Security Now with Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Oct 26th 2021

Security Now 842

The More Things Change...

Gummy Browsers Attack, What Happened to REvil, Comms Hub, Win 11 Fixes

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Category: Help & How To
  • Picture of the Week.
  • A sneak peak at November 9th upcoming Win11 fixes.
  • Leo gets his wish!! REvil WAS recently re-taken down by Law Enforcement!
  • Microsoft: “We’re Excited to Announce the Launch of Comms Hub!”
  • Microsoft: “Windows update expiration policy explained”
  • And while we're on the subject of Windows Updates...
  • Windows XP’s 20th Anniversary.
  • Last Tuesday the 19th, Zerodium tweeted...
  • The “Devastating” Gummy Browsers attack!
  • User-Agent Parser NPM package maliciously altered.
  • Closing the Loop.
  • Miscellany.
  • SciFi - Dune / Foundation / Arrival / Invasion
  • SpinRite.
  • The More Things Change...

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