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Take a Network Break! AWS gets into the private 5G business with a new service that sets up and deploys a private 5G network on premises. AWS also announces a new private networking service called Direct Connect SiteLink. The US Federal Trade Commission is suing to block NVIDIA’s proposed acquistion of chipmaker Arm Holdings because of concerns the purchase could stifle innovation and reduce competition in the semiconductor market. Aviatrix has added a new blocking feature to its multi-cloud networking platform. A former Ubiquiti employee has been arrested and charged with stealing company data and extortion, and the rise of the Omicron Covid variant is already having effects on live technical events and return-to-office mandates at big tech companies. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Palo Alto Networks To find out what’s next in SASE, sign up to watch Palo Alto Networks SASE Converge 2021, an on-demand webinar. You’ll hear from leading voices in networking and security, get details on the impact of SASE technology, and more. Sign up at www.saseconverge.paloaltonetworks.com. Tech Bytes: Fortinet After the news we have a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Fortinet about its security fabric; that is, how Fortinet integrates its portfolio to work together to help you better manage risk. Show Links: Private 5G – AWS AWS Announces AWS Private 5G – Amazon New – Site-to-Site Connectivity with AWS Direct Connect SiteLink – AWS Introducing AWS Direct Connect SiteLink – AWS FTC Sues to Block $40 Billion Semiconductor Chip Merger – Federal Trade Commission The FTC is suing to block Nvidia’s $40 billion purchase of Arm – The Verge NVIDIA / Arm merger inquiry – GOV.UK CMA directs Facebook to sell Giphy – GOV.UK Aviatrix Arms Customers with Multi-Cloud Native Network Security – Aviatrix Aviatrix’s Modest New Blocking Feature Hints At Greater Ambitions For Multi-Cloud Security – Packet Pushers Former Ubiquiti dev charged for trying to extort his employer – Bleeping Computer

Take a Network Break! This week we discuss why NSO Group, which makes and sells Pegasus spyware, was sanctioned by the US Commerce Department and sued by Apple. We also explore Ericsson’s $6.2 billion cash purchase of Vonage to help diversity its business. AWS makes IPv6 subnets available in VPCs (with a few conditions). Samsung pledges to build a new semiconductor fabrication plant in Texas, and Palo Alto Networks reports financial results for its first fiscal quarter of 2022. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Nokia We’re sponsored today by Nokia and its SR Linux network OS. SR Linux was built with NetOps in mind, to let you develop your own apps to help automate network design, provisioning, and deployment. Find out more at  https://nokia.ly/srlinux. Tech Bytes: Pluribus Stick around after the news for a Tech Bytes conversation about BGP EVPN with sponsor Pluribus Networks. A BGP EVPN deployment can be a heavy lift, but Pluribus is here to talk about how it can simplify and automate this process. Show Notes: Apple Sues NSO Group to Curb the Abuse of State-Sponsored Spyware – Business Wire Commerce Adds NSO Group and Other Foreign Companies to Entity List for Malicious Cyber Activities – U.S. Department of Commerce Israel’s NSO Group at risk of ‘defaulting’ on $500m after US blacklisting – The Times of Israel NSO was about to sell hacking tools to France. Now the Israeli spyware company is in crisis. – MIT Technology Review Despite Abuses of NSO Spyware, Israel Will Lobby U.S. to Defend It – The New York Times Opinion | Will Cathcart – Why WhatsApp is pushing back on NSO Group hacking – The Washington Post Pegasus spyware maker ends contract with UAE after UK high court’s hacking ruling – CNN About Apple threat notifications and protecting against state-sponsored attacks – Apple Support Ericsson to buy cloud firm Vonage for $6.2 billion – Reuters Ericsson to acquire Vonage for USD 6.2 billion to spearhead the creation of a global network and communication platform for open innovation – Ericsson Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) customers ...

Take a Network Break! Cisco scores an ASIC win as Facebook announces Cisco’s SiliconOne ASIC, along with Broadcom ASICs, will power new Open Compute Project (OCP) switch designs. Fortinet teams up with Azure to simplify SD-WAN access, and HPE reports a “limited” breach of Aruba’s cloud-based Aruba Central. Apple announced it would allow owners to self-repair two iPhone models in the US starting in early 2022, ID management provider Okta to open a retail location in Manhattan, Cisco and NVIDIA announce quarterly results, and Riverbed has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Sponsor: Palo Alto To find out what’s next in SASE, sign up to watch Palo Alto Networks SASE Converge 2021, an on-demand webinar. You’ll hear from leading voices in networking and security, get details on the impact of SASE technology, and more. Sign up at www.saseconverge.paloaltonetworks.com. Tech Bytes: Palo Alto Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Palo Alto Networks. We talk about Secure Access Service Edge, or SASE and Palo Alto makes the case for why how the service is architected matters. Show Links: OCP Summit 2021: Open networking hardware lays the groundwork for the metaverse – Engineering at Meta Meta’s Big Reveal at OCP 2021 – Dell’Oro Group FortiGate-VM and Fortinet Secure SD-WAN Run Natively in Azure Virtual WAN to Simplify Secure Cloud On-ramp – Fortinet What is Azure Virtual WAN? – Microsoft Aruba Central Security Incident – HPE Apple announces Self Service Repair – Apple (UK) Here’s why identity software firm Okta plans to open a retail location in New York City – CNBC Cisco Reports First Quarter Earnings – Cisco Systems Cisco Q1 Earnings Preview: Fairly Valued Legacy Tech Stock (NASDAQ:CSCO) – Seeking Alpha Cisco Systems, Inc.’s (CSCO) CEO Chuck Robbins on Q1 2022 Results – Earnings Call Transcript – Seeking Alpha NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Third Quarter Fiscal 2022 – Nvidia Riverbed Tech files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection – The Register ...

Take a Network Break! This week we examine new 400G switches from Arista that target both hyperscale and enterprise buyers. The Wi-Fi Alliance debuts a new certification program for HaLow, a long-range, low-power standard for IoT devices and sensors. Nvidia unleases a flood of releases around its GTC conference; we focus on the latest version of its InfiniBand network chip and its efforts around tying AI and ML to security. Cisco pledges to simplify licensing for customers and partners with a new Enterprise Agreement, and the US Federal Communications Commission approves Boeing’s launch of more than 100 satellites for a space broadband service. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Palo Alto To find out what’s next in SASE, sign up to watch Palo Alto Networks SASE Converge 2021, an on-demand webinar. You’ll hear from leading voices in networking and security, get details on the impact of SASE technology, and more. Sign up at www.saseconverge.paloaltonetworks.com. Tech Bytes: Nokia Stay tuned for a Tech Bytes conversation with Nokia about its Containerlab software, which makes it easy to build a network lab of VM or container-based network OSs for testing, training, and network emulation. Show Links: Arista Expands 400G for Enterprise and Cloud Customers – Arista The 400G Era – Arista Arista Adds New Hyperscale, Enterprise Switches To Its 400G Portfolio – Packet Pushers Wi-Fi CERTIFIED HaLow™ delivers long range, low power Wi-Fi® – Wi-Fi Alliance Detect Cybersecurity Threats Instantly with NVIDIA Morpheus – YouTube [Rebroadcast] GTC November 2021 Keynote with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang – YouTube NVIDIA Quantum-2 Takes Supercomputing to New Heights, Into the Cloud – NVIDIA NVIDIA Launches Morpheus to Bring AI-Driven Automation to Cybersecurity Industry – NVIDIA NVIDIA Creates Zero-Trust Cybersecurity Platform – NVIDIA Simplified Cisco EA to accelerate digital transformation – Cisco Systems FCC approves Boeing satellites, rejecting SpaceX’s interference claims – Ars Technica FCC Authorizes Boeing Broadband Satellite Constellation – FCC

Take a Network Break! This week we discuss Juniper’s Analyst & Influencer day plus a new Wi-Fi 6E announcement. Intel is teaming up with Google to develop a chip for offloading network, security, and storage jobs from the CPU (but Intel won’t call it a DPU). And the FCC revokes authorization for China Telecom to operate in the United States. We finish up with a trance of financial news, including Riverbed restructuring its organization, and quarterly results from Fortinet, Qualys, Arista, Extreme, SolarWinds, Ubiquiti, and Gartner. Sponsor: Nokia We’re sponsored today by Nokia and its SR Linux network OS. SR Linux was built with NetOps in mind, to let you develop your own apps to help automate network design, provisioning, and deployment. Find out more at  https://nokia.ly/srlinux Tech Bytes: AppNeta Stay tuned for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with AppNeta about enabling distributed work, and a new monitoring point from AppNeta that runs on Catalyst switches to help you get widespread visibility into application performance. Learn more at appneta.com/packetpushers. Show Links: Delivering Better User and Network Operator Experiences with New Wi-Fi 6E APs and IoT Assurance Driven by Mist AI –  Juniper Networks Blogs Juniper Networks Adds AI-driven Wi-Fi 6E Access Points and IoT Assurance to Simplify, Scale and Secure Wireless Devices – Juniper Networks Intel teams with Google Cloud to develop new class of data center chip – Reuters Intel® Infrastructure Processing Unit (Intel® IPU) SoC (Codename: Mount Evans) – Intel Intel partners with Google to deploy ‘Mount Evans’ ASIC-based IPU – VentureBeat FCC revokes authorization of China Telecom’s U.S. unit – Reuters FCC REVOKES AND TERMINATES CHINA TELECOM AMERICA’S AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TELECOM SERVICES IN AMERICA – FCC (PDF) Riverbed Announces Restructuring Support Agreement with Its Lenders and Equity Sponsors, Strengthens Financial Position Through New Capital and Reduces Debt by Over $1 Billion – Riverbed Fortinet Reports Third Quarter 2021 Financial Results – Fortinet

Take a Network Break! This week we discuss how startup Rockport Networks brings switchless networking to the data center. Cisco releases new routing silicon in its Silicon One portfolio, and crows about Webex being used for the COP 26 climate summit. VMware and eero team up on a home Wi-Fi/SASE bundle, the FTC says ISPs are amassing large amounts of sensitive data about their customers and monetizing it, and Juniper sees revenues rise but net income fall in its latest financial results. Sponsor: Juniper Apstra We’re sponsored today by Juniper Networks’ Apstra. Apstra’s  Intent-Based solution simplifies the deployment, operations and management of your Data Center network from Day0 through Day2. It delivers automation and continuous validation of your data center network in multi-vendor environments. The result is savings on downstream costs and exponentially more value from your network investments. Find out more at juniper.net/packetpushers/apstra. Tech Bytes: Juniper Apstra After the news stay tuned for a Tech Bytes conversation where we talk with an IT solutions company that’s using Apstra internally to run its own data center network as well as for hosting customer environments. That episode is sponsored by Apstra. Show Links: Rockport Networks unveils switchless network to drive new era of innovation in data center performance – Rockport Networks Cisco Silicon One Enables the Best Routers – Cisco Cisco Silicon One’s Lead Continues Growing – Cisco Investor Relations – Cisco Partners with COP26 to Support a More Inclusive and Sustainable Future – Cisco VMware and eero, an Amazon Company, to Deliver Whole‑Home Wi‑Fi to Remote Workers ‑ VMware News American ISPs slammed for spying on their own subscribers – The Register A Look At What ISPs Know About You: Examining the Privacy Practices of Six Major Internet Service Providers – An FTC Staff Report (PDF) Juniper Networks Reports Preliminary Third Quarter 2021 Financial Results – Juniper Networks Juniper Networks, inc (JNPR) Q3 2021 Earnings Call Transcript – Motley Fool

This week on the Network Break podcast we discuss a new ToR switch from Aruba that includes built-in silicon to offload security and network services. Dell Technologies says the VMware spin-off will be complete by November 1st, and SASE startup Cato Networks raises $250 in an F round of funding. Cisco announces new categories for reporting product and service revenue to align with its “strategic priorities,” WeWork takes a back door to going public via a Special Acquisitions Company, or SPAC, and passengers grapple with travel delays at British airports after a vaccine passport app and Web site goes offline for hours. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Palo Alto To find out what’s next in SASE, sign up to watch Palo Alto Networks SASE Converge 2021, an on-demand webinar. You’ll hear from leading voices in networking and security, get details on the impact of SASE technology, and more. Sign up at www.saseconverge.paloaltonetworks.com. Tech Bytes: Pluribus Stay tuned for a Tech Bytes conversation with Pluribus Networks. Pluribus makes SDN software and we talk with Pluribus and partner ITRenew about how the two companies are providing infrastructure and software for building private clouds on premises. Show Links: Aruba Introduces the Next Evolution of Switching Architecture – Aruba Networks Aruba CX 10000 with Pensando At-A-Glance – Aruba Networks Aruba Puts DPUs Into New Top-of-Rack Switch – 5 Questions – Packet Pushers Dell Technologies Announces Record and Distribution Date for VMware Spin-Off Special Dividend – Dell Technologies Dell announces Oct 29th date to free VMware – The Technology Letter Cato Networks Valued at $2.5 Billion, Raises Additional $200 Million to Accelerate SASE Adoption Among Large Enterprises – Cato Networks Investor Relations – Change In Product Categories And ARR Update – Cisco WeWork stock rises after firm goes public via SPAC two years after failed IPO (NYSE:WE) – Seeking Alpha Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) – Investopedia Passengers couldn’t fly after NHS vaccine passport went offline...

Today on the Network Break, we discuss Marvell’s choice of the Dent network OS for its Prestera silicon, Microsoft shares details about how its Azure cloud service thwarted a 2.4Tbps DDoS attack, and a researcher shares details on snooping data from a copper patch lead. The sale of a tranche of IPv4 addresses racks up big bucks, and questions arise over the ownership of a VPN service–can you trust your consumer VPN provider? Sponsor: Nokia We’re sponsored today by Nokia and its SR Linux network OS. SR Linux was built with NetOps in mind, to let you develop your own apps to help automate network design, provisioning, and deployment. Find out more at  https://nokia.ly/srlinux. Tech Bytes: Palo Alto Networks Stay tuned after the news for Tech Bytes podcast, where we look at new features in Palo Alto Networks’ Prisma SASE and Prisma SD-WAN, including digital experience management for home and branch users, new Cloudblades, a new appliance, and enhanced AI Ops capabilities. Show Links: Marvell Announces Industry’s First Commercial Switch Platforms with Dent to Accelerate Smart Retail and Enterprise Edge Infrastructure – Marvell Dent Introduces Industry’s First End-to-End Networking Stack Designed for the Modern Distributed Enterprise Edge and Powered by Linux – Linux Foundation Business as usual for Azure customers despite 2.4 Tbps DDoS attack – Microsoft Azure View and configure DDoS protection telemetry for Azure DDoS Protection Standard – Microsoft Cloudflare thwarts largest DDoS attack ever recorded – TechRadar LANTENNA: Exfiltrating Data from Air-Gapped Networks via Ethernet Cables 2110.00104.pdf – Arvix (PDF) LANtenna attack reveals Ethernet cable traffic contents – The Register IPv4 for sale – WIDE and APNIC selling 43.0.0.0/8 – Toonk.io Former Malware Distributor Kape Technologies Now Owns ExpressVPN, CyberGhost, Private Internet Access, Zenmate, and a Collection of VPN “Review” Websites – Restore Privacy

As usual, VMware has constipated its news and announcement for the last 3 months and now we have the VMworld eruption with 5 key announcements and Ethan digs for insights into what it all means. We take a look at Facebook’s DNS and BGP footgun incident when their services went offline due to DNS automation gone wrong. With the DNS down staff were unable to access operations, and also unable enter the data centres to recover services manually. Marvell announced 5nm silicon for Data Processing Units and a new Prestera switching ASIC. Fortinet Zero Trust – Tech Byte Sponsor Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we’re talking Zero Trust Network Access, or ZTNA, with sponsor Fortinet. As organizations grapple with controlling end user access to applications and services, particularly when those end users and applications could be anywhere, Fortinet is here to make the case that it’s the right platform for ZTNA. Check out Fortinet.com for more information Links VMware Delivers ‘Cloud-Smart’ Approach for the Multi-Cloud Era at VMworld 2021 VMware Propels App Modernization for Customers on Any Cloud VMware Helps Customers Move to the Cloud with Flexibility and Speed VMware Charts Course for Customers to Seize Opportunity at the Edge VMware Accelerates Customers’ Journey to Zero Trust Security Link: Company – Newsroom – Marvell Expands 5nm Data Infrastructure Portfolio with New Prestera Carrier Switch and OCTEON 10 DPU – https://www.marvell.com/company/newsroom/marvell-expands-5nm-data-infrastructure-portfolio-with-new-prestera-carrier-switch-and-octeon-10-dpu.html Link:  Marvell® OCTEON 10 DPU Platform – https://www.marvell.com/content/dam/marvell/en/public-collateral/embedded-processors/marvell-octeon-10-dpu-platform-product-brief.pdf Link: Facebook Outage Analysis – https://www.thousandeyes.com/blog/facebook-outage-analysis Link: Understanding How Facebook Disappeared from the Internet – https://blog.cloudflare.com/october-2021-facebook-outage/ Link: More details about the October 4 outage – Facebook Engineering – https://engineering.fb.com/2021/10/05/networking-traffic/outage-details/ Link: Update about the October 4th outage – Facebook Engineering – https://engineering.fb.com/2021/10/04/networking-traffic/outage/ Link: Learning from Facebook’s Mistakes – Geoff Huston – https://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2021-10/nofacebook.html Fiber optic cables used as vibration sensors challenge IoT

Take a Network Break! This week we cover a new data center chassis switch from Juniper, Akamai acquires Guardicore for microsegmentation-based security, and Ericsson touts 5G as a streaming gaming platform (presumably because it wants to sell lots of 5G gear). The Electronic Frontier Foundation will deprecate the HTTPS Everywhere browser extension, shareholders squash Zoom’s acquisition for contact center vendor Five9, and electricity shortages in China add to supply chain problems. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Palo Alto To find out what’s next in SASE, sign up to watch Palo Alto Networks SASE Converge 2021, an on-demand webinar. You’ll hear from leading voices in networking and security, get details on the impact of SASE technology, and more. Sign up at saseconverge.paloaltonetworks.com. Tech Bytes: HPE Aruba Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with HPE Aruba as we talk about a real-world SD-WAN deployment with a global manufacturer of vehicle safety products. Show Links: Juniper Networks Advances Data Center Operations with Next-Generation Modular Switch – Juniper Akamai to Acquire Guardicore to Extend Its Zero Trust Solutions to Help Stop Ransomware – Akamai Ericsson expects 5G to overhaul gaming, wireless broadband – The Register HTTPS Is Actually Everywhere – Electronic Frontier Foundation Zoom, Five9 to terminate nearly $15 bln all-stock deal after shareholder vote – Reuters Zoom may face delay on key Five9 deal after DOJ review-analysts – Reuters U.S. committee is reviewing Zoom’s $14.7 billion deal for Five9 on national-security grounds – CNBC Key Apple, Tesla suppliers halt production amid China power crunch – Nikkei Asia Some Apple, Tesla suppliers suspend production in China amid power pinch – Reuters

Take a Network Break! This week we discuss Nokia’s new beefed-up routing silicon, how Pica8 is pursuing campus switching with a controller/switch pricing bundle, and the latest critical security patches from Cisco. MacOS comes under fire for failing to properly address a significant security hole, and we talk about why US agriculture companies trying to appeal to ransomware attackers that they should be off limits because they fall under the category of “critical infrastructure” is a lousy security strategy. Sponsor: Juniper Apstra Juniper’s Apstra Intent-Based solution simplifies the deployment, operations and management of your Data Center network from Day0 through Day2. It delivers automation and continuous validation of your data center network in multi-vendor environments. The result is savings on downstream costs and exponentially more value from your network investments. Find out more at juniper.net/packetpushers/apstra. Packet Pushers Livestream: Join the Packet Pushers at our Livestream event Sept 28, 2021 with sponsor Gluware. Gluware gives you quick network automation wins including monitoring and detecting config drifts, upgrading and patching OSs at scale, and enforcing configuration policy, while also helping you to evolve toward infrastructure as code. Tech Bytes: AppNeta Stay tuned for a Tech Bytes conversation with AppNeta where we discuss how to measure user experience and troubleshoot problems happening somewhere between the desktop and the home router. Get more details at appneta.com/packetpushers/. Show Links: Nokia launches fifth generation routing silicon, sets new benchmarks for IP network security and energy efficiency – Nokia Nokia FP5 silicon innovation: The new route to remarkable in IP networking (Whitepaper) – Nokia Pica8 AmpCon Automation Is The Open Networking Alternative To Cisco DNA Center – Pica8 Cisco fixes highly critical vulnerabilities in IOS XE Software – Bleeping Computer Cisco IOS XE Software for Catalyst 9000 Family Wireless Controllers CAPWAP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability – Cisco Systems SSD Advisory – macOS Finder RCE – SSD Secure Disclosure

Take a Network Break! Juniper announces a new EVPN VXLAN-based campus fabric that ties in with its Mist Cloud, the SD-WAN market posts impressive growth for the first half of 2021, and a Google Project X company touts free space optics for hard-to-wire regions. Security researchers uncover serious vulnerabilities in Linux VMs running in Azure, three former NSA agents get fined for developing hacking tools for a foreign government, Extreme completes its Ipanema SD-WAN acquisition, and T-Mobile goes back and forth on dates for shutting down older parts of its mobile network. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Palo Alto Networks Palo Alto Networks is establishing the industry’s first conference dedicated to SASE; SASE Converge 2021. Taking place September 28th and 29th, this first-of-its-kind event brings together thought leaders and industry veterans to discuss the trends shaping networking and security. Speakers include Palo Alto Networks founder and CTO Nir Zuk and SDN pioneer Martin Casado. Register today to save your spot! Tech Bytes: Nokia On today’s Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by Nokia, we dive into data center networking and EVPN. Nokia’s SR-Linux operating system can help you build a data center fabric with EVPN, and in this episode we’re going to discuss how Nokia operationalizes that protocol. Show Links: Delivering the Next Chapter in Experience-First Networking – Juniper Networks New Enhancements to Juniper Networks’ AI-Driven Enterprise Portfolio Make Campus Fabric Management and Wired/Wireless Remediation Easier than Ever – Juniper Networks Campus Fabric Design with Juniper Mist Cloud – Network Field Day SD-WAN Market Recorded 39 Percent Growth for 1H 2021, According to Dell’Oro Group – PR Newswire Beaming broadband across the Congo River – The X Blog Design: When to choose Free Space Optics (Ethernet Lasers) ? – EtherealMind “Secret” Agent Exposes Azure Customers To Unauthorized Code Execution – Wiz

Take a Network Break! Intel pledges as much as $95 billion over ten years to build new chip plants in Europe–but what does Intel want in return? Facebook pulls back the curtain on its newest data center design, including details on switch hardware built in partnership with Arista. Netgear publishes patches for 20 different switches after new vulnerabilities go public. Comcast Business buys Masergy to boost its managed service portfolio, we discuss what you should do to be aware of government shutdowns of local Internet connectivity, and what the end of the video chat app Houseparty might mean for online events. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Nokia This week’s show is sponsored in part by Nokia. Did you know that Apple is using Nokia’s Data Center Fabric solution? If you want to know more, and learn about Nokia SR Linux and Fabric Services Platform for yourself, check out nokia.com/networks/dc-fabric. Packet Pushers Livestream: Join the Packet Pushers at our Livestream event Sept 28, 2021 with sponsor Gluware. Gluware gives you quick network automation wins including monitoring and detecting config drifts, upgrading and patching OSs at scale, and enforcing configuration policy, while also helping you to evolve toward infrastructure as code. * Hear from customers using Gluware in production * See useful product demos * Ask questions live * Get practical conversations focused on solving real problems Show Links: Intel to Invest Up to $95 Billion in European Chip-Making Amid U.S. Expansion – Wall Street Journal Intel says it could invest up to $95B in new European chip factories – Silicon Angle TSMC to Spend $100 Billion Over Three Years to Grow Capacity – Bloomberg Reinventing Facebook’s data center network – Facebook Engineering Netgear Smart Switches Open to Complete Takeover – Threatpost Security Advisory for Multiple Vulnerabilities on Some Smart Switches, PSV-2021-0140, PSV-2021-0144, PSV-2021-0145 – Netgear Demon’s Cries vulnerability (some NETGEAR smart switches) – Gynvael Coldwind COMCAST BUSINESS TO ACQUIRE MASERGY, A PIONEER IN SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING AND CLOUD PLATFORMS – Comcast Business

Take a Network Break! Network equipment maker Ciena acquires the Vyatta router software from AT&T, which had acquired it from Broadcom, which had acquired it from Brocade. Researchers uncover a dangerous flaw in Microsoft’s Azure database service, and T-Mobile fails to protect as many as 50 million current and former customer records, including Social Security numbers and drivers license information, from an attacker. HPE and Dell Technologies release their financial results, with Dell boasting its best Q2 ever. Sponsor: Unimus Unimus is a Network Automation and Configuration Management solution that’s fast to deploy and easy to use. Designed specifically to make it easier for you to adopt network automation easier, Unimus takes under 15 minutes to deploy. You can get a free, no obligation Unlimited License trial, or schedule a short technical demo. Find out more at unimus.net/packetpushers. Packet Pushers Livestream: join the Packet Pushers at our Livestream event Sept 28, 2021 with sponsor Gluware. Gluware gives you quick network automation wins including monitoring and detecting config drifts, upgrading and patching OSs at scale, and enforcing configuration policy, while also helping you to evolve toward infrastructure as code. * Hear from customers using Gluware in production * See useful product demos * Ask questions live * Get practical conversations focused on solving real problems Show Links: Ciena Expands Edge and 5G Capabilities with Acquisition of Vyatta Routing and Switching Technology from AT&T – Business Wire AT&T to Acquire Vyatta Software Technology from Brocade – AT&T ChaosDB: Unauthorized Privileged Access to Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB – Wiz “Worst cloud vulnerability you can imagine” discovered in Microsoft Azure – Ars Technica ChaosDB: How we hacked thousands of Azure customers’ databases – Wiz Microsoft Azure vulnerability exposed thousands of cloud databases – CyberScoop Update on the vulnerability in the Azure Cosmos DB Jupyter Notebook Feature – Microsoft Security Response Center T-Mobile hack: Everything you need to know – ZDNet

This week’s Network Break examines how ransomware has insurers rethinking premiums and coverage limits, discusses the pros and cons of ISPs sharing flow records with security companies, and digs into Arista’s efforts to tackle the router market. TSMC says it will raise chip prices on some products as much as 20%, and VMware posts respectable Q2 financial results as the company enters a new phase without former CEO Pat Gelsinger at the helm. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Unimus Unimus is a Network Automation and Configuration Management solution that’s fast to deploy and easy to use. Designed specifically to make it easier for you to adopt network automation easier, Unimus takes under 15 minutes to deploy. You can get a free, no obligation Unlimited License trial, or schedule a short technical demo. Find out more at unimus.net/packetpushers. Tech Bytes: Fortinet Our Tech Bytes conversation explores the evolution of SD-WAN to encompass Zero Trust Network Access, or ZTNA. Our sponsor is Fortinet and we’ll dig into how Fortinet’s SD-WAN and FortiClient combine to support work from anywhere with zero trust. Show Links: Cyber insurance market encounters ‘crisis moment’ as ransomware costs pile up – CyberScoop Cyber insurance rates fail to match catastrophe risk-Chubb CEO – Reuters Sharply Rising Cyber Insurance Claims Signal Further Risk Challenges – Fitch How Data Brokers Sell Access to the Backbone of the Internet – Motherboard Arista Extends Cloud-Grade Routing to the Network Edge – Arista Networks TSMC hikes chip prices up to 20% amid supply shortage – Nikkei Asia TSMC Hikes Price of Chip Production: CPU & GPU Costs Set to Rise – Tom’s Hardware VMware Reports Fiscal Year 2022 Second Quarter Results – BusinessWire VMware, Inc. (VMW) CEO Raghu Raghuram on Q2 2022 Results – Earnings Call Transcript – Seeking Alpha