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• Cisco warns of default SSH keys shipped in three products

  Cisco Systems said on Thursday it released a patch for three products that shipped with default encryption keys, posing a risk that an attacker with the keys could decrypt data traffic.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Thursday, June 11

  Google gets on smart cities bandwagon... eBay, PayPal hit a nerve with robocall provision in use terms... Spotify arms for battle with Apple... and more tech news.

• Outgoing Cisco CEO Chambers fesses up to mistakes, touts company's grit

  SAN DIEGO – Reflecting on a two-decade tenure as Cisco CEO marked by enviable success, John Chambers says he wishes the company could have moved faster.

• Cisco announces new CEO's executive team, more departures

  Cisco this week announced its leadership team under new CEO Chuck Robbins and three more high-level executives transitioning out of the company.

• Cisco and IBM acquisitions show pressure is on to make OpenStack easier to use

  Cisco's intention to buy Piston Cloud Computing and IBM's acquisition of Blue Box Group, both announced this week, are bids to make private cloud platform OpenStack less of a headache for IT departments.

• Shopping for Wave 2 Wi-Fi? Don't rush into it

  The new world of Wi-Fi is a bit like the proverbial airplane being built in mid-air: Unless you really need to enter the new world of LANs right now, it might make sense to hold off. A case in point is the first 802.11ac Wave 2 access point from Cisco Systems, introduced on Tuesday in advance of the Cisco Live conference next week.

• Server sales bolstered by cloud expansions

  Server vendors recorded the strongest shipment growth in over four years for the first quarter, mainly driven by continued investments in the hyperscale server infrastructures that power public and private clouds.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, May 19

  Obama claims @POTUS, tweets...YouTube Kids shows beer ads...Samsung off the hook for some Apple damages...and more tech news.

• In desperation, many ransomware victims plead with attackers

  The shamelessness of ransomware pushers knows no bounds. After encrypting people's files and then holding them to ransom, they portray themselves as service providers offering technical support and discounts to their "customers."

• A feisty John Chambers bows out on his final Cisco earnings call

  John Chambers got a little feisty and a little sentimental in his last earnings call as Cisco's CEO on Wednesday, dismissing a criticism of the company as "garbage" and saying he hopes to be working half time by the fall because "the hunting season's coming up."

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, May 5

  Cisco prepares to swap CEO... Google may face more scrutiny in Europe... Vint Cerf doesn't trust back doors... and more tech news

• Rombertik malware destroys computers if detected

  A new type of malware resorts to crippling a computer if it is detected during security checks, a particularly catastrophic blow to its victims.

• VCE's VxRack systems want to be Vblocks for the next generation

  EMC's VCE division wants to take the engineered systems approach it's honed with its Vblocks into next-generation mobile and cloud applications.

• Cisco names senior VP Robbins as new CEO to replace Chambers

  Cisco Systems has appointed Chuck Robbins, the company's senior vice president of worldwide operations, as CEO, replacing long-time chief executive John Chambers.

• Decryption tool available for TeslaCrypt ransomware that targets games

  Some users whose computers have been infected with a ransomware program called TeslaCrypt might be in luck: security researchers from Cisco Systems have developed a tool to recover their encrypted files.