Newscan: OPM director resigns after news that hack affected 21.5 million people

Researchers have observed an attacker using a technique they hadn’t previously seen to attempt to sneak phishing emails past enterprise security filters. Abnormal Security, which reported the campaign this week, says between Sept. 15 and Oct. 13 it detected and blocked some 200 emails that contained a QR code — instead of the usual malicious attachment or URL link — […]

News and analysis of the SolarWinds hack that broke at the end of 2020 has set the tone for discourse about the security of the software supply chain. Attackers always look for the least path of resistance, and they’re increasingly finding that going after one big compromise at a software supplier can reap them easier access to […]

LOS ANGELES – MWC LA – Verizon and Amazon said they would work to combine Verizon’s 5G wireless network with Amazon’s planned Project Kuiper constellation of low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. The first offering from the new partnership will backhaul Verizon’s cell sites through Amazon’s LEO satellites, allowing Verizon to offer fixed wireless Internet services in […]

Russia’s ministry of transportation has outlined its draft strategy for the support of autonomous transport for the current decade worth $6.5Bn in governmental spending. Possibly the largest slice, roughly $3Bn, is for connected infrastructure for driverless road transport on 12,000 miles of primary roads while another $2Bn targets the fueling and charging network to adapt […]