Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Take a Network Break! We start with a critical vulnerability in Cisco's Integrated Management Controller. In the news, Verizon settles patent litigation over IoT antenna technology, Cato Networks lets customers purchase individual services within its SASE offering, and Azure adds private application gateways that don't require a public IP address.

Thouands of F5 Big-IP instances are still vulnerable to a known exploit despite a 2025 patch, AWS's facility in Bahrain suffers another drone attack and Iran releases a list of big tech companies it says it will target, and security researchers uncover flaws in Google Cloud's Vertex AI platform that could expose sensitive data.

In our space updates, SpaceX files for a public offering, SpaceX and Amazon squabble over collision avoidance (the orbital kind, not the Wi-Fi kind), and Outlook bugs follow Artemis astronauts to the moon.

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Links:
Cisco Integrated Management Controller Authentication Bypass Vulnerability - cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-20093
Cisco Integrated Management Controller Authentication Bypass Vulnerability - sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cimc-auth-bypass-AgG2BxTn
Security Vulnerabilities, CVEs published since 2026-03-27 - cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/published_since-2026-03-27/?page=1&order=3
Fractus and Verizon settle patent litigation - fractus.com/fractus-and-verizon-settle-patent-litigation
Cato Networks Unveils Modular Adoption Model for AI-Native Cybersecurity Platform - catonetworks.com/news/cato-introduces-modular-adoption-model-ai-native-sase-platform
General Availability of Private Application Gateway on Azure Application Gateway v2 - techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azureinfrastructureblog/%F0%9F%9A%80-general-availability-of-private-application-gateway-on-azure-application-gate/4508294
Over 14,000 F5 BIG-IP APM instances still exposed to RCE attacks - bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-14-000-f5-big-ip-apm-instances-still-exposed-to-rce-attacks
K000156741: BIG-IP APM vulnerability CVE-2025-53521 - my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000156741
CVE-2025-53521 Detail - nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53521
AWS Bahrain Region disrupted by ongoing conflict - aboutamazon.com/news/aws-bahrain-region-middle-east-conflict
Iran says it will target US tech companies in Middle East - thehill.com/policy/technology/5809104-iran-irgc-apple-microsoft-google-hp-meta-tesla
List of companies threatened to be targeted:
Cisco
HP
Intel
Oracle
Microsoft
Apple
Google
Meta
IBM
Dell
Palantir
Nvidia
J.P. Morgan
Tesla
General Electric
Spire Solutions
G42
Boeing
Vertex AI Vulnerability Exposes Google Cloud Data and Private Artifacts - thehackernews.com/2026/03/vertex-ai-vulnerability-exposes-google.html
Double Agents: Exposing Security Blind Spots in GCP Vertex AI - unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/double-agents-vertex-ai
Resources, service accounts, and service agents - docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/general/access-control#resources
SpaceX quietly files for big bang IPO - spacenews.com/spacex-quietly-files-for-big-bang-ipo
SpaceX and Amazon spar over satellite deployments - spacenews.com/spacex-and-amazon-spar-over-satellite-deployments

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