Network Break 361: US Government Targets Spyware Maker; Ericsson Spends $6.2 Billion For Vonage

Take a Network Break! This week we discuss why NSO Group, which makes and sells Pegasus spyware, was sanctioned by the US Commerce Department and sued by Apple. We also explore Ericsson’s $6.2 billion cash purchase of Vonage to help diversity its business. AWS makes IPv6 subnets available in VPCs (with a few conditions). Samsung pledges to build a new semiconductor fabrication plant in Texas, and Palo Alto Networks reports financial results for its first fiscal quarter of 2022. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Nokia We’re sponsored today by Nokia and its SR Linux network OS. SR Linux was built with NetOps in mind, to let you develop your own apps to help automate network design, provisioning, and deployment. Find out more at  https://nokia.ly/srlinux. Tech Bytes: Pluribus Stick around after the news for a Tech Bytes conversation about BGP EVPN with sponsor Pluribus Networks. A BGP EVPN deployment can be a heavy lift, but Pluribus is here to talk about how it can simplify and automate this process. Show Notes: Apple Sues NSO Group to Curb the Abuse of State-Sponsored Spyware – Business Wire Commerce Adds NSO Group and Other Foreign Companies to Entity List for Malicious Cyber Activities – U.S. Department of Commerce Israel’s NSO Group at risk of ‘defaulting’ on $500m after US blacklisting – The Times of Israel NSO was about to sell hacking tools to France. Now the Israeli spyware company is in crisis. – MIT Technology Review Despite Abuses of NSO Spyware, Israel Will Lobby U.S. to Defend It – The New York Times Opinion | Will Cathcart – Why WhatsApp is pushing back on NSO Group hacking – The Washington Post Pegasus spyware maker ends contract with UAE after UK high court’s hacking ruling – CNN About Apple threat notifications and protecting against state-sponsored attacks – Apple Support Ericsson to buy cloud firm Vonage for $6.2 billion – Reuters Ericsson to acquire Vonage for USD 6.2 billion to spearhead the creation of a global network and communication platform for open innovation – Ericsson Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) customers ...