Cisco

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 |

Psst.. You may want to patch this under-attack data-leaking Cisco bug – and these Ripple20 hijack flaws

In Brief Plus: US govt sounds the alarm on industrial equipment attacks

Security25 Jul 2020 | 4

Frozen: Bank accounts of suspected Chinese Cisco counterfeiters who exploited pandemic shortages

Cali federal judge admits he can only do so much against businesses based in Middle Kingdom

Networks23 Jul 2020 | 12

Cisco restores evidence of its funniest FAIL – ethernet cable presses switch's reset button

At least it’s a better excuse than Switchzilla’s ‘cosmic radiation errors’

Networks20 Jul 2020 | 51

This week of never-ending security updates continue. Now Apple emits dozens of fixes for iOS, macOS, etc

Make sure your iThing installs these patches

OSes16 Jul 2020 | 19

Finally done with all those Patch Tuesday updates? Think again! Here's 33 Cisco bug fixes, with five criticals

And who's that in the background? Just Oracle and its *cough* 443 bugs

Security16 Jul 2020 | 14

Bad news: Your Cisco switch is a fake and an update borked it. Good news: It wasn't designed to spy on you

Autopsy finds rip-off gear is mainly about making coin, not bugging your network

Networks15 Jul 2020 | 68

Cisco SMB kit harbors cross-site scripting bug: One wrong link click... and that's your router pwned remotely

VPN gear vulnerable to remote hijackings

Security02 Jul 2020 | 4

I was screwed over by Cisco managers who enforced India's caste hierarchy on me in US HQ, claims engineer

Senior techie sues, says he was snubbed due to Dalit ancestry, HR ignored complaints

Networks01 Jul 2020 | 136

Used Cisco Webex recently? Memory vuln could have let remote attackers snoop on your meetings and files

Only if they'd already pwned your box, mind. Still: get patching!

Security18 Jun 2020 | 3

SecureX marks the spot: Cisco vows to make unified security control panel thingy generally available this month

Cisco Live And announces a bunch of other tweaks at today's virtual shindig

Networks16 Jun 2020 |

Must not be the season of the switch: Someone flipped the you-know-what in global ethernet switch and router supply chain

Customers pulling purse strings didn't help much either, say analysts

On-Prem08 Jun 2020 | 4

Tycoon malware rages through US schools, LG's boot problem, and QNAP admins had better get busy

Also: Cisco and Apple push out patches

OSes08 Jun 2020 | 4

Tech set responds in wake of American protests, police violence and civil unrest

Cisco cancels Live web conference, Google delays Android Beta, SAP boss voices support for Black Lives Matter

Legal02 Jun 2020 | 26

Cisco hacked: Six backend servers used by customer VIRL-PE deployments compromised via SaltStack

Roundup Plus other news from infosec land this week

Security31 May 2020 | 6

Pre-authentication, remote root hole in call-center software? Thanks, Cisco. Just what a long weekend needs

Roundup This and more bits and bytes from infosec world

Security25 May 2020 | 4

Cisco revenue dips as customers stop spending and supply chain wobbles

Company sees good times ahead as pandemic spurs catch-up investment, but also warns of 'market contraction' for servers

Networks14 May 2020 |

Bored at home? Cisco has just the thing: A shed-load of security fixes to install, from a Kerberos bypass to crashes

Switchzilla issues a whopping 30+ patches in time for the long UK weekend

Security07 May 2020 | 3

Lead times double on network cat Arista's hottest selling lines as COVID-19 disrupts supply chain

Cisco's switch-slinging nemesis warns of business slipping back to 2018 levels

Networks06 May 2020 | 4

Who's still using Webex? Not even Cisco: Judge orders IT giant to use rival Zoom for virtual patent trial

It would be rather awkward if Switchzilla's own video-link app fell over mid-proceedings, wouldn't it?

Networks29 Apr 2020 | 59

Resistance is futile: Some Cisco security appliances are ticking time bombs of fail thanks to faulty resistors

After 18 months, they can just fall over. The fix is asking Borgzilla for a new one

Networks29 Apr 2020 | 56

Cisco UCS servers slugged by 'This SSD will self-destruct in 40,000 hours' firmware farrago

As Firepower kit hit by rare and ridiculous ‘silkscreen ID flaw’

Networks24 Apr 2020 | 30

Google and Cisco, sitting in a (spanning) tree, cloud N-E-T-W-O-R-K-I-N-G

Borg SD-WANS can now drive Chocolate Factory virty cloud networks and the workloads therein

Networks22 Apr 2020 | 2

Are you fixing that switch? Or setting it up as a Minecraft server?

Cisco shows off how you can brick it on a Catalyst 9300

Networks21 Apr 2020 | 26

Open letter to Internet Engineering Task Force: Back off Cisco, not all members want to 'play to your tune'

A mini revolution against Switchzilla takes form in a corner of industry group

Networks17 Apr 2020 | 6

Cisco rations VPNs for staff as strain of 100,000+ home workers hits its network

Following the moon to find capacity and sticking to safe sites as Chuck Robbins leads new weekly briefings

Networks02 Apr 2020 | 30

What are you doing at quarter past? WebEx wants you on calls then, to ease corona-congestion

Remember landlines? Cisco service wants you to remember them too, to make dial-in part of your isolation arsenal

Networks30 Mar 2020 | 9

California emits latest layoff statistics. March's numbers are ugly. It's 19,000 total, including many in tech

Symantec, Cisco, Uber, loathsome Juul, others shed staff amid pandemic

On-Prem27 Mar 2020 | 8

Hey, China. Maybe you should have held your hackers off for a bit while COVID-19 ravaged the planet. Just a suggestion

Citrix, Cisco and Zoho-pwning APT41 attack wave seems in awfully bad taste

Security26 Mar 2020 | 40

IBM fires up the big iron, Facebook hands out masks, Cisco splashes cash, and CDC gets an Azure-powered bot

Roundup Everybody chill, Big Tech's got this

HPC23 Mar 2020 | 13

What do you not want right now? A bunch of Cisco SD-WAN, Webex vulnerabilities? Here are a bunch of them

Switchzilla says remote networking gear has a grab-bag of holes

Security19 Mar 2020 | 8

Western Digital hands chief exec seat to boss of Cisco's networking and security biz

David Goeckeler finally gets keys to his own kingdom, says he's stoked to ride 'massive wave of new opportunity'

Storage06 Mar 2020 | 4

Fella accused of ripping off Cisco, Amazon, iRobot, others to the tune of $2m by fraudulently demanding replacements for tech gear

He faces up to, er, 825 years in the clink, $8.25m fine, if convicted

Personal Tech04 Mar 2020 | 13

Wi-Fi kit spilling data with bad crypto – Huawei, eh? No, it's Cisco. US giant patches Krook spy-hole bug in network gear

Roundup Meanwhile, Sophos finds nasty rootkit, OnlyFans says massive archive not a hack

Security02 Mar 2020 | 3

Switchzilla? More like Ditch-your-staff-zilla: Cisco back at the layoffs as revenues shrink

Hardware is hard

Networks28 Feb 2020 | 15

SecureX gon give it to ya: Cisco muscles into the integrated security game

Push to get punters inhaling one cloudy product

Networks26 Feb 2020 | 5

Oi, Cisco! Who left the 'high privilege' login for Smart Software Manager just sitting out in the open?

Critical fix for static credential headlines latest patch rollout

Security19 Feb 2020 | 9

And they said IoT was trash: Sheffield 'smart' bins to start screaming when they haven't been emptied for a fortnight

To be fair, all UK cities could benefit from such a scheme...

Bootnotes19 Feb 2020 | 109

Cisco: We warned months ago our sales would be a bit glum, we did not disappoint, and don't expect changes soon. PS: We axed Cisco Live Oz

The aristocrats! The aristocrats!

Networks13 Feb 2020 | 1

'Tens of millions' of Cisco devices vulnerable to CDPwn flaws: Network segmentation blown apart by security bugs

Enterprises face fear of phone fragging fest as Doom spawns on IP phones

Networks05 Feb 2020 | 22

Cisco Webex bug allowed anyone to join a password-protected meeting

Patched vuln was 'in active use', firm reveals

Security27 Jan 2020 | 20

Teenagers today. Can't take them anywhere, eh? 18-year-old kid accused of $50m SIM-swap cryptocurrency heist

Roundup Also, Cisco, Citrix emit patches, US army advises using Signal

OSes25 Jan 2020 | 18

Ding-dong: Cisco delivers your Patch Tuesday warm-up with WebEx, IOS fixes for a few irritating security holes

The main event is next week

Security10 Jan 2020 | 1

New year, new critical Cisco patches to install – this time for a dirty dozen of bugs that can be exploited to sidestep auth, inject commands, etc

Data Center Network Manager bugapalooza with three must-fix flaws

Security03 Jan 2020 | 3

Cisco slips on a Tolkien ring: One chip design to rule them all, one design to find them. One design to bring them all...

And in the darkness bind them – to next year's IT budgets

Networks11 Dec 2019 | 11

Cloud vendors burp after last year's server sales feast, couldn't possibly eat any more

Not even a wafer-thin blade?

Systems06 Dec 2019 |

EU gets a bit STRESSED out about 5G: With great economic benefits come great security risks

Yes, in all-caps

Networks04 Dec 2019 | 23

Cisco blasts sueball at 3 ex-employees it claims handed trade secrets over to same rival

Two high-level engineers and one managing director accused of stealing from Switchzilla

On-Prem19 Nov 2019 | 9

Pemex hit by ransomware, US Postal Service gets a copycat and new WhatsApp bugs

Plus, 1Password gets a boatload of cash

Security18 Nov 2019 | 1

That chill in the air isn't just autumn, it's Cisco's cooling finances: CEO warns of slipping sales

Switchzilla gives gloomy outlook, tells of dark financial days for the coming fiscal year

Networks14 Nov 2019 | 9

Hate hub hacked, Cisco bugs squished, Bluekeep attacks begin, and much, much more

Roundup Plus, rConfig flaw raises alarms

OSes11 Nov 2019 | 10

Imperva cloud firewall pwned, D-Link bug uncovered – plus more

Roundup Including: Visual Studio Code debug hole found

Security14 Oct 2019 | 2

I can't believe you've done this: Cisco.com asks visitors to explain to IT why they have broken the website

Switchzilla's online presence beset by mysterious outages

Networks11 Oct 2019 | 27

Life's certainties: Death, taxes, and Cisco patching more serious vulnerabilities

Switchzilla closes off 18 CVE-listed holes, get to work

Security04 Oct 2019 | 7