Cisco warns of NetFlow vulnerability; Google iE bug; SD-WAN security

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Network World Security Alert Mar 02, 2017 Cisco warns of NetFlow appliance vulnerability Specifically, Cisco wrote: "A vulnerability in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) decoder of the Cisco NetFlow Generation Appliance (NGA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the device to hang or unexpectedly reload, causing a denial of service (DoS) condition Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Google reveals Microsoft bug affecting IE and Edge • Robots are just as plagued by security vulnerabilities as IoT devices • To improve information security, enterprises and government must share information • Palo Alto Networks pays $105M for LightCyber to better detect network attacks • SD-WAN facilitates security on the WAN • February 2017: The month in hacks and breaches • (2006) The network industry's most colorful story ever • (2016) Did Google kill a … donkey? • (2014) How one user managed the Amazon cloud reboot Solution Center: Rapid7 Do You Have the Power to Make Nothing Happen? 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