Microsoft has added additional security measures to the Adobe Flash Player in the latest release of its Edge browser, which was released as part of the Windows 10 Anniversary update. Edge has an embedded Adobe Flash Player that is automatically updated by Microsoft.
Adobe Flash Player is a popular target for cybercriminals, they try to exploit known vulnerabilities in the software by targeting users that haven't updated to the latest release. Because Microsoft automatically updates the embedded player in Edge, this should become less of an issue.
Another new security measure is the isolation of the Flash process in a separate AppContainer. This should reduce the risk of an exploited Flash Player. Also a security measure especially targeted for enterprises has been added. They can now set Edge as the default browser and only allow usage of Internet Explorer for specific sites for e.g. legacy reasons.
The new Edge version also introduces new non-security features, such as the much anticipated extensions that are compatible with Chrome extensions. Microsoft further added tab pinning, paste and go, website notifications and improved favorites and bookmark management.
