Technical support scammers have new bait with the discovery that Microsoft’s Edge browser can be abused to display native and legitimate-looking warning messages. The flaws exist in Microsoft’s Edge protocols ms-appx: and ms-appx-web: which the browser uses to present warning messages when phishing or malware delivery sites are located. When Edge detects suspected Malicious sites it colours them red with a feature called “SmartScreen.”
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ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register
