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Digital Watchdog VMAX DVR and NVR Product Lineups | CISA
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could grant full administrative control of the device, allowing an attacker to view live and recorded surveillance, alter device configurations, and use the device as a network pivot point. The following versions of Digital Watchdog VMAX DVR and NVR Product Lineups are affected: VMAX A1 G4 DVRs vers:all/* (CVE-2026-68953, CVE-2026-66890, CVE-2026-68070, CVE-2026-68950, CVE-2026-66887, CVE-2026-66372) VMAX IP G4 NVRs vers:all/* (CVE-2026-68953, CVE-2026-66890, CVE-2026-68070, CVE-2026-68950, CVE-2026-66887, CVE-2026-66372) VMAX A1 PLUS vers:all/* (CVE-2026-68953, CVE-2026-66890, CVE-2026-68070, CVE-2026-68950, CVE-2026-66887, CVE-2026-66372) VA1G4 Recorder vers:all/* (CVE-2026-68953, CVE-2026-66890, CVE-2026-68070, CVE-2026-68950, CVE-2026-66887, CVE-2026-66372) VG4 Recorder vers:all/* (CVE-2026-68953, CVE-2026-66890, CVE-2026-68070, CVE-2026-68950, CVE-2026-66887, CVE-2026-66372) CVSS Vendor Equipment Vulnerabilities v3 9.6 Digital Watchdog Digital Watchdog VMAX DVR and NVR Product Lineups Missing Authentication for Critical Function, Use of Hard-coded Credentials, Missing Authorization, Predictable Seed in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) Background Critical Infrastructure Sectors: Commercial Facilities, Government Services and Facilities, Healthcare and Public Health, Transportation Systems Countries/Areas Deployed: Worldwide Company Headquarters Location: United States Vulnerabilities Expand All + CVE-2026-68953 The affected products are vulnerable to an authentication bypass that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to disclose sensitive device information, including administrator credentials in plaintext, by sending crafted HTTP(S) requests. View CVE Details Affected Products Digital Watchdog VMAX DVR and NVR Product Lineups Vendor:Digital Watchdog Product Version:Digital Watchdog VMAX A1 G4 DVRs: vers:all/*, Digital Watchdog VMAX IP G4 NVRs: vers:all/*, Digital Watchdog VMAX A1 PLUS: ve
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Data centers in space: Four big obstacles and Elon Musk's ambitious timeline
This image provided by NASA-TV shows the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft taken from Canadarm2's video camera as Dragon approaches the International Space Station, Friday, May 25, 2012. In foreground is a portion of Canadarm2. Expedition 31 Flight Engineers Don Pettit and Andre Kuipers will use the Canadarm2 robotic arm to grapple the supply ship Friday morning with the berthing to the Earth-facing side of the station’s Harmony node following. Dragon is scheduled to spend about a week dockedUncreditedOrbital data centers would be a help to the massive AI buildout, but a number of major advancements need to come before they're really practical. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is aiming for a launch in late 2027, but other industry watchers say significant scale is more likely to come in the 2030s. "It's a next-decade event," according to Evelyn Chow, portfolio manager at Neuberger. "We'll need to see significant satellite launches over the next four to five years, and a concomitant buildout of connectivity, before we can start to contemplate true scale in orbital data centers," she told "Squawk Box Asia" on Wednesday. Blaine Curcio, the founder of Orbital Gateway Consulting, says the 2030s timeline is a "fair assessment," but warns that SpaceX has proven investors wrong before. "Had you asked any satellite industry expert in the late 2010s whether SpaceX could launch 10,000 satellites by 2025, every single one of them, myself included, would have said 'no chance,'" he said.Here are some of the issues that need to be overcome:Cooling"Cooling is a huge issue," Chow said. Terrestrial data centers can rely on liquid cooling to manage heat, but cooling works very differently in the vacuum of space. "It also needs to be tolerant to radiation." Quickly obsoleteCurcio sees hurdles related to the rate of technological advancement. "GPUs are evolving so quickly that if you launch a state-of-the-art data center into space, at an enormous cost, it might be obsolete in a couple of years
CNBC September 6, 2026
CISA contemplates whether to hire security software buying help
Gettyimages.com / Fotograzia By Ross Wilkers | August 18, 2026 12:56 PM ET The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a sources sought notice that describes its desire to bring in a company that can help manage enterprise license and materials purchases. Contracts CISA The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is contemplating whether to hire a contractor to help manage its purchases of cybersecurity software and related tools via a single mechanism.CISA currently acquires the tools through the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program for protecting civilian government networks and Capacity Building, an arm of the agency that leads federal enterprise cyber governance efforts.By launching this sources sought notice on Aug. 12, CISA is signaling the start of its evaluation of acquisition approaches that would support roughly $600 million in cyber software purchases per year.The agency eventually wants that figure to grow to $6 billion per year over the entire contract’s lifecycle, should a contract be created.CISA is working with the General Services Administration’s Assisted Acquisition Services team to evaluate the market research collected via the request for information. GSA AAS works with other agencies on planning, awarding and managing complex contracts.In the new notice, CISA describes its desire to bring in a contractor that can aid the agency in managing its enterprise license and materials purchases. The contractor would also work with CISA’s CB team to implement a singular software buying management process and procurement support platforms.CISA is undertaking this effort as part of its plans to transition away from the CDM program’s current approved product list to a new Cyber Product List and Technical Capability Catalog. The agency describes the latter two initiatives as its baselines for future enterprise cyber software procurements.The RFI describes the scope of work as covering strategic buying advisory services, acqu
Nextgov August 18, 2026
PJM’s New Deal for Data Centers: Bring Power or Face Cuts
Shane Snider,Senior News Writer,Data Center KnowledgeAugust 17, 20265 Min ReadPJM Interconnection (PJM) has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to create a conditional reliability framework for major new electricity users, including data centers. Filed on August 13, the proposal would allow big new facilities to enter service before sufficient new capacity is available to support their demand. In return, any portion of demand not backed by qualifying new capacity could be curtailed before other pre-emergency demand-response measures.PJM defines a “New Large Load” as a large load that enters service or adds incremental demand after June 1, 2027. A Large Load is end-use customer demand with a cumulative peak of at least 50 MW at a single electrical site. Affiliated facilities within a one-mile radius can be treated as a single electrical site under the proposed rules.New Loads Face Earlier CutsUnder the proposal, load-serving entities (LSEs) serving New Large Loads must designate qualifying new capacity equal to or greater than the load’s peak demand. New Large Loads (50 MW or more) are not automatically subject to Interim Resource Adequacy Service (IRAS). Only the portion of demand not covered by qualifying new capacity would be subject to reductions during specified reliability conditions, and only before PJM calls for Pre-Emergency Load Management Response. A load with enough qualifying capacity to cover its registered peak would not face IRAS.Related:PJM Issued First Backup-Generator Warnings During Heat WavePJM says the arrangement preserves state authority over retail load-reduction programs. LSEs serving eligible loads would receive PJM’s reduction directive, while applicable distributors and state authorities would determine how the reduction is implemented. The filing leaves implementation details to state-regulated retail arrangements, including how a distributor would require, measure, and compensate a load reduction. PJM has said compensa
Data Center Knowledge August 17, 2026

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