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Dell EMC patches critical flaws in VMAX enterprise storage systems
Dell EMC has fixed six flaws in its management interfaces for VMAX enterprise storage systems, including three vulnerabilities that are rated critical and could lead to the exposure of files or complete system compromise.News
Microsoft Azure networking is speeding up, thanks to custom hardware
Networking between virtual machines in Microsoft Azure is going to get a whole lot faster, thanks to some new hardware that Microsoft has rolled out across its fleet of datacenters.News
More than 840,000 Cisco devices are vulnerable to NSA-related exploit
More than 840,000 Cisco networking devices from around the world are affected by a recently discovered vulnerability that's similar to one exploited by a hacking group believed to be linked to the U.S. National Security Agency.
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EU plan swaps roaming fees for roaming fudge
The European Commission has reworked its plan to end mobile phone roaming fees in the face of widespread criticism of its 90-day annual limit.News
Comcast confirms plans for a Project Fi-like wireless service
Comcast's version of Google Fi is coming in 2017 with Verizon network service as its fallback.News
Cisco patches Equation group exploit in IOS, IOS XE and IOS XR devices
Cisco Systems has patched a vulnerability similar to one exploited by a cyberespionage group believed to be linked to the U.S. National Security Agency.News
5 ways Cisco could become an iPhone’s best friend
Favored status for Apple iPhones and iPads on Cisco Systems networks starts Tuesday, giving users better Wi-Fi roaming, integrated VoIP calls and priority for the most important business apps. Here are five new capabilities that may prove most useful.News
Thousands of Seagate NAS boxes host cryptocurrency mining malware
Thousands of publicly accessible FTP servers, including many Seagate network-attached storage devices, are being used by criminals to malware that mines cryptocurrency.News
Faster, longer-range Bluetooth 5 to reach devices soon
A new version of the ubiquitous Bluetooth, version 5 — which will be faster and pair devices wirelessly over longer distances — is close to being finalized.News
LTE is hitting the field in the IoT game
The low-power IoT standard LTE Category M1 is making a big splash at the CTIA Super Mobility show in Las Vegas this week after AT&T and Verizon said they would start using later this year.
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No roaming fees next year (* as long as you don’t roam much)
There'll be no more roaming fees for European Union mobile phone subscribers next June — as long as they don't roam for too long at a time.News
Cisco starts patching firewall devices against NSA-linked exploit
Cisco Systems has started releasing security patches for a critical flaw in Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) firewalls targeted by an exploit linked to the U.S. National Security Agency.
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MIT is dragging hard-wired network chips into the agile era
Cloud computing is changing the demands on networks more quickly than ever. Now researchers say it’s possible to program routers all the way down to their packet-forwarding chips in the quest to keep up.News
Cisco to shed 5,500 staff in refocus on IoT, security, and cloud
Cisco Systems plans to lay off about 7 percent of its global workforce in a restructuring that will see it further focus on hot IT areas such as the Internet of things, security, collaboration, next-generation data centers and the cloud.News
Intel abandons copper cables for lights and lasers to speed up data transfers
Intel believes the days of using copper wires for data transfers, both between computers and inside of them, are numbered because optical communications are on the horizon.News
City-funded broadband just lost a big fight in court
Some city-funded broadband networks may be in trouble after a U.S. appeals court struck down Federal Communications Commission rules that prohibited states from restricting those projects.News
Disable WPAD now or have your accounts and private data compromised
Security researchers have recently highlighted serious risks introduced by the Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD), which is enabled by default on Windows and is supported by other operating systems as well.World Beyond Windows
The FCC just forced TP-Link to support open-source router firmware
In a settlement with TP-Link, the FCC clarified its stance on open-source router firmware: It's not totally against it.News
Comcast proposes cheaper broadband, in exchange for your privacy
Comcast tells the FCC that it would be happy to lower your broadband costs, as long as you turn over more of your data.News
Verizon will cut off unlimited data users who use too much unlimited data
Verizon is forcing heavy data users to get off its unlimited plan or get off the carrier's network entirely.News
Dell patches critical flaws in SonicWALL Global Management System
Dell has patched several critical flaws in its central management system for SonicWALL enterprise security appliances, such as firewalls and VPN gateways.News
Like AT&T, Verizon is going virtual for enterprises
On Thursday, Verizon announced enterprise services defined and activated through software, a move intended to help both the carrier and its customers save money and respond more quickly to changing needs.News
Attackers launch multi-vector DDoS attacks that use DNSSEC amplification
Incident responders from Akamai recently helped mitigate a DDoS attack against an unnamed European media organization that used six different attack techniques, including DNSSEC-based DNS amplification.News
How AT&T wants to use AI as a crystal ball
AT&T says it’s been using AI for decades in areas like call-center automation. Now the carrier is pouring its AI smarts into a single platform for use with many applications.News
AT&T likes ‘white-box’ networks and hopes you will, too
AT&T’s march toward standard “white-box” network gear will come to enterprises this week with the introduction of an industry-standard server that can take the place of four specialized network devices.News
AT&T wants to keep order in drone-filled skies
AT&T is a big drone user, and its network could be a future backbone for command and control of drones or even a traffic management system.News
Cisco patches serious flaws in router and conferencing server software
Cisco Systems released patches this week for several vulnerabilities in its IOS software for networking devices and the Cisco and WebEx conferencing servers.News
T-Mobile offers free Pokémon Go data for a year, but not everyone is happy about it
T-Mobile wants some of that sweet, sweet Pokémon Go marketing opportunity so it came up with free giveaways.News
Juniper patches high-risk flaws in Junos OS
Juniper Networks has fixed several vulnerabilities in the Junos operating system that's used on its networking and security appliances, including a flaw that could allow hackers to gain administrative access to affected devices.How-To
How to secure your router and home network
Many users don't realize it, but their internet router is the most important electronic device in their home and is an attractive target for attackers.News
Code reuse exposes over 120 D-Link devices models to hacking
A recently discovered vulnerability in a D-Link network camera exists in over 120 different D-Link products and allows attackers to remotely take over the affected devices.News
Google sells stake in satellite Internet operator O3b Networks
Google has sold its stake in satellite Internet access provider O3b Networks to co-investor SES.News
Thousands of hacked CCTV devices used in DDoS attacks
Attackers have compromised more than 25,000 digital video recorders and CCTV cameras and are using them to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against websites.
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Is Apstra SDN? Same idea, different angle
One of the main goals of SDN (software-defined networking) is to make networks more agile to meet the changing demands of applications. A new Silicon Valley startup, Apstra, says it has an easier way to do the same thing.News
Apple fixes serious flaw in AirPort wireless routers
Apple has released firmware updates for its AirPort wireless base stations in order to fix a vulnerability that could put the devices at risk of hacking.
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The fight over a new Wi-Fi channel is coming to a head
Satellite operator Globalstar’s plan to open a new Wi-Fi channel under its control is nearing the moment of truth after years of regulatory wrangling.News
HPE looks to move data between computers at the speed of light
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is turning to lights and lasers in thin fiber optics as a way to move data at blazing speeds between computers, replacing thicker and slower copper wires.News
Flaws expose Cisco small-business routers, firewalls to hacking
Three models of Cisco wireless VPN firewalls and routers from the small business RV series contain a critical unpatched vulnerability that attackers can exploit remotely to take control of devices.News
Free network software might radically change how routing works
Startup 128 Technology is a fundamentally different approach to routing, one that the company says will make networking simpler and more secure.News
This startup may have built the world’s fastest networking switch chip
Barefoot Networks is making what it calls a fully programmable switch platform. It calls the Tofino series of switch chips the world’s fastest, at 6.5Tbps (bits per second). Plus, its architecture gives networking vendors near-total freedom to develop new switching software.News
Ericsson will lay off 3,000 this summer, says Swedish newspaper
Ericsson is preparing to lay off between 3,000 and 4,000 staff this summer, according to Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.
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iPhones are about to get plugged into enterprises with Cisco’s help
Apple and Cisco Systems have fleshed out their plans to make iOS devices work better in enterprises and said the new capabilities will be available in the fall.Updated
The T-Mobile Tuesdays #getthanked app gets tanked, depriving customers of their freebies
T-Mobile's Uncarrier 11 promo fails to deliver and the company says high demand for the app is the problem.News
Rent-a-botnet services making massive DDoS attacks more common than ever before
There were 19 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that exceeded 100 Gbps during the first three months of the year, four times more than in the previous quarter.News
Four top innovators are leaving Cisco
Four Cisco Systems executives who led “spin-in” ventures that became important parts of the company have resigned.News
AT&T’s 5G ambitions expand, adding Middletown, NJ to its trial sites
5G isn't ready yet, but AT&T is aggressively leading its development for the next big leap in cellular technology. Middletown, NJ will be its next city to test the new technologies 5G will need.News
Afraid of floods and hackers? Put your data in space
Cloud Constellation's SpaceBelt is a startup planning satellite-based data centers. With room for petabytes of data, they may start orbiting Earth as early as 2019. But when it comes to keeping secrets safe from the long arm of the law, the black void may not be far enough.News
Top-level domain expansion is a security risk for business computers
The explosion of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) in recent years can put enterprise computers at risk due to name conflicts between internal domain names used inside corporate networks and domains that can now be registered on the public Internet.News
Cisco’s Meraki spreads its cloud to voice
If you manage your whole LAN in the cloud, why not add in the desk phones, too? That's what Cisco's Meraki division has done. Its first phone, the MC74, can be managed on the same dashboard Meraki provides for its switches, Wi-Fi access points, security devices and other infrastructure.News