Jared's Technology Podcast Network · Jared Rimer

Sans Newsletter for Dec 23, 2025is covered on this episode

·2 hr 5 min

Jared starts by greeting listeners and identifying the program as number 34 of SANS. He says there would probably be more SANS episodes if the team were healthy enough to do several a week, and he ties this issue to the end of the year because the newsletter is dated December 23, 2025 and SANS will not release another newsletter until January 6. The show is presented as SANS News Bytes, an annotated security update from the training, certification, and research organization. He says the issue brings a couple of more breaches from a couple of big places, a top item about a 10-year anniversary, and ransomware coverage in item 1. He notes that the file was transcribed into English Braille American Edition and offers to supply a UEB copy by email if asked. He then explains that this release is coming after the patch date for the item he is covering, and says he is trying to keep releases moving two to three days after the newsletter arrives even though it sometimes slips to about a week. He adds that illness and computer problems have slowed the workflow since September, but says affected listeners should patch as soon as they can because a 9.3 is close enough to a 10 to be treated with urgency. He repeats the contact paths for email, text, WhatsApp, voicemail, and the second call-in number, and reminds listeners to leave a voicemail if he misses the call. The rest of the news is framed as seven items, some more interesting than others, and he notes that one subscriber also works with him on YouTube and may be heard in the background on other shows. The episode closes with a promise to resume Ouch when the next issue comes out, and with the reminder that SANS resumes on January 6. Overall, it is a straightforward newsletter readthrough with a practical patch warning and a clear update on the pace of the show itself.

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A plainspoken year-end security bulletin that turns patch urgency into something concrete.

SANS News Bytes for December 23, 2025 lands like a late-year security briefing that treats patching as part of the job, not a once-a-week update.

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You want the security headlines, the patch urgency, and the human voice behind both.

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