Microsoft and Google release emergency patches for security vulnerabilities in Edge and Chrome

Google has released an emergency patch for the Windows, macOS and Linux versions of Chrome after the discovery of a zero-day vulnerability that the company says is being actively exploited. The security fix comes as Microsoft releases a patch of its own for the same vulnerability (CVE-2022-1096) in Edge, its Chromium-based browser. While neither company has given much detail about the problem, Google describes it as being of high severity. See also: Mozilla sets out its vision of the web of the future After tests, Microsoft has decided to add the 'System requirements not met' watermark to Windows 11 Microsoft… [Continue Reading]