Google’s Project Zero security research team has found a vulnerability that could lead to remote code execution in Microsoft’s Edge and Internet Explorer browsers. This is the fourth Microsoft bug that Google has disclosed in recent months. Microsoft has yet to properly patch three of the security flaws.
The SHA-1 cryptographic hash function may be 22 years old but it’s still widely used today to validate Git repositories, document and digital certificates. We already know SHA-1 is insecure – security experts have been banging on about theoretical attacks facilitated by the algorithm for years. Now Google researchers have…
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