This week on the 5BytesPodcast, we cover claims that a staggering 284 million patient records were stolen in a cyberattack on healthcare giant McKesson, while Meta’s ambitious plans to reshape its workforce around AI reportedly ran into trouble. We also discuss Meta testing robots inside its data centres, critical ServiceNow vulnerabilities, a new PowerShell-based attack technique, Microsoft’s latest Windows headaches, Tim Cook stepping down as Apple CEO, and much more.
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News:
Microsoft Defender False Alarms
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-asks-users-to-ignore-antivirus-is-turned-off-errors/
Critical ServiceNow Vulnerabilities
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/servicenow-warns-of-three-max-severity-security-vulnerabilities/
New Type of ClickFix Utilizing PowerShell
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-warns-of-terminalfix-attacks-deploying-reverse-tunnels/
McKesson Investigating Alleged Massive Data Theft
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mckesson-discloses-breach-after-shinyhunters-claims-patient-data-theft/
Hasbro Discloses Employee Data Breach
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/toy-making-giant-hasbro-disclose-data-breach-affecting-employees/
Windows 11 Update Resets Mouse Settings
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-says-windows-11-kb5120998-update-resets-mouse-settings/
Tim Cook Hands Apple’s CEO Role to John Ternus
https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/31/read-tim-cooks-full-memo-to-apple-employees-on-his-last-day-as-ceo/
ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox Faces Toughest EU Regulations
https://www.politico.eu/article/chatgpt-reddit-roblox-face-eus-strictest-platforms-regime/
Brave Adds Disposable Email Aliases for Privacy
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/brave-browser-adds-email-aliases-to-help-users-evade-tracking/
Meta’s Attempt to Overhaul Business with AI Stumbles
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/mark-zuckerberg-had-bold-plan-replace-meta-staff-with-ai-heres-how-it-imploded-2026-08-26/
Meta Tests Robots in Data Centres
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/inside-metas-push-to-put-robots-to-work-in-data-centers/
Citrix Acquires Numecent
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/numecent-announces-native-cloudpager-integration-with-citrix-studio-302739963.html
Scripts, Tricks and Tips
The Collapsing Patch Window Article
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/the-patch-window-is-collapsing-why-security-needs-a-new-control-plane/
