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If you were around the time when dial-up internet was still a popular way to connect to the world wide web, you've most probably used Internet Explorer (IE) and clenched your fists in frustration — just IE shenanigans. Well, after being in existence for over 25 years, the antiquated Microsoft browser is being retired in favor of Edge next year.

The Internet Explorer 11 desktop application will retire and go out of support on June 15, 2022, and will no longer be available on any consumer versions of Windows 10. The announcement has been a long time coming, and the end of support for Microsoft 365 apps (OneDrive, Outlook, etc.) on the browser was already announced last year.

Read more: https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/05/20/microsofts-internet-explorer-is-dying-next-y-loading/

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Three million users installed 28 malicious Chrome or Edge extensions

 More than three million internet users are believed to have installed 15 Chrome, and 13 Edge extensions that contain malicious code, security firm Avast said today.

The 28 extensions contained code that could perform several malicious operations. Avast said it found code to:

• redirect user traffic to ads
• redirect user traffic to phishing sites
• collect personal data, such as birth dates, email addresses, and active devices
• collect browsing history
• download further malware onto a user's device

But despite the presence of code to power all the above malicious features, Avast researchers said they believe the primary objective of this campaign was to hijack user traffic for monetary gains.

"For every redirection to a third party domain, the cybercriminals would receive a payment," the company said.

Avast said it discovered the extensions last month and found evidence that some had been active since at least December 2018, when some users first started reporting issues with being redirected to other sites.

Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/three-million-users-installed-28-malicious-chrome-or-edge-extensions/

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Privacy browser Brave under fire for violating users’ trust

The Chromium-based browser, Brave has been profiting from redirect links to affiliate crypto companies.

BRAVE HAS BEEN CAUGHT VIOLATING USERS' TRUST. IMAGE: SHUTTERSTOCK

In brief

• Brave has been redirecting searches to crypto companies to affiliate links that give it a commission.
• Binance, Coinbase and Trezor are among crypto companies that Brave profits from through affiliate links.
• The company’s CEO apologized and promised that there will be no more links like this.

Brave, the crypto-friendly, privacy-first browser has been earning affiliate commissions by redirecting certain search queries to crypto companies via affiliate links.

Unlike the “opt-in” principle by which the company abides—advertisements are optional on the browser and pay out cryptocurrency to anyone who views them—Brave never asked its 15 million monthly users about these redirects.

A firestorm erupted today after twitter user Yannick Eckl, who goes by “CRYPTONATOR1337,” noticed that when Brave’s users searched for Binance, the browser automatically redirected to an affiliate version of the URL, which Brave profits from. 

Read more: https://decrypt.co/31522/crypto-brave-browser-redirect

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