I Became Cisco Champion for 2018
I just received an e-mail from Cisco with the notice that I was elected Cisco Champion for 2018. As Cisco says: “Cisco Champions are a group of highly influential technical…
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Looking at the SmarterMail API Vulnerability CVE-2026-24423
Introduction The F5 Labs Sensor Intel Series provides an in-depth analysis of the most significant vulnerabilities and their exploitation trends. This article highlights the top 10 CVEs, their activity levels,…
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Why “good enough” observability fails in the age of agentic AI
Agentic AI is breaking the mold of what organizations need from observability. Fragmented, correlation-dependent observability platforms are no longer “good enough.” Enterprises with dynamic, hybrid environments require observability that provides…
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The inside story of a SaaS routing decision gone wrong (or right)
Most operations teams trust their green dashboards. If internal monitoring looks healthy, the assumption is that the app is performing fine. But as the Internet keeps proving, what’s green inside…
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Microsoft SharePoint Server Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild
Overview On July 14, 2026, Microsoft published a security advisory addressing CVE-2026-58644, a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting on-premises Microsoft SharePoint Server deployments. The vulnerability, which carries a…
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How to Write Your Own Bash Scripts to Automate Tasks on Linux :: Null Byte
Bash scripting is a convenient way to automate things on any Linux system, and we’re going to use it here to automate certain tasks we use all the time. Bash…
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Answer any cost question faster with the Cloud Cost skill in Bits Chat
Managing cloud, AI, and SaaS costs means answering a steady stream of questions from finance, leadership, and engineering teams. What changed? Which team owns the spend? Was an increase expected?…
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Cato CTRL™ Threat Research: Foxveil – New Malware Loader Abusing Cloudflare, Discord, and Netlify as Staging Infrastructure
Executive Summary Cato CTRL has identified a previously undocumented malware loader we track as “Foxveil.” We observed evidence that the malware campaign has been active since August 2025, and we observed…
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Create or Edit a File on Cisco IOS Flash
There is always the option to edit a file locally on your computer in notepad++ and then upload it to Cisco device. With this trick, you can write or edit…
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Open Source LLMs vs Open Weight LLMs vs Proprietary LLMs
If you’re anything like me, you’ve heard of Meta. You’re also at least vaguely aware of Meta’s Frontier LLM called “” “Llama” which Meta markets as “open source” but for…
