- How fake drives continue to be sold on Amazon despite negative reviews
- Microsoft is discontinuing support for the VBScript language
- The 30-year old NTLM authentication protocol will eventually be removed from Windows
- Two new vulnerabilities found in cURL
- A new Cisco router vulnerability rated CVSS 10.0 was used to hack over 40,000 devices
- Debate over whether "lib" should rhyme with "vibe" or "air"
- Instructions for accessing the SpinRite 6.1 pre-release version
- Feedback on passkey exportability and server IP address encryption
- A listener asks if ransomware can encrypt already encrypted files
- How Privacy Badger un-rewrites Google's search result links
- The NSA and CISA warn about the power of privilege and the dangers of account misconfigurations like privilege creep, elevated service account permissions, and non-essential use of elevated accounts
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-945-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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