Microsoft Edge India Govt Warning CERT In Security Issue Dont open browser

If you are a Microsoft Edge user, you should pay immediate attention, because the Indian Government has issued a major security warning this week. A security flaw has appeared in the Chromium-based Microsoft browser. Which has received a poor rating from the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) this week. The security agency claims that there are many security vulnerabilities in the Microsoft web browser. Due to which hackers can easily bypass the security of your device and gain access to it. In such a situation, the data stored on it can be stolen. Let us know about it in detail.

What is Microsoft Edge security flaw?

According to the CERT-In bulletin released on October 7, these flaws have occurred due to lack of data verification in Microsoft, wrong implementation in V8 and integer overflow in the layout. A remote hacker can easily take advantage of these vulnerabilities through specially crafted requests on any system. Due to these flaws, a remote hacker can easily bypass security and gain access to any system as per his wish. Edge users need to be very careful about what they open or not on their systems.

Which systems will be affected

If you are using a Chromium-based version of Microsoft Edge earlier than 129.0.2792.79, you will need to immediately update to the new security build. Edge became very popular this year due to Copilot AI integration. The use of the browser is increasing significantly, making it an easy target for hackers. If your system is still running on an old and weak Edge version, then these things should be kept in mind to update to the new version.

You can update like this

First of all, after coming to Microsoft Edge, you have to click on the three dot menu on the top right.
Now you have to come down to Help and Feedback.
Now click on About Microsoft Edge.
Now you have to update to the latest version.
After that you have to restart the browser.
After doing this, Edge browser will be secured on your system.