Window Washer “Bleached” Data Exposure Weakness
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“First Last has reported a weakness in Window Washer, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose “securely” deleted data on a disk.
The problem is that the “Add Bleach to Wash” security setting, which should delete a file securely by overwriting it multiple times with random data, doesn’t do this properly.
Successful exploitation allows a malicious person to recover the deleted data using various unspecified publicly available tools.
The weakness has been reported in version 5.5. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution: Use another product.”
