• 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 Security Now episode 945 More Info: https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/945 Sponsors: • drata.com/twit • joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT • canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT 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: https://grc.com/ also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Products we recommend: https://www.amazon.com/shop/twitnetcastnetwork TWiT may earn commissions on certain products. Join our TWiT Community on Discourse: https://www.twit.community/ Follow us: https://twit.tv/ https://twitter.com/TWiT https://www.facebook.com/TWiTNetwork https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ About us: TWiT.tv is a technology podcasting network located in the San Francisco Bay Area with the #1 ranked technology podcast This Week in Tech hosted by Leo Laporte. Every week we produce over 30 hours of content on a variety of programs including Tech News Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, This Week in Google, Windows Weekly, Security Now, All About Android, and more.