Microsoft says Edge’s plaintext password behavior is “by design”

Multiple high-impact consumer and enterprise threats reported: a researcher found Microsoft Edge loads saved passwords into plaintext memory at startup (design choice that raises credential-theft risk on compromised hosts); ShinyHunters escalated attacks on Instructure Canvas with a claimed breach affecting ~275M users plus login-portal defacements and ransom messages; an actively exploited cPanel/WHM vulnerability enables site takeover of millions of websites; attackers are distributing the NWHStealer infostealer via the Bun JavaScript runtime; large-scale phishing and scam campaigns include