Newscan: FEMA administrator warns of cellphone vulnerabilities during disasters, calls for FM-radio integration

The Internet of Things’ killer app might be artificial intelligence. While it may be a stretch to classify  artificial intelligence (AI) and its multifaceted offshoot machine learning (ML) as true applications, these techs can profoundly change IoT operations. AI makes IoT networks smarter and able to scale as needed without the risk of uncontrollable growth. […]

Florida state lawmakers have agreed to allocate $37.5 million in funding to support initiatives associated with the Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) during the upcoming fiscal year, including $12.5 million to pay for tower leases and $1 million to replace radio equipment, according to a summary of the appropriations bill. Both the Florida Senate […]

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Federal agencies detail Russian tactics used in recent cyber intrusions The ease of tracking mobile phones of U.S. soldier in hot spots The FBI is breaking into corporate computers to remove malicious code—smart cyber defense or government overreach? The big Pentagon Internet mystery now partially solved Minutes before […]

Members of an advanced persistent threat (APT) group, masquerading as teleworking employees with legitimate credentials, accessed a US organization’s network and planted a backdoor called Supernova on its SolarWinds Orion server for conducting reconnaissance, domain mapping, and data theft. The attackers had access to the network for nearly one year, from March 2020 to February […]