Microsoft brings out its Windows exploit mitigation technologies to protect surfers from zero-day exploits on the web.

Microsoft has shown off a new measure for admins to protect web-browsing users on Chromium-based Edge from zero days, which are previously unknown software flaws. .

The latest Edge beta introduces a new browsing mode in Edge "where the security of your browser takes priority".

The security-focused Edge mode, spotted by Bleeping Computer, brings several Windows exploit mitigation technologies into play, including Hardware-enforced Stack Protection, Arbitrary Code Guard (ACG), and Control Flow Guard (CFG). .

ACG and CFG were key motivations behind Microsoft's move last year to introduce Edge Super Duper Secure Mode, which turns off Edge's Chromium JavaScript just-in-time (JIT) compiler to allow those exploit mitigations, as well as Intel's Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET), to work.

When turned on, this feature brings Hardware-enforced Stack Protection, Arbitrary Code Guard (ACG), and Content Flow Guard (CFG) as supporting security mitigations to increase users' security on the web," Microsoft explains. .

Microsoft quietly enabled Edge Super Duper Secure Mode in the stable release of Edge in November, allowing users to toggle between 'balanced' and 'strict' modes, depending on how much users trust a given site.   .

The browser update, version 98.0.1108.23 in the Microsoft Edge beta channel, also adds a custom primary password option.

After it's enabled, users will enter this password to authenticate themselves and have their saved passwords auto-filled into web forms.

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