Patchocalypse Now — Extended Cut

Surviving the Update That Ate Your Network

Patchocalypse Now — Extended Cut
Last week, Windows update KB5046613 dropped in with the noble mission of “improving security” — and by “security,” Microsoft apparently meant “preventing packets from ever leaving your machine.”
Ethernet? Gone. Wi-Fi? Gone. Bluetooth? Gone. It was the kind of update that makes you stare at your NIC properties and wonder wh…