Newscan: Hackers could commandeer new planes through passenger Wi-Fi

The National Security Agency (NSA) joined cybersecurity agencies from Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea, and the United Kingdom to publish a guide outlining six principles that can be used to guide the creation and maintenance of a safe, security critical infrastructure operational technology (OT) environment. “Principles of Operational Technology Cyber Security” offers […]

Direct-to-device (D2D) is one of the areas EchoStar will pursue with vigor in the wake of a complex series of financial moves and the proposed sale of Dish’s pay-TV business. Those moves aim to extend a lifeline to EchoStar, giving the company years of runway as wireless becomes the cornerstone of the business. EchoStar didn’t spell […]

Consider the technology that makes effective policing possible. Where would we be without the ability to conduct DNA testing—or even fingerprint suspects? How would police communicate and coordinate without computers? What about radios? This is technology that today’s law enforcement officers can take for granted, but it wasn’t always that way. The truth is the […]

Verizon yesterday evening announced that its wireless network was “fully restored” after many customers were without service for several hours, but the carrier has not provided any information about the cause of the disruption or its impact on the Verizon Frontline offering to first responders. Initial reports of the outage began yesterday morning, with more […]