The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN), a government body that issues alerts for vulnerabilities and operating systems, has recently found several new vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge Web. CERT-IN issued an alert for these bugs and classified them as ‘high’ severity.
According to CERT-InSeveral vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), which could be exploited by a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges and bypass security restrictions on a targeted system.
It simply means that a vulnerability in the Microsoft browser could allow attackers to steal user data and bypass security restrictions on a targeted system. These vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge could also allow hackers to send specially constructed requests to targeted systems, specified the government body.
According to the report of the government body, microsoft edge Versions prior to version 109.0.1518.61 are affected. To protect the mentioned systems from vulnerabilities, CERT-IN has advised users to apply for the latest version of the browser. Microsoft has already launched the new version which fixed the vulnerabilities when it was downloaded. Furthermore, users are advised to update their browsers to the latest version of Microsoft Edge web browser.
Meanwhile, Microsoft Corp. Investing $10 billion over several years in OpenAI, the leading artificial intelligence research lab behind ChatGPT and DALL-E.
The news comes less than a week after the company said it was laying off 10,000 employees as a weak economy reduced demand for the software. Microsoft noted in that announcement that it would still invest and hire in key priority areas. The software maker reports fiscal second-quarter earnings on Tuesday. While Microsoft did not disclose the value of its investment on Monday, a person familiar with the discussions said it totals $10 billion over several years.
The investment from Microsoft “will allow us to continue our independent research and develop AI that is increasingly secure, useful and powerful,” OpenAI said in a statement.
Microsoft, which invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019, is looking for an inside edge on some of the most popular and advanced artificial intelligence systems as it moves to increasingly dominate Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. competes with. growing industry.
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