Newscan: Hackers behind Texas ransomware attacks want $2.5 million

A cyberattack campaign, potentially bent on cyber espionage, is highlighting the increasingly sophisticated nature of cyberthreats targeting defense contractors in the US and elsewhere. The covert campaign, which researchers at Securonix detected and are tracking as STEEP#MAVERICK, has hit multiple weapons contractors in Europe in recent months, including potentially a supplier to the US F-35 Lightning II […]

Stopgap funding legislation that is designed to prevent a federal-government shutdown this weekend includes language extending the FCC’s spectrum-auction authority into December, although the impact on potential funding for next-generation 911 (NG911) deployments remains unclear, according to media reports and Beltway sources. Currently, the FCC’s authority to conduct auctions of radio spectrum—bidding events that have […]

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The South Korean government has laid out its road map for the introduction of autonomous cars – and it contains some ambitious targets. The country’s Mobility Innovation Roadmap was revealed by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. The first notable deadline is later this year, when the country hopes to become the third in […]