Nokia cut 180 jobs, with more to come; Equinix pushed to the edge with Packet acquisition; and Google powered up on IBM Power Systems.

“For the U.S. government to share its discovery of a critical vulnerability with a vendor is exceptionally rare if not unprecedented,” said Amit Yoran, CEO of Tenable.

With more people looking for vulnerabilities, the safer and more secure Kubernetes will be, explained Google execs.

Over the weekend two groups released proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit codes for this vulnerability on Github. Citrix said it will issue a fix later this month.

The latest vulnerabilities are in the authentication mechanism and could allow an attacker to execute actions or privileges on a device.

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The past year was highlighted by ongoing security and commercialization challenges around business models, the edge, and 5G.

The bug was initially spotted by Cisco in June 2018 and given a “critical” rating.

The chipmaker issued a patch for the vulnerability, which could allow attackers to change information stored on the chip’s secure enclave.

The new container security technology allows customers to apply consistent security policies across all cloud IaaS workloads, McAfee says.

The legacy network and endpoint security vendor acquired key pieces of cloud-native technology used in its Cloud Optix security platform when it bought Avid Secure.

The key differentiators for 5G operators — beyond a faster, more reliable, and more flexible network architecture — are trust and security, Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri wrote.

The worm has been named “Graboid” in honor of the 1990’s movie “Tremors.”

The report noted that some EU members have “identified that certain non-EU countries represent a particular cyber threat to their national interests."

The vulnerability can allow someone to launch a denial-of-service attack against a Kubernetes API server that resides within a container.

As enterprises increase their usage of serverless functions, companies must understand serverless security threats and how to mitigate them.

Cisco disclosed more than two dozen vulnerabilities in its network automation software and one critical bug in its network security products.

Semmle’s semantic code analysis engine allows developers and security teams to discover and track potential vulnerabilities in their code.

The security unicorn says its technology is more effective than other SDN or hypervisor-based segmentation like Cisco ACI with Tetration and VMware’s NSX.

The Google angle hardens the underlying Google Kubernetes Engine node against rootkits and bootkits.

Perhaps VMware’s most surprising recent acquisition was Carbon Black, the endpoint security vendor that VMware plans to buy for $2.1 billion.

Cisco issued a patch for a critical bug in its IOS XE operating system that could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication.

Google and Red Hat remain the two largest single contributing companies to Kubernetes, but VMware has begun to post a growing influence.

The 111 Cybersecurity Tech Accord companies compete daily but all agree on the big picture: protecting customers and users and improving cybersecurity.