Newscan: NTIA, FIrstNet list planning-grant awards, state points of contact
Security Industry Association signs deal with DHS; FCC grants EWA request for licensing authority above 470 MHz; Texas city recommits to Tiburon; AppliedMicro names new CFO; Delta buys Microsoft tablets for pilots; Twitter announces text-alert system; Chicago fights gangs with social media; Army runs troubled Navy Yard radio system; Iris is your new identity; FAA panel endorses Wi-Fi for takeoffs and landings; FCC releases operation plans during shutdown
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Lynk inks New Zealand deals seeking cash to grow satellite fleet
In the first few days of June, Lynk Global made two announcements relating to New Zealand – the first being a successful trial of satellite-enabled texting with local telco 2Degrees and the other a partnership with another operator, Spark. While the company’s technology holds the promise to improve connectivity in areas with zero coverage, more […]
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Barracuda warns all of its ESG appliances need urgent rip & replace
Despite pushing out patches addressing vulnerabilities in its Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances in May, today Barracuda issued an urgent warning that all affected devices need to be taken offline and replaced immediately. The ESG remote command injection vulnerability, tracked under CVE-2023-2868, was already under active exploit since October 2022, Barracuda said in its initial May […]
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NTT Docomo sees smart surfaces as key to 6G
Could smart surface tech be one of the keys to 6G radio? The 6G network will have to do a lot of heavy lifting in very high frequency bands, requiring dense clusters of very low cost transmitters and receivers. NTT Docomo is advancing the idea of metasurface reflectors that dynamically redirect signals to mobile devices […]
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Where local governments must allocate federal funds to support the future of cybersecurity
This past February, the Department of Homeland Security’s State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program began to distribute funds to states with approved cybersecurity plans. For budget and resource strapped state, local and territorial governments (STLGs), these grants enable crucial cybersecurity investments to protect our nation from unprecedented cybersecurity risks and help bridge the gap between current funding […]