Listen in as the Small Business Cybersecurity Guy rips through March 2026 Patch Tuesday like a mechanic with a torque wrench: blunt, precise, and impossible to ignore. This episode opens on a single, brutal premise — Windows updates are not a choose‑your‑own‑adventure. They are binary. You either deploy the cumulative payload or you leave every unpatched edge of your estate like a neon target for attackers. The stakes aren’t fireworks; they’re the slow, quiet escalation chains attackers use after a single phishing click. We trace the real playbook attackers follow: step one, land as an ordinary user; step two, chain an Elevation of Privilege. This month Microsoft shipped six EOP fixes — graphics, kernel twice, accessibility, SMB, and WinLogon — and slapped them with "exploitation more likely." In plain English, these are the exact plumbing pieces an intruder needs to turn a compromised laptop or RDS session into full environment control. You’ll hear why delaying the patch is an active, informed choice to leave those doors open. Then the narrative sharpens into a thriller: Copilot in Excel. A critical CVE that reads like a very small script with an outsized punch — a near‑zero‑click XSS‑style flaw that can make Copilot agent mode obediently hand over internal secrets. Picture your finance lead or CEO, spreadsheets and Copilot live, and a crafted workbook quietly acting as an insider. No macros, no drama — just a nudge that sends data where it shouldn’t. The episode makes the risk vivid and personal, not academic. We also unpack two more critical Office RCEs via the preview pane — the sort of everyday behavior (previewing mail, browsing SharePoint) that real people do all day. Microsoft says exploitation is less likely, but only if you’re patched. The episode forces you to confront the gap between marketing calm and the real-world tradeoffs IT teams make when budgets and reboot windows collide with executive convenience. Finally, the show gives you a short, brutal checklist — what to do this week if you run a small business or juggle multiple clients: verify actual build numbers, identify who has Copilot agent mode, sanity‑check DLP and egress for AI tools, and roll in third‑party updates like Acrobat alongside Office and Windows. It’s not a six‑month project; it’s triage and discipline. The narration is urgent but practical, a call to action delivered with the weary authority of someone who’s patched one too many servers at 2 a.m. Tune in for a tight, no‑fluff ride through what looks quiet on the surface but is dangerously loud under it — because the difference between a quiet month and a disaster is how long you choose to stay vulnerable. Hit the blog for scripts, guides, and the deeper dive promised at the end of the episode.

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