edge's compatibility across platforms drew me in. I use a Windows desktop PC for most of my work, and a MacBook Pro for my on-the-go work. Edge syncs history, passwords, and tabs seamlessly between the two. More than that, however, was how well it manages memory. It's as light as a feather on RAM usage compared to Chrome. It even uses less RAM than Safari on Mac. The vertical tabs feature is great. I can keep things tidy by moving tabs to the vertical edge of the browser, instead of having dozens of tabs crowded into a shrinking horizontal bar. This is invaluable when researching an article or juggling multiple projects at once. Collections is another standout feature. I use Collections to gather links, screenshots, and create Pinterest-like shopping lists of things I want to buy one day. It's a built-in digital scrapbook, and it lives in a little sidebar I can access at any time, without having to leave whatever I'm working on. I recently interviewed some musicians for an article, and I used this Collections feature to keep everything organized in a way that was better than any of my note-taking apps. I use Collections to gather links, screenshots, and create Pinterest-like shopping lists of things I want to buy one day. Workspaces are another win for Edge, in my books. I can sort multiple tabs into a workspace, and it will keep them all even when I close Edge. To get back into them, I just choose the workspace I want and everything opens up just the way I left them. There's so much more, as well, like a great Reader Mode, something Chrome still struggles with, a PDF viewer that lets me markup documents right in the web browser, and even a math solver. Where Edge falls short Bing's busy news feed on Microsoft Edge. Nothing is perfect, and Edge is far from it. It leans too hard into Microsoft's ecosystem. I understand the need for Microsoft to nag people to use Edge on Windows, but switching default browsers is a little too much for most people. Luckily for me, I chose to stick with Edge. Bing isn't bad, but I like Ecosia myself, and the constant prompts to switch to Bing in Edge is enough to make me use Firefox now and again. At least that browser respects my choices as an adult. The opening screen in Edge is a little chaotic until you wrest it under control. I don't care for Bing's news. It doesn't seem to ever understand what I'm interested in. Google Discover knows I don't care about the latest episode of Love Is Blind. Bing can't seem to figure that out, even when I blatantly click 'Don't show me this' on the news story. The Edge mobile browser feels a little too cramped. It's like Microsoft tried to jam the desktop interface into the mobile app. It works great, and everything loads fast, but as a UX guy, I don't like it. Of course I can customize it. But most consumers won't, and they'll see the ugly mobile interface and switch back to Chrome. It's a serious oversight by Microsoft. It works great, and everything loads fast, but as a UX guy, I don't like it. In fact, despite all the features and improvements, Edge has a reputation problem stemming back to the Internet Explorer days. Many people associate Edge with the old Microsoft, before Satya Nadella transformed the company into the sleek and modern beast it is today. Many still see the company as the one run by sweaty Steve Balmer and Bill Gates awkwardly dancing on stage for the Windows 95 release. Edge, as a result, is the 'thing you use to download Chrome.' Why it sticks with me Edge just works, even despite these annoyances. It's just a reliable tool for my life. Reading, surfing the web, working, you name it, Edge does the job and never fails. I've never had a crash or a slowdown. It's like Chrome, but sleeker and with more productive tools built right in. The UI is clean and functional, on desktop at least. The sidebar means I can quickly check something without leaving the page. I can even do a separate web search in the sidebar, without leaving the page in the main window. I often draft quick notes in that sidebar with the source open right in the main window. At the end of the day, it's a Microsoft tool, and its privacy isn't any better or worse than Google's tools. But I trust Microsoft more than Google, at least when it comes to its motivations for my data. I appreciate its enterprise-first, no-advertising approach to development. I still use Fastmail for most of my productivity, but Edge is the browser I keep coming back to.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Yahoo
Microsoft Is Getting Rid of Passwords in One Month. Here's What You Need to Do ASAP
If you rely on Microsoft Authenticator to store your passwords, time is winding down. Starting in August, Microsoft will require you to use passkeys instead of keeping all of your Microsoft passwords on its mobile app and your old passwords will vanish. But that's not bad news. Passkeys can cut out risky password habits that 49% of US adults have, according to a recent CNET survey. Making it a practice to use the same password for multiple accounts or include personal hints, like your birthday, can be risky. It could be an easy giveaway for hackers to guess, which can lead to identity theft and fraud. Here's what you need to know about Microsoft's timeline for the switch and how to set up passkeys for your Microsoft accounts before it's too late. Microsoft Authenticator houses your passwords and lets you sign into all of your Microsoft accounts using a PIN, facial recognition such as Windows Hello, or other biometric data, like a fingerprint. Authenticator can be used in other ways, such as verifying you're logging in if you forgot your password, or using two-factor authentication as an extra layer of security for your Microsoft June, Microsoft stopped letting users add passwords to Authenticator, but here's a timeline of other changes you can expect, according to Microsoft. July 2025: You won't be able to use the autofill password function. August 2025: You'll no longer be able to use saved passwords. If you still want to use passwords instead of passkeys, you can store them in Microsoft Edge. However, CNET experts recommend adopting passkeys during this transition. "Passkeys use public key cryptography to authenticate users, rather than relying on users themselves creating their own (often weak or reused) passwords to access their online accounts," said Attila Tomaschek, CNET software senior writer and digital security expert. So what exactly is a passkey? It's a credential created by the Fast Identity Online Alliance that uses biometric data or a PIN to verify your identity and access your account. Think about using your fingerprint or Face ID to log into your account. That's generally safer than using a password that is easy to guess or susceptible to a phishing attack. "Passwords can be cracked, whereas passkeys need both the public and the locally stored private key to authenticate users, which can help mitigate risks like falling victim to phishing and brute-force or credential-stuffing attacks," Tomaschek added. Passkeys aren't stored on servers like passwords. Instead, they're stored only on your personal device. More conveniently, this takes the guesswork out of remembering your passwords and the need for a password manager. Microsoft said in a May 1 blog post that it will automatically detect the best passkey to set up and make that your default sign-in option. "If you have a password and 'one-time code' set up on your account, we'll prompt you to sign in with your one-time code instead of your password. After you're signed in, you'll be prompted to enroll a passkey. Then the next time you sign in, you'll be prompted to sign in with your passkey," according to the blog post. To set up a new passkey, open your Authenticator app on your phone. Tap on your account and select "Set up a passkey." You'll be prompted to log in with your existing credentials. After you're logged in, you can set up the passkey.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Yahoo
This Microsoft app thinks Google Chrome is NSFW (Not Safe For Windows)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Microsoft has a long and underhanded history of trying to gently subvert users away from Google Chrome on Windows. In an effort to push the Edge web browser and its Bing search engine to Google's userbase (with all the tact of a used-car salesman), Microsoft has injected pop-up ads, tricked users with a fake Google Search page, flagged other browsers as errors that need to be fixed, and potentially broken a Chrome feature by blocking it through a system update. Oopsie. However, after years of "coincidental" issues, "unintended" behaviors, and "accidental" bugs, Microsoft may have found a way to at least cut off the youth from being indoctrinated by Google's superior search and browser... By accidentally flagging it as unsuitable using Windows 11's Family Safety feature. In yet another unlikely turn of events that seems to benefit Microsoft's Edge browser and penalize Google's Chrome, Windows 11's Family Safety feature has been effectively blocking the world's most popular browser from opening for the better part of a month under the guise of a parental control measure. The issue was first reported on June 3 to the r/Chrome subreddit by user Witty-Discount-2906, who claimed that following a crash, Chrome now "Just flashes quickly, unable to open with no error message." Some time later, another Redditor suggested it was related to Windows' Parental Controls, stating, "I've had 9 students come see the IT Desk in the last hour saying Chrome won't open." The issue was seemingly confirmed by Chrome support manager Ellen T, replying to a related post to the Google Chrome Help Community message board, stated: "Our team has investigated these reports and determined the cause of this behavior. For some users, Chrome is unable to run when Microsoft Family Safety is enabled." According to a follow-up post, Microsoft advises that parents (or IT admins in the case of our previous Reddit sleuth) seeking a solution can use the Family Safety web portal or mobile app to select their Child's (or user's) account and choose to disable "Filter inappropriate websites" under the Edge tab. However, while this will open up access to Chrome once more, it'll also open up access to all of the parts of the internet most parental controls seek to keep restricted. Alternatively, admins or parents can navigate to Windows > Apps & Games, and unblock Chrome from there. If this is a bug, it's an incredible on-brand one, and a genuine blessing. Typically, Microsoft would have to set aside engineers for weeks to plot and scheme ways to attempt to topple Chrome's popularity. This one would then have fallen into its lap for free. According to Chromium's bug tracker, the problem persists for some, though reports have slowed. One team member shares: "We've not heard anything from MSFT about a fix being rolled out. They have provided guidance to users who contact them about how to get Chrome working again, but I wouldn't think that would have a large effect." Narrowing down potentially affected users, the Chromium team member shares: "The set of Chrome users who are affected are those who turned on Web Safety under the Edge tab of the parental controls between roughly Nov 2024 and June 3rd." Whether this is a fault with Chromium or with Windows 11's Family Safety feature remains to be seen. However, Microsoft will likely not see a situation that causes Edge to appear more attractive than the competition as a high-priority issue. So while we wait for a potential fix, I wouldn't blame Microsoft for dragging its heels. Google's latest Gemini 2.5 models are its biggest response to ChatGPT yet — and they're already live My favorite AI tool just hit Google Search, and it's actually useful — try it yourself Banking Trojans have hit millions of Android devices in 2025 — here are the biggest threats and how to protect yourself
