Network Break from Packet Pushers Podcast
1) NB566: Google Spins Out Fiber Business; HPE Networking Revenue Soars in Q1
Take a Network Break! We begin with listener follow-up on Cisco SD-WAN vulnerabilities and a report that Nvidia is investing billions to develop open-source AI models. In our Red Alert section we warn...Show More
2) NB556: 2025 Wrap: Insatiable AI, the Worst Top 5, Space Networking Surges, and More
Take a Network Break! We close out 2025 with a look back at some of the stories and trends that captured our attention this year. We start with the top five vendors with the worst track records in 202...Show More
NB556: 2025 Wrap: Insatiable AI, the Worst Top 5, Space Networking Surges, and More
48:45 | Dec 15th, 2025
3) NB555: AI and APIs Drive HPE’s Dual-Platform WLAN Strategy; Dell, HPE Dangle VMware Alternatives
Take a Network Break! Our Red Alert calls out a dangerous vulnerability in the popular open-source React library. On the news front, HPE decides on a “both and” strategy for its two wirele...Show More
4) NB552: Nokia Switches On AI Ops; IBM Seeks a Quantum of Advantage
Take a Network Break! Red Hat Samba server has a remote command execution vulnerability, and we cover some follow-up on fusion as a viable energy source (still a work in progress). On the news front, ...Show More
5) NB550: A Cornucopia of AI Switches; DNS Strikes Again
Take a Network Break! We start with some educational content on Small Modular Nuclear Reactors, and sound the alarm about a sandbox escape affecting the Firefox browser. On the news front, a DNS issue...Show More
6) NB547: New Cisco Router Targets AI DCI; Salesforce Launches ServiceNow Competitor
Take a Network Break! We start with listener follow-up on security browsers, and then dive into a deep pool of Juniper vulnerabilities to pick two critical ones affecting Juniper Space. We also get an...Show More
NB547: New Cisco Router Targets AI DCI; Salesforce Launches ServiceNow Competitor
30:55 | Oct 14th, 2025
7) NB546: Meta Mulls GPU Startup Purchase; Indirect Prompt Injection Exacerbates AI Risks
Take a Network Break! We start with a two-part listener follow-up and sound alarms about a serious flaw in Termix and tens of thousands of still-vulnerable Cisco security devices. Alkira debuts an MCP...Show More
8) NB544: NVIDIA Buys $5 Billion of Intel Stock; Netskope Rides SASE IPO to an $8.8 Billion Valuation
It’s big-money deals and ever-more AI on this week’s Network Break. We start with a red alert from NVIDIA, which has rolled out a software upgrade to patch multiple bugs in its Triton Infe...Show More
9) NB543: Splunk, ServiceNow Announce AI Agents; Data Center Spending Runs Amok
Take a Network Break! We start with a listener correction on Cisco’s history of wireless certifications, then dig into a couple of red alerts on Microsoft Defender and a backdoor in Outlook. On ...Show More
NB543: Splunk, ServiceNow Announce AI Agents; Data Center Spending Runs Amok
29:41 | Sep 15th, 2025
10) NB540: PQE In PAN-OS; FBI Warns 7-Year Old Cisco Bug Under Attack
Take a Network Break! We double-dip on red alerts as the FBI warns that Russian state hackers are targeting a seven-year-old vulnerability on Cisco IOS and IOS-XE devices (a patch has been available f...Show More