Cisco

What a pain in the aaS: HPE signs up just 1.125% of its channel to sell hardware delivered as a service

Forget software-as-a-hostage! Customers have more choice when it comes to servers, networking, storage

On-Prem10 Dec 2021 | 8

Cisco tells UCS owners they may have a screw loose – in the server chassis

Power supplies are screwed up because they're not all screwed in

Systems01 Dec 2021 | 8

Mature networking vendor seeks flexible commitment from software suitors

Cisco’s new software license agreement means one payment can cover code and services

Networks24 Nov 2021 | 3

Cisco thinks you're happy to wait ages for new kit, then pay premium prices

Supply chain pain will persist deep into 2022, so it's not like you have a choice if you're in Switchzilla's world

Networks18 Nov 2021 | 19

Cisco uses its ThousandEyes to build internet outages map

Updated Telemetry from CDNs and data centres presented alongside a thousand promos to irritate your eyes

Off-Prem09 Nov 2021 | 5

Cisco warns 'unintentional debugging credential' left in some network switches can be abused to hijack equipment

Updated Pair of 10/10 critical bugs demand your attention, as does a 9.8-rated SSH SNAFU

Networks05 Nov 2021 | 17

Cisco requires COVID-19 shots for all US staff – even remote workers

Exclusive Unvaxxed can vaxx off for unpaid leave during which Switchzilla can fire them or erase their jobs

Networks03 Nov 2021 | 268

Cisco deprecates Microsoft management integrations for UCS servers

Working on Azure integration – but not there yet

Systems27 Oct 2021 |

Cisco to face trial over trade secrets theft, NDA breach claims after losing attempt to swat Leadfactors lawsuit

Startup alleges IP wound up in Switchzilla's Quad product

Networks26 Oct 2021 | 12

Supply chain pain: Cisco's base price structure moving north from November

Demand for components at a 10-year high

Networks06 Oct 2021 | 9

That 'anti-NSO Pegasus spyware' download is actually a Trojan – so don't touch it

Cisco Talos spots early-stage campaign targeting low-info users

Security01 Oct 2021 | 6

Cisco warns supply chain delays could persist until this time next year

Current issues aren't stopping it from growing fast – or 400Gbit Ethernet sales booming

Networks20 Aug 2021 | 2

FISMA's a fizzer, says Cisco, and calls on Congress to get cyber security policy right – pronto

Organizational structure, piecemeal approach and hiring practices all need to change, says Borg security bigwig

Security13 Aug 2021 |

Got a cheap Cisco router in your home office? If it's one of these, there's an exposed RCE hole you need to plug

Patches issued for two CVE-rated vulns

Security05 Aug 2021 | 10

Time for a 'great experiment' says Cisco as it lets team leaders set place of work

Fewer than one-in-four staff want to be in the office for more than three days a week

Networks29 Jul 2021 | 4

What a time to be alive: Cisco now offering 5G routers to ride along in cars

Switchzilla adds 5G options to edge routers and gateways, bets you'd rather buy its kit than run multiple networks

Networks18 Jun 2021 | 2

South Korea bans 1700 tech products for using forged test reports

Huawei, Cisco, and Samsung caught out as US-based testing labs allegedly sent work to China

Legal18 Jun 2021 | 12

Tech scammer who fooled Cisco, Microsoft and Lenovo out of millions jailed for more than seven years

Networking giant alone taken for $3.5m

Legal04 Jun 2021 | 16

Cisco suggests multi-SaaS integration and a hypervisor alternative as the path to happy hybrid clouds

Also tries to bust blades out of the box with new UCS-X series

Off-Prem02 Jun 2021 |

Cisco names Micron as supplier of SSDs that make Nexus and Firepower kit snooze

Drive looks to be an industrial model, so probably not a wider threat

Networks26 May 2021 | 2

Cisco: A price rise is coming to a town near you imminently. Blame chip shortages

Not just Chuck struggling under the switch, rival Arista's supply chain has 'never been so constrained'

Networks20 May 2021 | 8

Cisco discloses self-sabotaging SSD bug that causes rolling outages for some Firepower appliances

Boxes stop working, admins may be locked out after 28,224 hours – and then every 1,008 hours after that

Storage20 May 2021 | 7

Cisco HyperFlex web interface has critical flaw that lets attackers get root and execute arbitrary commands

You know the drill: shake your head in disbelief, then figure out if patching will wipe out a weekend or be merely inconvenient

Security07 May 2021 | 4

We need to talk about criminal adversaries who want you to eat undercooked onion rings

Updated Cisco Talos discovers flaws in air fryer, connected chip cooker firm fails to fix

Security20 Apr 2021 | 59

Cisco takes small steps towards IT-as-a-service, more software-defined networking

For compute and SD-WAN only, with plenty of details not yet in place

On-Prem09 Apr 2021 | 1

Cisco turns more Catalyst 9000s into application platforms, so devs and NetAdmins can share a view

ThousandEyes agent to run on switches that don't do Docker, hook into AppDynamics to monitor all the things

Networks30 Mar 2021 | 3

Patch alert for Apple fans: Cybercrooks have already been exploiting this flaw in iPhones, iPads, and watches

In brief Plus: Did Google expose a Western spying op? Who cares? You're safer

Security29 Mar 2021 | 11

Cisco issues blizzard of end-of-life notices for Nexus 3K and 7K switches

Service options decline starting next year... so there may be a Nexus 9K switch in your future

Networks09 Mar 2021 | 10

Cisco reveals a probe of 'self-enrichment scheme' involving ex-employees in China

Also lifts lid on allegations former workers paid staffers of 'state-owned enterprises'

Networks18 Feb 2021 | 3

Cred-stealing trojan harvests logins from Chromium browsers, Outlook and more, warns Cisco Talos

Masslogger evolution rears its ugly head, $30 gets you three month license to cause carnage

Security18 Feb 2021 | 8

Cisco predicts sunlit uplands after COVID-19. For now, though, sales are flat

Reckons the world is going to re-wire and revisit security

Networks10 Feb 2021 | 5

Cisco reveals critical bug in small biz VPN routers when half the world is stuck working at home

And we all know how good small business are at patching... NOT

Security05 Feb 2021 | 13

Cisco intros desktop switches, one with USB-C to power your laptop

Fibre-to-the-desk is the driver because it allows longer connections and fewer physical frames

Networks28 Jan 2021 | 119

It's 2021 and you can hijack a Cisco SD-WAN deployment with malicious IP traffic and a buffer overflow. Patch now

And also fix up these other holes that can be exploited via HTTP requests, SQL injection, etc

Security22 Jan 2021 | 10

Flash still works in China, but you need to ask Adobe nicely before running it

Extreme Networks flings flaky Flash-free fix and Cisco all-but-sighs as it reminds users to upgrade

Software15 Jan 2021 | 8

Whatever 4D chess Acacia was playing has worked: Cisco merger back on after ante upped 64% to $4.5bn

Switchzilla's enlarged offer accepted after smaller biz tried to stall acquisition

Networks15 Jan 2021 |

Cisco drags Acacia toward court to keep stalled $2.6bn acquisition on track

Smaller biz terminates deal after Chinese watchdogs dither

Networks08 Jan 2021 | 4

The patch that wasn't: Cisco emits fresh fixes for NTLM hash-spilling vuln and XSS-RCE combo in Jabber app

Wormable nasty still doesn't need any user input to pwn target devices

Security10 Dec 2020 | 7

Cisco challenges the tyranny of Outlook with short, self-terminating Webex meetings

Upgraded collab environment offers worthy post-COVID tweaks, also relies on oldies like Presence

Software09 Dec 2020 | 23

How much is automating customer comms in a time of COVID worth to Cisco? Almost three quarters of a billion dollars in a pure cash deal, apparently

Agrees to acquire UK outfit IMImobile for $730m

SaaS07 Dec 2020 | 3

Oh! What a lovely pandemic, says Cisco as it sees wave of network refreshes on the horizon

But most recent quarter was a bit grim with revenue down nine percent and switching, routing, servers and wireless sales all slumping

Networks13 Nov 2020 | 9

Cisco uncrates Kubernetes for Intersight, debuts a dashing dashboard

Switchzilla cloud glue lashes IT systems together

Devops28 Oct 2020 |

Cisco penta-gone from Pentagon as Aruba rolls in a new net

3,000 Wi-Fi access points and 150,000 wired ethernet ports

Networks28 Oct 2020 | 26

Cisco warns VMware vCenter bug puts hyperconverged tin in ‘unrecoverable’ state

Whatever you do, don’t run vCenter Server 7.0 U1 on HyperFlex. Just don’t go there unless you want horrible pain. Clear enough warning?

On-Prem20 Oct 2020 | 7

One year after server hackers left NordVPN red-faced, firm's first colocated setup is online

In brief Plus: Bunch of Cisco fixes for Patch Tuesday week, Fitbit kit hit, RAT malware written in Golang, and more

Security12 Oct 2020 | 6

Cisco ordered to cough up $2bn – yes, two billion dollars – plus royalties after ripping off biz's cybersecurity patents

Centripetal Networks uses lawsuit against Switchzilla. It's super effective

Networks05 Oct 2020 | 34

Feds warn foreign disinformation will be spamming US voters well after the November election to sow discord and doubt

In Brief Also, Brazilian teen spots odd Instagram bug and nets $25K

Security28 Sep 2020 | 13

Cisco bets on real-world events with overseas audiences resuming in late 2021

Branded tat and disrupto-talks could return - albeit nine months later than usual in Oz plague capital

Networks22 Sep 2020 | 2

Cisco’s 'intuitive security' tool can’t handle MAC address randomization out-of-the-box

iOS 14's new MAC scrambling could stop upgraded devices from connecting, Android 10 also a mess

Networks17 Sep 2020 | 45

Darknet market's peacemaker sentenced to 11 years in prison

In Brief Sealed with an XSS: Flaw in Go lang library could cause app issues

Security07 Sep 2020 | 7

Cisco mostly silent on when and what it knew about malicious WebEx wipeout

Comment Anyone can make infosec mistakes, but Cisco isn't anyone

SaaS04 Sep 2020 | 6

Intel, Apple, Cisco, Google sue US Patent Office – Tech police, open up!

Silicon Valley heavyweights demand access to review boards that can shoot down trolls just ahead of trial

Science02 Sep 2020 | 13

Engineer admits he wiped 456 Cisco WebEx VMs from AWS after leaving the biz, derailed 16,000 Teams accounts

Updated Switchzilla's cloud infrastructure trashed. And his new employer doesn't want to fire him

SaaS26 Aug 2020 | 56

Canadian shipping company Canpar gets an unwanted delivery – ransomware

In brief Meanwhile, Gmail finally deals with a 'confused mailman' problem

Security24 Aug 2020 | 7

Cisco to sell everything-as-a-service – even core networking hardware – and cut costs by a billion bucks

Q4 revenue took a nasty kick in the COVIDs, but profit bounced anyway

Networks13 Aug 2020 | 22

Oh cool, more Cisco patches to apply. Happy Monday

In Brief Meanwhile, KDE desktops can be pwned by evil archives

OSes03 Aug 2020 |