However, other operating systems are certainly not free from bugs and, just recently, Microsoft itself reported to Apple a problem involving "powerdir" and which could allow hackers to gain access to personal data of Mac users. The Cupertino company immediately moved to solve the problem, so much so that it was promptly eliminated thanks to an update of which you can find further details in the patch notes of last December 13th.
Now that the problem has been solved, Microsoft, as reported by colleagues from Windows Central, has published an article on its blog to publicly examine powerdir and explain its internal workings to understand the danger of the vulnerability found. In particular, the latter had the power to "allow an attacker to bypass the operating system's transparency, consent and control (TCC) technology, thus obtaining unauthorized access to a user's protected data".
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Credit: Microsoft A couple of weeks ago, we also told you about a potentially very annoying bug involving systems running Windows 11 in conjunction with some image editing programs and certain HDR monitors. In case you are interested, we advise you to read our previous article.