Aug 24, 202619 minS2
Microsoft’s August 2026 update cycle delivers a record 751 fixes, raising urgent questions about continuous patching, exposed systems, and balancing direct control with faster cloud updates. John and Lou also unpack...
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IT SPARC Cast
Hosted by John Barger · news · EN
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IT SPARC Cast is a digest of the Enterprise IT news over the last week, with insights, opinions, and a little sarcasm from 2 experts each with over 20 years of experience working in IT or for IT vendors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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What is IT SPARC Cast about?
IT SPARC Cast is a digest of the Enterprise IT news over the last week, with insights, opinions, and a little sarcasm from 2 experts each with over 20 years of experience working in IT or for IT vendors.
Who hosts IT SPARC Cast?
IT SPARC Cast is hosted by John Barger. The show has published 184 episodes to date.
What has IT SPARC Cast covered recently?
Recent episodes include "The Hidden Risk in Your Patching Strategy (751 Fixes Inside)" (24 August 2026, 19 minutes), "Critical GitLab Bug Lets Attackers Poison Your Code (Patch Now)" (21 August 2026, 8 minutes), and "We Watched AI Agents Hack, Lie, and Phish Real People, AI Security Just Got Serious" (10 August 2026, 21 minutes).
How often does IT SPARC Cast publish?
IT SPARC Cast publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 17 minutes across 184 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on IT SPARC Cast?
Booking probability for IT SPARC Cast is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. IT SPARC Cast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. IT SPARC Cast's contact route on record: verified email.
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John Barger hosts IT SPARC Cast, a news podcast with 184 episodes published.
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- Aug 21, 20268 minS2
A critical GitLab vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to modify or delete public project and user data—and potentially threaten the integrity of your software supply chain. In this episode of IT SPARC...
Aug 10, 202621 minS2In this episode of IT SPARC Cast – News Bytes , John & Lou explore three stories that reveal how AI is exposing new challenges for enterprise IT. AI models surprise researchers by using stolen identities during...
Episode #47
China's AI Hacked This CVE Autonomously — Inside the DeepSeek Remote Code Execution Campaign
Aug 7, 20269 minS2This week on IT SPARC Cast – CVE of the Week , John and Lou cover three newly exploited vulnerabilities affecting Langflow, Apache Tomcat, and N-able N-central . While each vulnerability is serious on its own, the...
Aug 3, 202626 minS2In this episode of IT SPARC Cast – News Bytes , John & Lou tackle three stories shaping the future of enterprise IT. They discuss why AI isn’t killing SaaS—but it is forcing software vendors to deliver more value, how...
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Jul 31, 202612 minS2In this episode of IT SPARC Cast – CVE of the Week , John and Lou examine CVE-2026-53921 , a critical OpenWRT vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote code execution as root through the DHCPv6 service. While...
Jul 27, 202621 minS2In this episode of IT SPARC Cast - News Bytes, John & Lou explore three stories that highlight how quickly AI and enterprise infrastructure are evolving. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) undergoes a major architectural...
Jul 24, 20269 minS2In this episode of IT SPARC Cast – CVE of the Week , John and Lou discuss WP2Shell , a critical WordPress remote code execution vulnerability chain (CVE-2026-63030 and CVE-2026-60137) that allows attackers to compromise...
Jul 20, 202622 minS2In this episode of IT SPARC Cast - News Bytes, John & Lou examine three major stories shaping enterprise IT: Microsoft’s largest Patch Tuesday ever, the growing disconnect between employers and new graduates in the AI...
Episode #3
Top 10 Biggest Networking Companies That No Longer Exist | Nortel, Lucent, 3Com, Brocade & More
Jul 17, 202643 minS2From the birth of Ethernet to the rise of enterprise networking, many of the companies that shaped today’s IT landscape are now gone. In this episode of IT SPARC Cast Top 10 , John Barger and Lou Schmidt count down the...
Jul 13, 202621 minS2In this episode of IT SPARC Cast - News Bytes, John & Lou examine three stories highlighting how AI and enterprise infrastructure continue to evolve. China raises concerns over Anthropic’s Claude Code, Meta reveals an...
Jul 10, 202611 minS2In this episode of IT SPARC Cast – CVE of the Week , John and Lou discuss the first fully autonomous AI-driven ransomware attack ever documented. Researchers observed an AI agent independently executing an entire...
Jul 6, 202618 minS2In this episode of IT SPARC Cast - News Bytes, John & Lou explore the next phase of enterprise AI, where long-term memory, agent development, and workforce strategy are becoming just as important as the models...
Jul 3, 20269 minS2A newly demonstrated attack against the Model Context Protocol (MCP) shows how malicious tool descriptions can manipulate AI agents into leaking sensitive information—without exploiting a software vulnerability. In this...
Jun 29, 202622 minS2In this episode of IT SPARC Cast - News Bytes, John & Lou explore how AI is driving the next wave of infrastructure investment. OpenAI launches Patch Planet to help secure critical open-source software, the U.S...
Jun 26, 20269 minS2Three recently patched UniFi OS vulnerabilities are now being actively exploited, highlighting the growing importance of automatic patching and vulnerability management. In this episode of IT SPARC Cast – CVE of the...
Jun 22, 202618 minS2In this episode of IT SPARC Cast - News Bytes, John & Lou explore three major stories shaping enterprise IT. Jeff Bezos argues that AI will create labor shortages rather than eliminate jobs, Tesco begins one of the...
Jun 19, 20267 minS2Thousands of Fortinet FortiGate devices have been compromised—even in organizations that already applied security patches. In this episode of IT SPARC Cast – CVE of the Week, John and Lou explain how attackers...
Jun 15, 202624 minS2In this episode of IT SPARC Cast - News Bytes, John & Lou tackle a security-heavy week featuring a new Microsoft Defender zero-day, the largest Patch Tuesday release in Microsoft’s history, and a growing debate around...
Jun 12, 202611 minS2A single-character coding mistake in the Linux kernel created a privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow attackers to gain root access, escape containers, and compromise systems. In this episode of IT SPARC...
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