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A security researcher found that Microsoft Edge loads all saved passwords into unencrypted memory at startup, keeping them exposed for the entire session even when they are not in use.

Abstract: Users maintain passwords in order to access systems and accounts, but weak passwords are a severe cybersecurity threat and might cause data breaches. This study proposes a new approach for ...