The aCropalypse vulnerability was first identified on Pixel smartphones, and Google then fixed it in the most current March security update for Android. It turns out that the Snipping Tool in Windows 11 wasn’t properly overwriting clipped PNG data. Although not all PNG files were impacted, it was feared that malicious actors would use the flaw to partially recover modified photos, especially those that had been cropped to exclude crucial information. Microsoft’s fixes won’t shield photographs that were previously taken with its screenshot capabilities, similar to Google’s March update to Android.
