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Zoom does an about-face on its initial response to security vulnerabilities disclosed by a researcher, Cisco acquires optical interconnect maker Acacia Communications for $2.6 billion, and IBM completes its Red Hat acquisition.

Goldman Sachs downgrades F5 from “Neutral” to “Sell” as the company finds its way in a cloud-centric world, Microsoft Teams overtakes Slack in daily users, and Cloudflare re-trademarks “The network is the computer” as a marketing gimmick.

Mozilla blocks a security company from being a root certificate authority in Firefox, an IT pro goes to jail for trashing an employer’s files, and a software engineer releases a research project on how to make massive ZIP bombs. Oh boy!

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Zoom Zero Day: 4+ Million Webcams & maybe an RCE? Just get them to visit your website! – Jonathan Leitschuh via Medium

Response to Video-On Concern – Zoom

Apple has pushed a silent Mac update to remove hidden Zoom web server – TechCrunch

Cisco Acquires Acacia Communications – Packet Pushers Ignition

Cisco Intends to Acquire Acacia Communications – Acacia Communications, Inc.

Cisco Announces Intent to Buy Acacia Communications; Helping Drive Significant Industry Network Architectural Shifts – Cisco Blog

IBM Closes Landmark Acquisition of Red Hat for $34 Billion; Defines Open, Hybrid Cloud Future – IBM

F5 Networks -4.7% as Goldman cuts to Sell on pressures – F5 Networks, Inc. – Seeking Alpha

Microsoft Teams overtakes Slack with 13 million daily users – The Verge

The Network is the Computer – Cloudflare