SN 842: The More Things Change... - Gummy Browsers Attack, What Happened to REvil, Comms Hub, Win 11 Fixes

• 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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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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