Newscan: The end of car chases?
Also, Obama calls for IT procurement reform; National parks tread a digital divide; California lawmakers grill officials over botched unemployment website; Too much open government, not enough openness?; Kansas City measures performance through online dashboard; New data shows that 67% of Texas cell-phone 911 calls lack location information; Blog from new FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler; Cassidian Communications, Fleetcom complete P25 installation at Canada’s busiest airport; Johns Hopkins University deploys Tiburon CAD and RMS solutions; FCC acts to stop use of false emergency-alert sounds; FireEye introduces new security solution for data centers; FirstNet hosts tribal outreach workshop; Anritsu achieves LTE-A conformance testing milestone; NATE releases third edition of tower-safety standard; RCA to hold silent auction at annual awards banquet
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Ransomware, data breaches inundate OT & industrial sector
Three-quarters of industrial firms suffered a ransomware attack in the past year, with far more compromises affecting operational technology (OT) than ever before — representing a surge in attacks driven by both the industrial sector’s vulnerability and propensity to pay ransoms in order to remain operational. In the past 12 months, more than half of […]
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How and why AT&T selected Fujitsu radios for 5G
Lost in AT&T’s big $14 billion announcement with Ericsson for open RAN was the fact that it also plans to purchase 5G radios from Fujitsu. The move represents a major win for the Japanese wireless network equipment vendor, which is relatively unknown outside its home market. “In order to support the acceleration of open RAN in AT&T’s […]
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PSSA asks FCC for FirstNet Authority license at 4.9 GHz, opposes CERCI proposal
A Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA) filing this week reiterates its call for the FCC to award a nationwide license of 4.9 GHz spectrum to the FirstNet Authority, ignoring a recent coalition filing that asks the commission to approve rules that would let local jurisdictions largely determine how the airwaves are used. Jeff Johnson, executive […]
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Critical Bluetooth flaw exposes Android, Apple & Linux devices to takeover
Attackers can exploit a critical Bluetooth security vulnerability that’s been lurking largely unnoticed for years on macOS, iOS, Android, and Linux device platforms. The keystroke injection vulnerability allows an attacker to control the targeted device as if they were attached by a Bluetooth keyboard, performing various functions remotely depending on the endpoint. Tracked as CVE-2023-45866, the flaw exists […]
