VMware have reported that ICSA Labs have certified their NSX for vSphere 6.3 platforms micro-segmentation capabilities, among others. Testing three features, the NSX Distributed Firewall, the NSX Edge Services Gateway…
Riverbed to acquire Xirrus targets SD-Branch?
Riverbed will acquire WiFi vendor Xirrus, expanding their SD-WAN and WiFi offerings. Both private companies will conclude the deal later this year. This acquisition will broaden Riverbed's SD-WAN portfolio, providing…
WPTavern: Hacked Home Routers are Launching Brute Force Attacks on WordPress Sites
In WordPress security news, WPTavern report that Hacked Home Routers are launching Brute Force attacks on WordPress sites. The research was carried out by the team that produces the WordFence…
Upgrading VMware ESXi from 5.5U3 to 6.5 on-line
Today I upgraded my physical host from VMware ESXi 5.5U3 to 6.5 using the online update method. There were a couple of gotcha's that needed to be taken care of…
Wikileaks “Vault 7” zero-day exploit affects 318 Cisco products
Cisco have published a security advisory that looks it could impact quite a few devices out there in your network. The timing of this (late on a Friday afternoon) wasn't…
Engadget: Trojan uses a key internet feature to receive marching orders
Engadget is reporting on a trojan that is using DNS to pass information. Whilst in Berlin at Cisco Live 2017, I learnt about Cisco's Talos security intelligence teams. They have…
WD mycloud drives are vulnerable to exploitation
Your WD networked drive is vulnerable to remote attacks, according to Engadget. If you're using a WD mycloud drive, then you might have to look closely at the security surrounding…
Product Announcement: Cisco ENCS5000 NFV platform
One of the announcements at CiscoLive was the Cisco ENCS5000 NFV platform. ENCS5000 is effectively Cisco's branch-in-a-box device for running a virtualised routing, security and NFV platform. It uses the…