Rory Monaghan

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5 Bytes Podcast features some of the highlights in enterprise IT for the last week as well as some useful resources for IT Pros and more!

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Rory Monaghan

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Technology

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Latest episode

Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

Linkedin Data Scraped, Edge Increases Market Share, E2EVC Return Announced & More 10.04.2021

On this week's episode of the podcast I cover a lot of InfoSec related news, reports of data that was scraped from both Facebook and Linkedin, standardization attempts for C# and the surprising return in popularity of an older programming language plus  much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-171-linkedin-data-scraped-edge-increases-market-share-e2evc-return-announced-more...

Cisco Live Highlights, WVD Updates, Jabber Vulnerability & More 03.04.2021

On this week's episode of the podcast I cover my highlights from this year's Cisco Live event, some InfoSec related news, updated for WVD and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-170-cisco-live-highlights-wvd-updates-jabber-vulnerability-more/

VMware Acquisition, File Explorer Facelift, App Layering Updates & More 27.03.2021

On this week's episode of the podcast I cover the possible acquisition of Mesh 7 by VMware, announcement of a cosmetic change for Windows 10 plus much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-169-vmware-acquisition-file-explorer-facelift-app-layering-updates-more/

March Update Printing Issues Saga, Azure Outage & More 22.03.2021

On this week's episode of the podcast I cover the on-going saga of the printing issues and false starts with fixes for said issues, I discuss an interesting new wrinkle in the Exchange vulnerability stories plus much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-168-march-update-printing-issues-saga-azure-outage-more/

Deep Dive on Exchange Vulnerability, Chrome to Block Port 554 & More 13.03.2021

On this week's episode of the podcast I cover a whole lot of info about the Exchange vulnerability and some of the fallout related to it, I cover Google dropping a killer feature and blocking port 554 in Chrome plus much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-167-deep-dive-on-exchange-vulnerability-chrome-to-block-port-554-more/

Ignite 2021 Announcements, Exchange and Chrome Zero Days Under Active Attack & More 06.03.2021

On this week's episode of the podcast I cover a whole bunch of great announcements from Microsoft's Ignite conference, I tell you about a couple of Zero Days you'll want to patch right away, some cool automation products plus much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-166-ignite-2021-announcements-exchange-and-chrome-zero-days-under-active-attack-more/

Major VMware Vulnerability, AWS Workspaces on IGEL, Ransomware Horror Stories & More 28.02.2021

On this week’s episode of the podcast there is another update from Microsoft and the CEO of Solarwinds on the Solarwinds hack and a whole lot of ransomware horror stories plus much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-165-major-vmware-vulnerability-aws-workspaces-on-igel-ransomware-horror-stories-more/

M1 Chip Malware, Flash Nightmare, OS Battle Heats Up & More 21.02.2021

On this week's episode of the podcast there is an update from Microsoft on the Solarwinds hack and how it effects their product line, some interesting figures on OS market growth for the big players in 2020 plus much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-164-m1-chip-malware-flash-nightmare-os-battle-more/

IGEL Have Been Acquired, Slack Vulnerability, TCP Vulnerabilities & More 13.02.2021

On this week's episode of the podcast I talk about the recent acquisition of IGEL, a pretty serious bug in Slack for Android that may have exposed passwords in plain text and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-163-igel-have-been-acquired-slack-vulnerability-tcp-vulnerabilities-more/

Chrome Zero Day, Win10 Updates Can Break WPF Apps, Ransomware Shutdown & More 07.02.2021

On this week's episode of the podcast I cover multiple stories related to security incidents, including one good news story about a Ransomware Gang shutting down plus much more!

WVD Cert Exam, VPN Connection Manager, A Gross Breach of Privacy & More 30.01.2021

On this week's episode of the podcast I cover a story of a very disturbing breach of privacy from a security system vendor employee, I talk about numerous InfoSec related topics, get into the weeds on some app related topics, cover the release of PolicyPak's new VPN Connection Manager product plus much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-161-wvd-cert-exam-vpn-connection-man...

Citrix Acquisition, MSIX News, macOS Malware & More 22.01.2021

On this week's episode of the podcast I cover the new Citrix acquisition, a report on a hefty fine for a GDPR violation, a story about a macOS malware that has been going around for 5 years plus much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-160-citrix-acquisition-msix-news-macos-malware-more/

Patch Tuesday News, Ubiquiti Breach, Win10 NTFS Vulnerability & More 16.01.2021

On this week's episode of the podcast I cover some information about the January Patch Tuesday patches, some FSLogix issues and fixes, a pretty serious NFTS vulnerability and much more. Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-159-patch-tuesday-news-ubiquiti-breach-win10-ntfs-vulnerability-more/

Solarwinds Hack Updates, MSIX Packaging Extension, Slack Outage & More 09.01.2021

On this week's episode of the podcast I cover a few brief updates on the Solarwinds hack plus I get into some other Ransomware attacks plus much more. Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-158-solarwinds-hack-updates-msix-packaging-extension-slack-outage-more/

3 Year Anniversary, Apple Cloud Services Issue, Sunburst Updates & More 02.01.2021

On this week's episode of the podcast I cover even more details on the Solarwinds hack, including some info disclosed by Microsoft about potential ramifications for themselves and something they discovered when researching within their own network. There are a couple of Apple related stories plus a special extended Scripts, Tricks and Tips section to celebrate 3 years of the Podcast and the New Ye...

Update on Solarwinds Hack, Citrix ADC DDoS, New Edge Efficiency & More 23.12.2020

On this week's episode of the podcast I dive even deeper into the Solarwinds hack! There is also a lot more security related stories including a DDoS attack against Citrix NetScaler ADCs, Dell Wyse Thin Clients with a serious vulnerability and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-156-update-on-solarwinds-hack-citrix-adc-ddos-new-edge-efficiency-more/

Major Solarwinds Hack, New Cisco Acquisition, CVAD Drag and Drop & More 17.12.2020

On this week's episode of the podcast I dive deep into the story regarding a major Solarwinds vulnerability exposed by Microsoft and carried by most major news outlets. I also talk about some other security related stories plus some better news like a Cisco acquisition, a Google acquisition and some new features and releases from other vendors. For all of this and more, listen to this episode! Ref...

ControlUp's New Acquisition, Patch Tuesday News, Farewell Flash & More 10.12.2020

On this week's episode of the podcast I cover a whole lot of security related news including the NSA warning about vulnerabilities in some VMware products, FireEye getting breached and more. I also cover news of an exciting acquisition made by ControlUp plus much, much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-154-controlups-new-acquisition-patch-tuesday-news-farewell-flash-more/

macOS Instances in AWS, Android Apps in MSIX, Security Horror Stories & More 04.12.2020

On this week's episode of the podcast I cover the announcement from AWS that they now support macOS instances, I dive into a report about a Windows Subsystem for Android and the possibility of packaging Android apps with Android plus much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-153-macos-instances-in-aws-android-apps-in-msix-security-horror-stories-more/

AWS Outage, Out of Band Windows Patch, Slack Acquisition & More 27.11.2020

On this week's episode of the podcast I dive into reports of a potential acquisition of Slack by Salesforce, I cover some of the information about a recent Out of Band patch, of a cyber attack on one of the biggest sports teams in the world and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-152-aws-outage-out-of-band-windows-patch-slack-acquisition-more/

Apple Security Concerns, Project Pluton, RDP ShortPath & More 19.11.2020

On this week's episode of the podcast I cover some concerns by those in the security space around Apple's latest macOS version, I talk about Microsoft's ambitious Project Pluton, the official release of WVD's RDP ShortPath plus much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-151-apple-security-concerns-project-pluton-rdp-shortpath-more/

New Macs and macOS, Remote Desktop Manager for Linux & More 13.11.2020

On this week's episode of the podcast I cover a whole lot of third party product patching news, the announcement of a Remote Desktop Manager for Linux, Big Sur arrives for macOS users and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-150-new-macs-and-macos-remote-desktop-manager-for-linux-more/

Another Chrome Zero Day, Teams Multi-Account Support & More 05.11.2020

On this week's episode of the podcast I cover details about a second Zero Day patch for Google Chrome within just 2 weeks, I get into info on some Ransomware Attacks on hospitals in the US plus much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode149/

Passing of a Tech Legend, Zoom Encryption, Awful Ransomware Story & More 29.10.2020

On this week’s episode of the podcast I cover a story about one of the worst Ransomware attacks I have ever heard about, I also cover some info on Microsoft Teams growth, Zoom encryption for free tiers plus much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-148-passing-of-a-tech-legend-zoom-encryption-awful-ransomware-story-more/

Google Chrome Zero Day, Win10 20H2 Features, Ransomware Robin Hood & More 23.10.2020

On this week's episode of the podcast I talk a whole lot about Ransomware and data breaches once again! I also talk about a Zero Day in Google Chrome, some of the new features in Windows 10 and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-147-google-chrome-zero-day-win10-20h2-features-ransomware-robin-hood-more/

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