VMware has stopped selling its SmartNIC-based distributed firewall after customers showed interest but failed to buy, marking a retreat from the company’s push to bring hyperscaler-style hardware acceleration to private clouds. The Distributed Services Engine remains supported in Cloud Foundation, so existing SmartNIC integrations are not being abandoned outright.

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Check Point is urging immediate patching for CVE-2026-91843, a critical flaw in Security Management and Log Servers that can let attackers execute code as root through an oversized login username. The vulnerability affects R82.20, standalone deployments, Log Servers, and Multi-Domain systems; Check Point says there is no evidence of exploitation, but R82.20 has no protective Jumbo Hotfix yet.

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Cisco has released emergency fixes for CVE-2026-76460 after confirming that the Cisco ISE zero-day is under active attack. The maximum-severity flaw lets unauthenticated remote attackers bypass web management authentication and potentially obtain root access, making immediate patching a priority.

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BIND 9.20.29 and 9.21.26 fix 14 security vulnerabilities, including a high-severity flaw that lets an unauthenticated attacker crash the `named` DNS process through a single malicious DNS-over-HTTPS request. ISC says it has seen no active exploitation, but administrators should upgrade because the release also addresses resolver crashes, resource exhaustion, DNSSEC validation errors, and unauthorized zone data.

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Unbound DNS resolver versions up to 1.26.0 contain a critical DNSSEC heap overflow that attackers can trigger by controlling a malicious DNS zone and querying a vulnerable resolver. NLnet Labs released Unbound 1.26.1 to fix CVE-2026-81642 and eight other vulnerabilities, but no exploitation has been reported.

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Microsoft is outlining a practical route for replacing traditional VPN access with Microsoft Entra Private Access, using identity, device health, and application-level policies instead of broad network tunnels. The phased approach starts with discovering VPN-dependent resources and ends with incremental decommissioning, helping administrators modernize remote access without disrupting critical applications.

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Cisco has patched CVE-2026-76461, a critical Cisco Secure Email Gateway zero-day that attackers are exploiting to run commands as root through specially crafted email messages. CISA has added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and ordered federal agencies to patch by September 17.

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Mango 2 Review: A Smaller Kind of Gl.iNet Router I have reviewed quite a few GL.iNet travel routers over the years, but the Mango 2 (GL-MG1300) takes the range in a slightly different direction. Instead of adding faster wireless standards, more powerful hardware and an increasingly large enclosure, GL.iNet has returned to the compact and […]

What is the UniFi Travel Router LR? The UniFi Travel Router Long-Range, or UTR-LR, is a compact $99 travel router designed to provide a private, managed network when using hotel, rental property, office or other shared internet connections. It joins the existing $79 UniFi Travel Router rather than replacing it, retaining the same general platform […]

A New Pocket Travel Router on the way – The Mango 2 Revealed I have followed GL.iNet’s travel routers for years, but many of its recent models have become increasingly powerful, expensive and physically larger. The newly revealed Mango 2 (GL-MG1300) takes the opposite approach, returning to the small and relatively affordable format of the […]

10 WAYS that NAS is Getting Screwed Over the past 18 to 24 months, the consumer and prosumer Network Attached Storage (NAS) market has undergone a noticeable shift in design priorities, hardware architecture, and software accessibility. While broader industry pressures—ranging from component supply constraints to shifting manufacturing priorities—have introduced genuine engineering challenges, many recent market […]

UniFi Travel Router UTR 6 Months Later Review When the UniFi Travel Router, or UTR, first arrived around 6 months ago, it was Ubiquiti’s first proper attempt at a dedicated travel router. It was a small, USB-C powered device designed to sit between your devices and whatever internet connection was available at the time, whether […]

GL.iNet Flint 4 First Look: What Has Emerged So Far I first saw the GL.iNet Flint 4 at CES 2026, but information about the router became relatively limited in the months that followed. GL.iNet has now formally presented the Flint 4, also known as the GL-BE14000, as an upcoming tri-band Wi-Fi 7 router aimed at […]

GL.iNet Comet X KVM Early Review, Teardown and Testing The GL.iNet Comet X GL-RM4PE is a 4-port hardware KVM designed to manage several computers or servers from 1 central device. It connects directly to the HDMI and USB interfaces of up to 4 client systems, allowing the user to switch between them remotely through a […]

Is Synology Moving Away From Routers? Synology is still best known for NAS hardware, DSM, backup software, private cloud storage, surveillance, and business data management, but its router range has always been an interesting side branch of the wider ecosystem and one that I have genuinely enjoyed reviewing. Products such as the RT2600ac, MR2200ac, WRX560 […]

New Beelink ME Pro Coming (with Intel Core i5-13420H, AMD Ryzen 7 H 255, and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370) The Beelink ME Pro series has officially expanded, shifting the lineup from its original low-power origins into a high-performance compact computing platform that blurs the line between a mini PC and a traditional NAS. […]

Gl.iNet MUDI 7  – The FIRST 48 HOURS! The Good, the Bad and the Surprising I have been using the GL.iNet Mudi 7 almost non stop for the past 48 hours, putting it through a range of real-world scenarios including mobile data via SIM and eSIM, WiFi repeating from public hotspots, and handling multiple connected […]