Cisco has released a fresh batch of security updates for its networking and comms gear lines. The high-priority patch this month is the fix for CVE-2019-16009, a cross-site request forgery, in the web UI of Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE that can be exploited to steal credentials from users via malicious links. "A successful …

Cisco is kicking off 2020 with the release of a crop of patches for its Data Center Network Manager. The updates address a total of 12 CVE-listed patches and range in severity from moderate to critical, though should all be patched regardless of rating. Nearly all were found within the REST and SOAP APIs. The immediate …

Cisco has launched a single chip architecture that it claims will work well in network routing and switching gear, and manage data better than existing processors in both categories. At an event in San Francisco it called “Internet for the Future,” Cisco’s CEO Chuck Robbins said the new design – which the US tech giant is …

The global server market hasn't been able to match the heady highs of 2018 so far this year and Q3 was no exception as both shipments and the value of those boxes dropped. Vendors managed to sell 3.1 million servers during the three months, down 3 per cent year-on-year, equating to revenue of $22bn, itself down 6.7 per cent. …

The Council of the European Union has warned member states that the introduction of 5G networks poses increased security risks while also bringing economic and infrastructure benefits. There's no specific mention of Huawei or any other Chinese company in the carefully worded missive (PDF), but it does make several …

Cisco has filed a complaint against three former employees in the district court of Northern California, having accused them of stealing its intellectual property before jumping ship to a competitor. Shortly after resigning from their jobs at Cisco this year, the three men joined a competitor "in the IP telephony, headset, …

It's time for another Register security roundup of the week's smaller stories you may have missed. FedEx says exposed driver database was a 'test system' US parcel delivery company FedEx has acknowledged that it left an exposed database containing detailed driver and delivery information, but says the infomation was part of a …

Cisco is the latest tech biz to warn of a looming slowdown in spending as the network giant on Wednesday gave worse-than-expected guidance for the coming financial quarter. For the first quarter of fiscal 2020 [PDF], ended October 26, Switchzilla performed as follows: Revenues of $13.2bn were up one per cent on the year-ago …

RoundupTime for a look at some of the other security stories making the rounds in the past week. DNAye-aye-aye Yet another reason not to use commercial DNA testing services: Genome sequencing biz Veritas Genetics says that an unauthorized user had been able to get access to a customer portal. The unknown attacker wasn't able to …

RoundupIt's time for another security news catch-up. Imperva announces database break-in Security house Imperva says that back in October of 2018 an attacker got hold of an API that was then used to access an AWS database containing customer emails along with hashed and salted passwords. The company found out about the intrusion in …

Cisco has suffered an odd series of outages that briefly KO'd its website and corporate blogs. The Register was first alerted yesterday to the blog outages, which replaced reams of corporate content with the default WordPress post-installation admin config page. Downtime started at around 2pm GMT and lasted for roughly an hour …

Cisco has issued an update to address security flaws in three of its networking and security offerings. Switchzilla's latest security bundle includes fixes for 18 CVE-listed vulnerabilities in the firmware for the Adaptive Security Appliance, Firepower Management Center, and Firepower Threat Defense lines. Administrators are …

Cisco has begun live trials of its OpenRoaming technology on the Orkney islands off the north coast of Scotland, intended to allow people to move more easily between Wi-Fi hotspots. The trial is part of the UK government's £25m 5G RuralFirst testbeds programme. Last year it awarded a £4.3m grant to Switchzilla and the …

Cisco has doled out yet more security updates for its IOS and IOS XE network operating systems, which, we are obliged to remind you, is its scheduled six-monthly patch run and not the usual "oh bugger" state of affairs. In the latest run we have a dozen patches for 13 vulnerabilities rated "high", including ones that cause a …

RoundupThis week ended with a bang, thanks to some Twitter hackers. An (as yet) unknown group took over the account of Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey for several hours on Friday, filling the billionaire's feed with incoherent and occasionally profane rants. Twitter says it is investigating what happened, but it appears the …

Cisco has emitted a fresh round of software updates to address security holes in its network switches and controllers. Switchzilla's latest patch bundle includes six alerts for what it rates as critical issues, including flaws in its Small Business 220 Series switches and UCS Director software. Combined with Cisco's fixes for …

Cisco has laid off 500 programmers in its home state of California amid disappointing financial results and a sagging share price. The cuts were disclosed in paperwork filed this month to the US state's Employment Development Department – a legal requirement for companies over a certain size getting rid of employees – and show …

Cisco warned of problems on the horizon as it wrapped up it fiscal 2019 financial results [PDF]. For the calendar quarter, ended July 27: Revenues of $13.4bn were up 5 per cent from Q4 2018, beating Wall Street's estimates by $40m. Net income of $2.2bn was down 42 per cent from $3.8bn in the year-ago quarter. This was …