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Microsoft Edge to stop loading cleartext passwords in memory on startup

·Source: BleepingComputer

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Executive Summary

Microsoft is updating the Edge web browser to ensure it no longer loads saved passwords into process memory in clear text at startup. [...]

Analysis

Microsoft is updating the Edge web browser to ensure it no longer loads saved passwords into process memory in clear text at startup. [...]
Source Attribution

Originally published by BleepingComputer on May 15, 2026.

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