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A System Cannot Protect What It Does Not Understand

Most systems describe updates from the outside, where a client sends data, the backend receives it, and the system applies the changes. From that perspective, an update appears simple and almost mechanical. But from inside the system, the situation looks very different.

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Cisco Patches CVE-2026-20230 in Unified CM as Exploit Code Goes Public

Cisco has patched a bug in Unified Communications Manager that lets an unauthenticated attacker on the network write files to the box and, from there, climb to root. It is tracked as CVE-2026-20230, and proof-of-concept exploit code is already public. Cisco's PSIRT says it has not seen the flaw used in attacks yet. The PoC shortens that runway. The flaw is a server-side request forgery.

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Liquid Glass, Material 3, and a Lot of Plumbing

It has been one of those weeks where the diff is bigger than the headline. The headline is short — Codename One now ships modern native themes: an iOS "liquid glass" look and an Android Material 3 look, bundled into the iOS and Android ports, on by default in the Playground, and selectable from a brand new menu in the simulator. The diff behind that headline is several thousand lines across the platform ports, the simulator, the GUI plumbing, and a small army of screenshot tests. What is Codenam

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