Critical Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Vulnerabilities Allow Attackers to Gain Root Access
AnuPriya / cyberpress - Cisco released critical patches on March 5, 2026, for multiple flaws in Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly vManage). These bugs let attackers skip authentication, grab root privileges, and run commands. The advisory, first posted February 25, now warns of …
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Accenture Acquires Ookla, Downdetector As Part of $1.2 Billion Deal
BeauHD / slashdot - Accenture is acquiring Downdetector parent company Ookla from Ziff Davis in a $1.2 billion deal to bolster its network analytics and visibility tools for telecoms, hyperscalers, and enterprises. "The deal, which will transfer all of Ziff Davis's Connectiv…
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Qualcomm Launches First Wi-Fi 8 Chip at MWC, Targets 6G Commercial Networks by 2029
Harkaram Grewal / implicator - Qualcomm unveils FastConnect 8800 Wi-Fi 8 chip with 11.6 Gbps speeds and a 30-company 6G coalition targeting 2029 commercial networks.
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Nvidia to invest $4 billion in two photonics companies
cnbc - Coherent and Lumentum will both receive $2 billion each from the chip giant as part of the strategic investment.
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NVIDIA Opens 30B Telco AI Model for Autonomous Networks
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - NVIDIA has released an open 30B Nemotron telco reasoning model and agentic AI blueprints at MWC to automate fault isolation and autonomous network ops.The post NVIDIA Opens 30B Telco AI Model for Autonomous Networks appeared first on WinBuzzer.
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Researchers discover massive Wi-Fi vulnerability affecting multiple access points — AirSnitch lets attackers on the same network intercept data and launch machine-in-the-middle attacks
tomshardware - A team of researchers discovered that they can break cryptographic client isolation on a number of wireless routers by taking advantage of how Wi-Fi networks work.
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Cisco SD-WAN Zero-Day Under Active Exploitation Grants Attackers Root-Level Control
AnuPriya / cyberpress - Cisco has disclosed a critical zero-day vulnerability in its Catalyst SD-WAN Controller (formerly vSmart) and Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly vManage), actively exploited by sophisticated threat actors since at least 2023 to bypass authentication and se…
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Aalyria Raises $100M in Series B Funding
FinSMEs / finsmes - Aalyria, a Livermore, CA-based aerospace communications company, raised $100M in Series B funding, at $1.3 Billion valuation. The round was led by Battery Ventures and J2 Ventures, with participation from DYNE and other investors. The company intends to u…
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Texas sues TP-Link over China links and security vulnerabilities
Dan Robinson / theregister - State disputes the company's claim that its routers are made in Vietnam TP-Link is facing legal action from the state of Texas for allegedly misleading consumers with "Made in Vietnam" claims despite China-dominated manufacturing and supply chains, and fo…
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Selector Raises $32 Million To Advance AI Observability Platform
Clinton / ventureburn - Selector Accelerates Growth With New Capital Selector has raised $32 million to grow its AI observability platform. The round doubles its valuation to $375 million. AVP led the funding. AnsaThe post Selector Raises $32 Million To Advance AI Observability …
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AWS is down: February 16 outage explained
Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - Amazon Web Services (AWS) is experiencing a sudden spike in technical issues, causing widespread disruptions across various digital platforms on February 16, 2026. According to Downdetector data, reports began to climb sharply at 4.46 PM, with nearly 100 …
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Cisco builds its own VMware hypervisor alternative, release imminent
Erik van Klinken / techzine - Cisco is introducing a hypervisor for running its own applications. NFVIS-for-UC is intended to offer an alternative for organizations that are virtualizing their telephone systems but do not want to purchase the expensive VMware Cloud Foundation. For yea…
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Meet Amazon’s $99 device that keeps you online when Wi-Fi fails
Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - Amazon’s eero launched the eero Signal 4G LTE on Wednesday to provide automated cellular backup for home networks during internet outages. The $99.99 device serves as a failover system that maintains connectivity for remote workers and security systems by…
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Verizon Offers $20 Credit After Nationwide Outage Stranded Users in SOS Mode For Hours
msmash / slashdot - Verizon is offering affected customers a $20 account credit following a nationwide network outage on Wednesday that left users across the US unable to connect, forcing phones into SOS mode for roughly ten hours before the carrier restored service around 1…
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Open ISA champ SiFive leaps aboard Nvidia's proprietary interconnect bandwagon
Tobias Mann / theregister - You might call it a RISC-V/NVLink Fusion ... or a bad day for UALink RISC-V champion SiFive has joined a growing number of chip companies by throwing its weight behind Nvidia's proprietary NVLink Fusion interconnect tech, a move that casts doubt on the vi…
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Verizon just had a big outage. Here's what we know
John Ruwitch / npr - Verizon says a software problem caused the glitch and they are conducting a postmortem, but experts say outages are "a fact of life" these days.
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The Day the Cell Towers Died
Joanna Stern / wsj - Verizon customers across the U.S. lost service Wednesday, inconveniencing millions—including one grumpy columnist.
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Verizon Outage Knocks Out US Mobile Service, Including Some 911 Calls
Lily Hay Newman / wired - A major Verizon outage appeared to impact customers across the United States starting around noon ET on Wednesday. Calls to Verizon customers from other carriers may also be impacted.
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Verizon breaks silence on massive outage. Heres what they said.
mashable - In a statement, Verizon acknowledged that its customers were impacted by a major disruption on Wednesday afternoon.
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NetBird announces $10M Series A to expand open source VPN alternative
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - NetBird,an open-source network security platform built on product-led adoption, hasclosed a $10 million Series A round led by Pace Capital, with participationfrom Nauta Capital, InReach Ventures, and ...
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