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NB582: Infoblox Adds Network Observability with Kentik Buy; Satellite Data Centers vs. the Environment Jul 13, 2026

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Take a Network Break! We start with a critical vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion. On the news front, Infoblox acquires Kentik to add network observability to its portfolio, data center electricity consumption jumps worldwide, and Exabeam rolls out AI-agent focused detection in its Agent Behavior Analytics platform. DriveNets and WhiteFiber connect two AI data centers over... Read more »

NB581: Brute Force Password Attack Bleeds Fortinet; US Sued Over AI Model Order Jun 29, 2026

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On this week’s Network Break, Johna Johnson and Scott Robohn start with a serious vulnerability in IBM’s Langflow open source software. On the news front, a massive breach of tens of thousands of Fortinet firewalls exposes some of the world’s biggest companies, the US government gets sued over an order to shut down powerful AI... Read more »

NB580: Project Glasswing on Hold – or Not; Why You Should Hold In-Person Background Checks Jun 22, 2026

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Take a Network Break! Our Red Alert covers critical vulnerabilities found in OpenClaw, the open-source AI assistant. On the news front, we discuss the status of Anthropic’s Project Glasswing and examine the Korean Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute‘s (ETRI) development of an intelligent, service-programmable mobile core network, a key enabling technology for the 6G era.... Read more »

NB579: Datadog Unleashes Autonomous Agents; SpaceX Launches IPO Jun 15, 2026

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Take a Network Break! Our Red Alert covers critical vulnerabilities in Ivanti Sentry, including OS command injection and authentication bypass, for which patches are now available. On the news front, we dig into Arista’s new 1.6Tbps rack-scale portfolio for AI infrastructure and Nokia’s Deepfield Genome Shield, designed to proactively stop DDoS from residential proxy botnets. We... Read more »

NB578: Cisco Goes All-In on AI Ops with Cloud Control; China Floats Underwater Data Center Jun 08, 2026

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Take a Network Break! Our Red Alert covers a critical Android vulnerability that could lead to local privilege escalation to root. On the news front, we dig into Cloud Control, Cisco’s ambitious AI ops platform that spans its networking, security, compute, observability, and collaboration portfolios. We also talk about Cisco Live Protect, which provides pre-patch... Read more »

NB577: Cisco Brings SONiC to N9000 Switches; Broadcom Debuts Wi-Fi 8 SoCs for Consumer Routers Jun 01, 2026

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Take a Network Break! We start with listener followup and a red alert affecting ScadaBR, an open source SCADA controller. On the news front, Forward adds predictive testing to its network digital twin software, Qumulo and Cisco team up to offer cloud-bursting for file storage, and NetBrain adds new skills and other updates to its... Read more »

NB576: IBM Gets Big Bucks to Build Quantum Chip Fab; AT&T Sues to Hang Up on Copper Phone Lines May 26, 2026

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Take a Network Break! We sound the alarm about a critical vulnerability in an on-prem Azure stack. On the news side, AI NetOps startup Selector adds public cloud observability to its portfolio, Versa Networks adds zero trust capabilities to its AI assistant, and IBM gets a billion-dollar investment to build a foundry to fabricate quantum... Read more »

NB575: AI Multipath Protocol Goes to Open Compute Project; Cisco Shrinks Workforce as Income Swells May 18, 2026

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Take a Network Break! In this week’s Red Alert we suggest an audit of your Azure environment after Microsoft says it patched four critical vulnerabilities. On the news front, Nvidia has brought the Multipath Reliable Connection (MCR) protocol to the Open Compute Project, AT&T rolls out quantum-resistant SD-WAN services, and HPE introduces new Wi-Fi automation... Read more »

NB574: Extreme’s New AI Agent Nudges You; Cloudflare Evaporates 20% of Employees May 11, 2026

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Take a Network Break! There’s a Red Alert for Apache Polaris with four CVEs that could enable unauthorized read/write access. On the news front, Lumen is spending $475 million in cash for Alkira to extend its NaaS offering across public clouds. Extreme Networks announces Wi-Fi 7 APs and new features in its Platform ONE management... Read more »

NB573: Cisco Open-Sources OpenClaw Protection; T-Mobile Taps Starlink for Broadband Redundancy May 04, 2026

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Take a Network Break! It’s a busy show this week. We start with follow-up on Anthropic’s Project Glasswing, router bans, and end-of-engineering/end-of-support date changes for Fortinet’s FortiOSv7.4. Our Red Alert warns of 13 critical CVEs in the Linux kernel (all of which can be addressed by updating to version 7). On the news front, Cisco... Read more »

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