Top 10 Malware Threats – August 2020
1. Shlayer is a downloader and dropper for MacOS malware. It is primarily distributed through malicious websites, hijacked domains, and malvertizing posing as a fake Adobe Flash updater.2. Gh0st is a RAT used to control infected endpoints. Gh0st is dropped by other malware to create a backdoor into a device that allows an attacker to … Read more
Juniper Networks Announces Intent to Acquire Netrounds
Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), a leader in secure, AI-driven networks, announced that the company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Netrounds, a programmable, software-based active test and service assurance platform suitable for fixed and mobile networks for the entire service lifecycle. Netrounds will enhance Juniper’s automated WAN solutions to further simplify operations for service providers … Read more
VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)–Part I
Intoduction: VLAN Trunking Protocol is a Cisco proprietary protocol and it’s purpose is to reduce the administration in a switched network. It helps to maintain consistent VLAN information across all switches in a switched network. It helps to manage the addition, deletion and modification of VLANs across the organisation from a central point of control. … Read more
Network Mnemonics
The following is a list of networking Mnemonics that can be used as a method of remembering certain aspects of networking. 1.DHCP process: “DORA” – DHCP process of Discover, Offer, Request, Acknowledge 2. OSI Layers (from Layer 7 to 1): “All People Seem To Need Data Processing” – application, presentation, session, transport, network, data-link, physical “Please Do Not Throw Salami Pizza Away” — bottom-to-top (Layer 1 … Read more
Arista Networks Acquires SDN Pioneer Big Switch Networks
After several weeks of rumors about the acquisition, Arista has now confirmed that it has indeed acquired software defined networking (SDN) pioneer Big Switch Networks. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 2010, privately owned Big Switch’s Big Cloud Fabric (BCF) software lets customers manage physical switches as a single fabric that … Read more
Worldwide Ethernet Switch and Router Marketshare 2019
Cisco remains the market leader in Ethernet Switch and Enterprise/Service Provider Router Market segments according to the latest IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Ethernet Switch and Router Tracker for 4Q19. Read here Switch Market Highlights Growth in the Ethernet switch market continues to be driven by high speed switching platforms. 100Gb Ethernet switch revenues grew 24.7% year over … Read more
EBGP-Multihop
EBGP-Multihop command: eBGP by default requires two Cisco routers to be connected directly in order to form the eBGP neighbor adjacency. eBGP multihop is used when eBGP neighbors are not directly connected. Let’s consider the below scenario. We want to establish eBGP adjacency between the two routers Rtr1 and Rtr2. Rtr1 is assigned with AS … Read more
Cloud Computing Market Share 2020
Cloud spending surged in Q2 2020, as lockdowns drove high levels of consumption The worldwide cloud infrastructure services market continuing to surge with the overall spending now reached USD34.6 billion in Q2 2020. As of July 2020, Canalys reports AWS with 31% of the market, Azure at 20%, Google Cloud at 6%, Alibaba Cloud close … Read more