5bytespodcast

On this episode, I cover the recent Windows Updates released for April Patch Tuesday, a lot more AI news, an update on a recent security breach at Rockstar Games, concerns for certain Citrix customers and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/microsoft-paused-development-accounts-patch-tuesday-news-employees-admit-to-actively-sabotaging-ai/

On this episode, I cover recent issues caused by updates, unfortunate news of industry layoffs, worry vulnerabilities and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/exploit-published-for-unpatched-windows-flaw-claude-code-leaked-aws-regions-still-down/

On this episode, I cover more news of recent Windows Updates, troubling times for Microsoft investors, AI discovering vulnerabilities and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/actively-exploited-vulnerabilities-disclosed-european-commission-breached-microsoft-units-facing-hiring-freeze/

On this episode, I cover more fallout from the last round of Windows Updates and news of an upcoming change to Windows Update behavior, I also dive further into the recent Stryker security incident and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/overhaul-of-windows-updates-chatgpt-library-announced-foreign-routers-to-be-banned-from-us/

On this episode, I cover issues reported after recent patches, a wild story about serious problems caused by a Samsung app, an update on the recent Stryker security incident and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/issues-caused-by-recent-updates-samsung-app-caused-havoc-on-some-windows-desktops/

On this episode, I cover a crazy cyber attack story involving a Fortune 500 company, the latest Patch Tuesday News and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/lastpass-phishing-campaign-patch-tuesday-news-big-company-had-thousands-of-devices-wiped/

On this episode, I cover interesting speculation on Windows 12 and its potential release in 2026, an update on the recent cyber attack on a hospital system, lots of AI related news and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/windows-12-speculation-new-gpt-model-rolls-out-chrome-update-cadence-change/

I dive into a devastating cyber attack on medical clinics in the US that sent them into downtime protocols, an update on the BeyondTrust vulnerability, rumors of new product launches by Apple and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/ibm-stock-slide-clinics-taken-down-by-cyber-attack-beyondtrust-vulnerability-being-exploited/

On this episode, I go into several stories related to criticism of European Commission regulations, various security related stories, upcoming enhancements for PowerShell and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/criticisms-of-eu-regulations-increase-new-script-library-feature-for-defender-it-nightmare-story/

On this episode, I go into an update on the Secure Boot certificate update, the upcoming Windows 11 26H1 release, recent Azure outage, signs Microsoft will be focusing on quality and more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/patch-tuesday-news-azure-outage-impacted-windows-updates-wom11-26h1-info/

On this episode, I cover the retirement of a Microsoft product API, the disablement of another Microsoft feature, worrying cyber attack news and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/win11-outperforms-win10-ntlm-to-be-disabled-by-default-vmware-esxi-being-exploited-in-attacks-again/

On this episode, I cover more Windows Update fallout news, information on recent out-of-band patches for Office, the latest AI news and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/out-of-band-patches-released-app-v-script-utilized-in-exploit-win11-boot-errors/

On this episode, I cover the recent Windows Updates from Patch Tuesday and the issues caused by them, some recent AI developments and worrying news that a Fortune 100 Financial company was hit by a strain of malware plus much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/apple-and-google-sign-major-agreement-patch-tuesday-news-chatgpt-go-now-worldwide/

I cover issues in Intune relating to Firewall configurations, the retirement of MDT, a reboot loop issue on Cisco switches, a software update from hell story plus much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/firewall-config-issues-mdt-retirement-software-update-from-hell/

On this episode, I cover some security concerns that have bubbled up over the last couple of weeks including MongoBleed and several harmful Chrome extensions, talk of ads coming to ChatGPT and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/mongobleed-being-exploited-ram-price-inflation-continues-ads-in-chatgpt/

This is my annual wrap episode where I cover some of the highlights in enterprise IT news in 2025.

On this episode, I cover more issues caused by recent Windows updates, the most recent AI news and more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/update-causing-remoteapp-connection-issues-vendor-ditches-32-bit-app-global-teams-outage/

On this episode, I cover some of the issues and fallout from the recent Windows Updates, I talk a little about Windows 11 26H1, multiple security related stories and of course even more AI news! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/concerning-notepad-incident-december-updates-woes-festive-tech-calendar/

On this episode, I cover the latest Patch Tuesday news, give an update on the LNK vulnerability from earlier in the year, talk about another healthcare provider getting breach and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/price-changes-for-microsoft-365-patch-tuesday-news-openai-declares-code-red/

On this episode, I cover issues caused by the November Windows Updates, more industry layoffs, a software update from hell story and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/ai-breaking-recruiter-trust-how-much-ram-is-enough-file-explorer-issues/

I cover some upcoming features for Windows 11 that are now in Insider preview, the announcement of WINS end of life and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/is-win11-completely-broken-end-of-life-for-wins-patch-to-fix-issue-caused-by-november-update/

On this episode, I cover many of the announcements made during Microsoft Ignite 2025, I do a roundup of Patch Tuesday news, dive into the latest in AI skepticism and more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/microsoft-ignite-announcements-patch-tuesday-news-win10-esu-issues/

On this episode, I cover questions about enterprise security issues relating to the recent heist at the Louvre, another example of technical debt at an organization costing millions, zero day vulnerabilities patched by QNAP and more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/tech-debt-questions-for-louvre-config-man-update-cadence-to-change-win11-market-share-on-the-rise/

On this episode, I cover AI updates from OpenAI and Google, the painfully long issues plaguing Azure Front Door, an update on problems caused by recent Windows Updates and more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/azure-front-door-issue-rolls-on-hotpatching-broken-by-update-long-running-windows-bug-fixed/

I cover layoffs from Amazon and GM, the root cause of the recent AWS outage, a concerning new Teams feature, my review of Pwn2Own Ireland and more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/amazon-announces-layoffs-pwn2own-ireland-new-teams-monitoring-feature/