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 …
ChatGPT – the fakes
Threat actors are always looking for the opportunity to abuse someone’s trust, exploit a tragedy or take advantage of something in the news, etc. etc. etc.. ChatGPT is in the news. Earlier this year, the popular artificial intelligence (AI) ChatGPT service started to charge for access and this has prompted …
