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5bytespodcast

Rory Monaghanwww.5bytespodcast.com
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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Episodes

Microsoft BUILD Announcements, Storage Supply Issues, New Microsoft Acquisition & More

On this week's episode I cover many of the announcements made during the Microsoft BUILD event that was held this week, I get into some of the new security details in Chrome, I talk a little about some new security vulnerability and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-125-microsoft-build-announcements-storage-supply-issues-new-microsoft-acquisition-more/

May 24, 202030 min

Slack Disappears, Microsoft's Project STAMINA, New VMWare Acquisition & More

On this week’s episode I cover they mysterious disappearance of Slack! My discovery of the amazing joint effort between Microsoft and Intel on Project Stamina, I share details of a new acquisition by VMware which will be sure to increase their security prowess plus much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-124-slack-disappears-microsofts-project-stamina-new-vmware-acquisition-more/

May 17, 202021 min

Citrix Hypervisor Vulnerability, ControlUp News, Love Bug 20th Anniversary & More

On this week’s episode I cover a vulnerability in XenServer, I get into details on two significant data leaks plus I cover a really interesting interview with the creator of the Love Bug virus on it’s 20th anniversary, as well as much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-123-citrix-hypervisor-vulnerability-controlup-news-love-bug-20th-anniversary-more/

May 10, 202017 min

Sign into Windows w/ G Suite Account, 3rd Party Patch News, WFH Struggles & More

On this week's episode I cover a few quick hits about some third party patches for April 2020, I get into details on G Suite's enrollment for Windows 10 devices and talk about the exciting acquisition of CloudJumper plus much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-122-sign-into-windows-w-g-suite-account-3rd-party-patch-news-wfh-struggles-more/

May 03, 202022 min

Windows 10 Update Issues, Google Remote Access, Edge Milestone & More

On this week’s episode I covered info on a slew of issues caused by a recent Windows 10 patch in v1903 and 1909. There’s some interesting statistics on VPN usage, details of a new Google remote access feature and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-121-windows-10-update-issues-google-remote-access-edge-milestone-more/

Apr 25, 202014 min

April Patch Tuesday, GitHub Goes Free, Windows App Containers for ChromeOS & More

On this week's episode I run through some of the big security vulnerabilities patched in the April Windows Updates, I also discuss the changes to GitHub, the fact Droplet Computing's ChromeOS support goes GA and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-120-april-patch-tuesday-github-goes-free-windows-app-containers-for-chromeos-more/

Apr 18, 202013 min

Zoom Rights Some Wrongs, Uptick in Phishing Campaign Success, Azure Active Directory Change & More

This week's episode features info on Zoom tackling some of the security concerns raised by the community and it's users. I cover stories of Coronavirus related phishing attempts and targeting of work from home users, there is some good news from Microsoft with significant changes to Azure Active Directory capabilities for a large number of customers, there are also many community scripts and tips featured plus much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-119-zoom-rights-some-...

Apr 11, 202018 min

Windows Zero Day Mitigation, Bad Week for Zoom, Windows VPN Related Patch & More

This week’s episode features info on a patch that has been released to the Windows Update Catalog to address some issues being experienced with VPN products on Windows, I also follow up on a previous story about a Windows Zero Day that will not be patched until this month’s Patch Tuesday but is now said to have a mitigation as a temporary workaround, I also get into Zoom’s rough week and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-118-windows-zero-day-mitigation-bad-week-for...

Apr 05, 202016 min

Windows Zero Day, CVAD 2003 Released, Further COVID-19 Impact & More

This week's episode features info on a couple of newly exposed Windows Zero Day vulnerabilities, I also share some details on the release of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2003 plus more information about COVID-19's continuing impact on enterprise IT including significant delays to product release roadmaps and much more. Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-117-windows-zero-day-cvad-2003-released-further-covid-19-impact-more/

Mar 28, 202016 min

Visual Basic Deprecated, Major Trend Micro Vulnerabilities, Virtual Synergy & More

This week’s episode features a lot of info on newly disclosed vulnerabilities in Trend Micro products, a brief discussion about the departure of Bill Gates from Microsoft’s board of directors and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-116-visual-basic-deprecated-major-trend-micro-vulnerabilities-virtual-synergy-more/

Mar 22, 202020 min

AMD Vulnerabilities, SMBv3 Vulnerability, Citrix Public Cloud Support Change & More

This week's episode features a lot of info on newly disclosed vulnerabilities including some from AMD, an issue with Microsoft's RDCMan, issues patched with the March patches and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-115-amd-vulnerabilities-smbv3-vulnerability-citrix-public-cloud-support-change-more/

Mar 12, 202015 min

Coronavirus Hitting Enterprise IT, Cisco WebEx Vulnerabilities, TMEdit Update & More

This week's episode features a lot of info on how the Coronavirus has been impacting enterprise IT thus far, there's news about some significant vulnerabilities, particularly with Cisco WebEx and Intel processors that are 5 years old or older. There's some great FSLogix related community content plus much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-114-coronavirus-hitting-enterprise-it-cisco-webex-vulnerabilities-tmedit-update-more/

Mar 07, 202015 min

Microsoft Patchin' EoL Products Again, Print Servers to the Cloud & More

This week's episode features news of a Microsoft patchin' EoL version of Internet Explorer, a preview of print server management in Azure, Apple putting lifetime certificates on their naughty list and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-113-microsoft-patchin-eol-products-again-print-servers-to-the-cloud-more/

Feb 28, 202014 min

Microsoft Pulls a Patch, DoH to the Rescue, Cisco Predictions & More

This week's episode features news of a Windows Update pulled from the catalog by Microsoft. There's some really interesting predictions shared by Cisco around networking trends for the next 3 years. I provide an update on cloud.com being blocked in China and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-112-microsoft-pulls-a-patch-doh-to-the-rescue-cisco-predictions-more/

Feb 21, 202018 min

Feb Patches Overview, Corp.com for Sale, Published App Issue on Server 2019 & More

This week's episode features news on issues on the February 2020 Windows patches, info on a fix to a strange issue with published application on Windows Server 2019, an interesting story about the worrying Corp.com domain that is up for grabs and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-111-feb-patches-overview-corp-com-for-sale-published-app-issue-on-server-2019-more/

Feb 14, 202018 min

Teams Outage, Win10 Woes, LDAPS Delay & More

This week’s episode features news on issues with a Windows 10 patch causing BSODs for some users plus other issues like slower boot times for others, there’s also news on a Teams outage and what the cause was (It was not DNS). As well as info on MSIX, Citrix WEM, recent Ransomware and Trojan samples plus much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-110-teams-outage-win10-woes-ldaps-delay-more/

Feb 08, 202022 min

Layoffs at VMware, New IBM CEO, UN Security Breach & More

This week's episode features news on the unfortunate layoffs at VMware, info on changes at IBM with a new CEO announced, details of a security breach at the UN, an update on the Windows 7 issue caused by the final patches plus much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-109-layoffs-at-vmware-new-ibm-ceo-un-security-breach-more/

Feb 01, 202015 min

Microsoft Security Lapse, Issue with Final Win7 Patches & More

This week's episode covers the worrying story that 250 million customers details were left publicly exposed for 25 days. There is also info on issues caused by the final Windows 7 patches, an brief update on the Citrix ADC vulnerability, a warning for those upgrading Citrix WEM and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-108-microsoft-security-lapse-issue-with-final-win7-patches-more/

Jan 24, 202016 min

Citrix ADC Vulnerability Deep Dive, CryptoAPI & RDP Bugs & More

This week’s episode goes deep into the Citrix ADC vulnerability leaving no stone unturned in what is now the 5th week of this ongoing saga and boy did things escalate this week! I also talk about a very serious RDP vulnerability that has been patched this week, along with a CryptoAPI vulnerability that warranted a press conference and warning from the NSA Cyber Security Team AND news on App Volumes 4.0, MSIX support for services plus much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episo...

Jan 17, 202021 min

Chrome 80 Could Break Sites, Ransomware Closes a Company, New NUC & More

This week's episode covers a story from Microsoft warning that their cloud services do not work properly in the upcoming Chrome version 80 release and warn that other sites and services you use may not work also. I cover another horrible tale of Ransomware with a little bit of Malware thrown in for good measure. As usual, there's some great scripts from the Community to talk about plus much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-106-chrome-80-could-break-sites-ransomware-clo...

Jan 10, 202020 min

2 Year Anniversary, The Week's News, 2019 Review & More

This week's episode is the first of 2020 and it marks the 2 year anniversary of the podcast. It seemed fitting to do a review of 2019, talk about some of the trends in the industry as well as talk about remote work opportunities highlighted on the podcast and a dive into some of the best scripts, tricks and tips from the last year. I also cover some of the recent enterprise IT news as usual as usual! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-105-2-year-anniversary-the-weeks-news-2019...

Jan 05, 202035 min

Major Citrix ADC Vulnerability Update, MSIX Core Release & More

This week’s episode is pretty security heavy with an update on the major Citrix ADC vulnerability I talked about on last week’s episode plus vulnerabilities in Google Chrome, Sharepoint and more. I also talk a little about MSIX Core, ThinKiosk as well as feature the usual scripts, tricks and tips of the week plus more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-104-major-citrix-adc-vulnerability-update-msix-core-release-more/

Dec 28, 201915 min

Mail Storms, Zero Day Vulnerabilities & Ransomware, OH MY Plus Much More

This week's episode covers a lot of security related news including details of a Citrix ADC vulnerability and available mitigation steps, a couple of scary Ransomware stories plus a lot of info on December patches plus much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-103-mail-storms-zero-day-vulnerabilities-ransomware-oh-my-plus-much-more/

Dec 18, 201921 min

VPN Vulnerability, Nightmare Service Outage, New IgelOS Features & More

This week's episode covers a lot of security related news including details of a VPN vulnerability, a Mac malware concocted by North Korean hackers and an absolute nightmare scenario for parents of diabetic kids who fell victim to a serious service outage. This plus plenty of EUC related announcements and MORE! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-102-vpn-vulnerability-nightmare-service-outage-new-igelos-features-more/

Dec 12, 201922 min

HPE SSD Timebomb, Splunk Y2K Like Bug, AWS ReInvent Announcements & More

This week's episode dives into the troubling news that there is a major bug in some HPE SSDs that will kill the drives and make the data inaccessible. I also report on a Y2K like bug with Splunk that could cause serious problems for admins of the product. AWS ReInvent was held this week in Vegas and as you may expect there were plenty of announcements, I'll share some of the highlights plus there will be much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-101-hpe-ssd-timebomb-splunk...

Dec 05, 201920 min

MSIX AppAttach Preview, Office 365 Outage, Ransomware Warning & More

This week's episode is the 100th episode of the podcast! Thank you so much for listening each week. It's business as usual with lots of news, including information on the launch of the MSIX AppAttach preview, details on a recent Office 365 outage and it's cause, warnings of a new wave of ransomware, some FSLogix performance improvements and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-100-msix-appattach-preview-office-365-outage-ransomware-warning-more/

Nov 27, 201926 min

Chrome Breaks in RDSH, Cisco VOIP Vulnerabilities & Much More

On this week's episode I talk about another bad patch for Windows 10 that was released on November's Patch Tuesday. There is an update on the proposed acquisition of HP. Details on why Chrome stopped working in Citrix environments plus much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-99-chrome-breaks-in-rdsh-cisco-voip-vulnerabilities-much-more/

Nov 19, 201923 min

Symantec Endpoint Protection Crashing Servers, Docker Acquisition & Much More

On this week's episode I cover worrying news of Windows Servers crashing with a recent Symantec Endpoint Protection definition update, a pretty serious encryption vulnerability in Apple mail, rumors of a potentially big acquisition and news on the acquisition of Docker Enterprise plus much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-98-symantec-endpoint-protection-crashing-servers-docker-acquisition-much-more/

Nov 14, 201921 min

Highlights from Microsoft Ignite & VMworld Europe 2019 & Much More

On this week's episode I talk about some of my highlights from the many announcements made at Microsoft Ignite and VMworld Europe plus I give a brief news roundup about some of the other things going on in enterprise IT this week plus more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-97-highlights-from-microsoft-ignite-vmworld-europe-2019-much-more/

Nov 06, 201935 min

Cool New Microsoft ATP Feature, Google Maps Incognito Mode, Citrix LTSR Info & More

On this week's episode there is an update on Microsoft's recent MFA disruption, info Incognito mode for Google Maps, a lot of info for the next LTSR of CVAD and some info on an Adobe database that was exposed online plus much more. Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-96-cool-new-microsoft-atp-feature-google-maps-incognito-mode-citrix-ltsr-info-more/

Oct 31, 201912 min
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