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 …

PromoCisco is inviting the world’s IT leaders to join its Networking.Next Virtual Event on 24 October, offering up a panel of experts who will examine the diverse trends of today, that are shaping tomorrow’s network. Speaking alongside a bevy of top Cisco executives will be Radha Mistry, strategic foresight at CAD pioneer Autodesk …

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. Jack Dorsey's hacked feed Twitter says it is investigating what …

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 …

RoundupBefore letting the IT staff clock out early for summer, make sure they read up on the following security notices out this week. Cisco warns of four flaws in small biz switch line Organizations using Cisco Small Business 220 Series switches should make sure the firmware on the device is up-to-date with today's update from the …

RoundupHere is a quick roundup of the recent happenings in the world of computer security beyond what we've already reported. Also, look out this week for our Black Hat, DEF CON, and Bsides Las Vegas coverage: our vultures out in the Nevada desert will produce a string of articles from the hacking conferences. Amazon closes one open …

Cisco finds its bank balance $8.6m lighter after it agreed to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit in the US over its video surveillance software. On Wednesday, attorneys for whistleblower James Glenn announced that the networking giant's payout would settle the first ever US False Claims Act case to involve information security …

Network overlord Cisco is reportedly planning to purchase Signal Sciences, a frequent cybersecurity collaborator and member of the Cisco Security Technical Alliance. Signal Sciences is an American upstart that deals in web application security. Its flagship product is a next-generation Web Application Firewall (WAF) delivered …

Network overlord Cisco has had its own Victor Kiam moment and is set to slurp one of its suppliers, optical interconnect specialist Acacia Communications, for $2.6bn in cash. Acacia specialises in coherent optics, using modulation of the amplitude and phase of light, as well as polarisation to send more data down a piece of …

Cisco has delivered a bundle of 17 security updates to address 18-CVE-listed vulnerabilities in its networking and communications gear. Switchzilla has classified 10 of the fixed bugs as high security issues, with exploits leading to everything from command and code execution to denial of service- a particularly serious …

RoundupHere's a quick Monday summary of recent infosec news, beyond what we've already reported. Cisco emits critical bug fixes Admins running Cisco gear will need to dedicate some time to updating their software an firmware following the release of 26 security patches from Switchzilla. Of the fixes, three are for critical flaws: …

Among a bumper crop of 57 security issues Cisco divulged on Wednesday was a fix for a trio of vulns, one critical, in networks management tool Prime Infrastructure. The latter potentially allows unauthenticated miscreants to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on PI devices. CVE-2019-1821 "can be exploited by an …