macOS Spotlight Vulnerability Discovered by Microsoft

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By Juli CloverJul 28, 2025, 12:32 pm235 pts
Microsoft Threat Intelligence found a Spotlight-related vulnerability that could allow attackers to steal private file data, outlining the issue in a blog post today. Microsoft's threat team is calling the exploit "Sploitlight" because it uses Spotlight plugins. According to Microsoft, the vulnerability is a…

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