SN 945: The Power of Privilege - New cURL vulnerabilities, CVSS 10.0 Cisco Nightmare, So long VBScript!

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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