Microsoft has updated the Internet Explorer (IE) mode in its Edge browser after receiving credible reports in August 2025 that unknown attackers were using the tool to gain unauthorized access to ...

What just happened? Microsoft has overhauled the Internet Explorer mode in its Edge browser following reports that attackers were exploiting the feature to compromise Windows devices. The company ...

Although Internet Explorer was officially retired in 2022, it lives on in the Edge browser for those with older websites. It's also an easy target for hackers. When he's not battling bugs and robots ...

Threat actors have worked around the security enhancements in Microsoft's Edge web browser, by simply using social engineering to tell users to enter the legacy Internet Explorer mode to launch ...

Microsoft has tightened access to Internet Explorer (IE) mode in its Microsoft Edge browser after discovering that hackers were exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability to take control of users' ...

Don't miss out on our latest stories. Add PCMag as a preferred source on Google. Microsoft officially retired and disabled Internet Explorer in 2022, but hackers are still targeting the outdated ...

Following active attacks, Microsoft has drastically restricted Internet Explorer mode in Edge. Attackers even used zero-days for system takeovers. The Internet Explorer is not dead yet. At least not ...

Microsoft is pulling the plug on its Internet Explorer web browser for beginning June 15, 2022. "We are announcing that the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge," Microsoft ...

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Mozilla is rolling out a free, browser-based VPN on Firefox over the next few months—but not everyone will have access. At present, Mozilla is only enabling the feature for a limited number of ...