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 …
Redacting – Microsoft fixes Snipping Tool
This is a follow up to yesterday’s redacting story: Microsoft is testing an update to the Snipping Tool – it is not here yet – so you need to take your own precautions to protect your information. Microsoft fixes Acropalypse privacy bug in Windows 11 Snipping Tool – BleepingComputer The …
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When redacting does not work
This is not a repeat of the previous post – now the Microsoft Snipping Tool has been shown to have similar issues to Google Pixel’s image cropping tool – what you cut away is not lost and so secret, it can be recovered later. Windows 11 Snipping Tool privacy bug …
When redacting does not work
We all see redacting n the TV shows and movies we watch – documents with big black lines through the secret information that must not be revealed – and I use similar techniques for screenshots I use here to conceal secret information. I am sure you do the same. I …
Unintentional data leak
Although this article looks at the image cropping security issue from the position of a whistle-blower, it could just as easily apply to a document you send out to a client or supplier or use internally. For example and image of pay scales across a company where you crop out …
Dangerous malware – it’s only function is to deceive you into clicking something…
Getting the word out to you, about the wide range of phishing emails and their associated social engineering tricks actually active in the wild, is one of the ain reasons this blog exists. Many of our clients use this blog as a resource as a link to the multitude of …
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