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Security Leftovers

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 26, 2023

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Microsoft scrambles to fix Windows 11 'aCropalypse' privacy-battering bug

=> ↺ Microsoft scrambles to fix Windows 11 'aCropalypse' privacy-battering bug

Users can remove sensitive information or some other parts of photos, screenshots, and other images by cropping them using the Snipping Tool app. The problem is that for the Windows 11 app – as well as Microsoft's Snip & Sketch cropping tool in Windows 10 – the file of the cropped image still includes the cropped out portions, which can be recovered and viewed.

Microsoft Released an Update for Windows Snipping Tool Vulnerability, (Sat, Mar 25th)

=> ↺ Microsoft Released an Update for Windows Snipping Tool Vulnerability, (Sat, Mar 25th)

To exploit this vulnerability, the image must be created under very specific condition listed...

US Charges 20-Year-Old Head of Hacker Site BreachForums

=> ↺ US Charges 20-Year-Old Head of Hacker Site BreachForums

The US Justice Department charged Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, founder of BreachForums, a major underground website for computer hackers.

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