All TWiT.tv Shows (Video)

Security Now 945: The Power of Privilege

Listen Later
  • 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

    Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.

    Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

    You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.

    For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.

    Sponsors:

    • drata.com/twit
    • joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
    • canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT

      • ...more
      View all episodesView all episodes
      Download on the App Store
      All TWiT.tv Shows (Video)By TWiT