hardware
Belkin to acquire Cisco’s home networking business
Belkin has entered into an agreement to acquire Cisco’s Home Networking Business Unit, including its products, technology, Linksys brand and employees. …
Barracuda Networks confirms exploitable backdoors in its appliances
Barracuda Networks has released firmware updates that remove SSH backdoors in a number of their products and resolve a vulnerability in Barracuda SSL VPN that allows attackers …
Infoblox unveils new solutions for security, availability and automation
Infoblox announced new products enable organizations to manage the demands put on their networks by BYOD, cloud computing, migration to IPv6 and the evolving cyber-threat …
Google searching for hardware alternatives to passwords
Passwords are on the way out, it seems. With current boom – and obvious success – of phishing, it’s time to see what could be a better alternative to this …
Video: Hacking Huawei VRP
Huawei routers are no longer devices only seen in China. Entire countries run their Internet infrastructure exclusively on these products and established tier 1 ISPs make …
Cisco releases three 802.11ac powered Smart Wi-Fi Routers
Cisco Linksys announced the expansion of its Linksys Smart Wi-Fi portfolio with three 802.11ac powered Smart Wi-Fi Routers, a new compact 802.11ac USB adapter, new features …
Dangerous remote Linksys 0-day root vulnerability discovered
DefenseCode researchers have uncovered a remote root access vulnerability in the default installation of Linksys routers. They contacted Cisco and shared a detailed …
Automotive black box protects cyber data
The U.S. government rulemaking proposal seeks to mandate an automotive black box / Event Data Recorder (EDR) that you cannot turn-off, disable, or remove. You vehicle may …
Fortinet introduces a new security blade
Fortinet announced the FortiGate-5001C blade, which provides large data centers as well as private and hybrid cloud deployments with consolidated security capabilities. The …
U.S. nuke lab removes Chinese equipment from its networks
The Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico – one of the two U.S. laboratories that are engaged in designing nuclear weapons – has removed at least two …
Seagate releases storage device with Smart TV app
Seagate announced the first storage device to feature a Smart TV app for access to files on the big screen. Seagate Central delivers automatic backup for the entire home, …
McAfee says he used malware to spy on Belize authorities
John McAfee’s name is well-known in the information security industry, but until very recently, most of the general public didn’t know that he had long ago stopped …