Microsoft Edge security features

Microsoft has published some Microsoft Edge security features on edge blog.

Microsoft Edge

no support for VML, VB Script, Toolbars, BHOs, or ActiveX.
Microsoft Passport technology with asymmetric cryptography.
Microsoft SmartScreen.
Certificate Reputation – web developers to use the Bing Webmaster Tools report directly to alert Microsoft to fraudulent certificates.
Support for the W3C standard for Content Security Policy helping developers everywhere defend their sites from XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) attacks in a cross-browser manner.
Support for HTTP Strict Transport Security helping ensure that connections to important sites, like your Bank.
major overhaul of the DOM representation in the browser’s memory.
EPM (Enhanced Protected Mode).
App Container Sandbox by Default.
Microsoft Edge is 64-bit by default- Windows ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization)
MemGC – Memory Garbage Collector.
CFG – Control Flow Guard.
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Vivaldi browser Snapshot 1.0.174.8-1 released

Vivaldi browser Snapshot 1.0.174.8-1 is now available for download and testing. What’s new in this Snapshot?

vivaldi browser

3 new Startup settings options.
Continue from last time.
start with Homepage .
start with Speed Dial.
optimized UI performance.
Rewrite tab-handling without backbone to make tab-switching faster.
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New redesigned Flickr released

Flickr has undergone a major redesigned and rolled out a lot of new features for both desktop and mobile users. What’s new in this release?

Camera Roll

New Uploadr for Mac and Windows.
A New Camera Roll in the Cloud- made it easy to access and view your entire catalog of images, organize your photos.
new bulk editing features.
new Magic View.
download photos and videos in zip format.
New innovative image search.
Filter images by color, size and orientation.
new Flickr mobile apps on iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Android.

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Edge won’t support ActiveX, VBScript, attachEvent

Microsoft has revealed that Microsoft Edge browser won’t support ActiveX, VBScript, attachEvent and more.

Microsoft Edge
Complete list:

ActiveX
VBScript
attachEvent/removeEvent
Browser Helper Objects (BHO)
Document modes
Vector Markup Language (VML)
currentStyle
conditional comments
IE8 layout quirks
DirectX Filters and transitions
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WordPress 4.2.2 Released

WordPress 4.2.2 is now available for download. This is a critical security release for all previous versions.What’s new in this release?

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Fixes:
The Genericons icon font package contained an HTML file vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack. All
affected themes and plugins hosted on WordPress.org (including the Twenty Fifteen default theme) have been updated today by the WordPress security team to address this issue by removing this nonessential file. WordPress 4.2.2 proactively scans the wp-content directory for this HTML file and removes it.

WordPress versions 4.2 and earlier are affected by a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Hardening for a potential cross-site scripting vulnerability when using the visual editor.
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Microsoft Office 2016 Preview released

Microsoft Office 2016 Public Preview is now available for download and testing and open to everyone.What’s new in this release?
Office 2016 Preview

Attach files from OneDrive and automatically configure permission for the recipients without leaving Outlook.
Addition of new dark and colorful themes
Create, open, edit and save Office files in the cloud from your desktop.
Real-time co-authoring.
Applications will learn as you work.
One-click forecasting.
Intuitive data connecting and shaping capabilities.
Easy data modeling and powerful analysis.
Publish to Microsoft Power BI Preview.
New modern charts and graphs.
Data Loss Protection (DLP).
Outlook Multi-factor authentication.
Information Rights Management (IRM).
Better network traffic management.
Enhanced distribution management.
Flexible update management.
Simplified activation management.
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