Well it was pretty obvious that the outcry by cyber security and privacy experts around the world, against Microsoft’s proposal to include an automatic function to screenshot your computer every few seconds, to produce a searchable record of EVERYTHING you have done on your computer, was a bad idea. Don’t …
A feature no one asked for
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is looking into a new feature of Windows 11 and Copilot where the operating system will automatically screenshot what you are doing every few seconds. The upcoming feature, called Recall, will be able to access the locally stored, encrypted images to enhance the user experience …
MOVEit updates
The flaw in the MOVEit file transfer software has caused a series of major cyber security breaches around the world – now there are patches for further issues: Progress Software Releases Service Pack for MOVEit Transfer Vulnerabilities | CISA You may not use MOVEit, but your takeaway from this is …
MOVEit secure file transfer compromised
A security advisory and advice has been issued by Progress for their popular secure file transfer software MOVEit. The flaw could give elevated privileges to threat actors to exfiltrate information that the client considers secure, without the client detecting the activity. Progress Software Releases Security Advisory for MOVEit Transfer | …
Snipping tool data leak fixed
Here is a follow-up to last week’s Microsoft Snipping Tool story about potential data leaks after an image was cropped – a patch! Microsoft pushes OOB security updates for Windows Snipping tool flaw (bleepingcomputer.com) The out-of-band (OOB) patch is available now – if you – or someone in your company …
