Partner content UL launches digital-security platform for IoT device makers 15th November 2021 UL has launched a digital security framework for IoT device makers. Its SafeCyber Digital Security Platform seeks to measure development processes for their devices against industry best practices. It also encompasses a firmware check to probe for flaws, both before launch and once they’ve been released into other IoT networks. “The proliferation of connected devices […]
Partner content Intelsat, Kymeta show off satellite 5G in a moving car 15th November 2021 Was it satellite-enabled 5G you were after, in a moving car? Tick, say Intelsat, Kymeta, and Fraunhofer IIS, who say they’ve managed the first ever successful trial of satellite-enabled 5G services on a moving vehicle. So if you want to take your eventual driverless car somewhere far off data networks, but it’s a car that relies heavily on […]
News Newscan: What worked, what didn’t at Army’s second connect-everything experiment 13th November 2021 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations What worked, what didn’t at Army’s second connect-everything experiment Don’t blindly trust software building blocks, report says Biden signs law closing the ‘Huawei Loophole’ Biden’s Commerce secretary is trying to shield a $42 billion broadband funding program from public eyes DHS researching public perception of facial recognition and […]
Partner content ChaosDB: Researchers share technical details of Azure flaw 11th November 2021 BLACK HAT EUROPE 2021 — LONDON — Researchers who discovered a severe vulnerability in the Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB database solution today revealed the full extent of the flaws they found and previously undisclosed details of their investigation, which it turns out was far more extensive than first revealed. In August 2021, the Wiz team revealed […]
News Newscan: House passes $1 trillion infrastructure bill, putting social-policy bill on hold 10th November 2021 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations House passes $1 trillion infrastructure bill, putting social-policy bill on hold Learn what’s in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act What the Eff, FAA? My insanely long field guide to the FAA/FCC C-Band fight Atlanta 911 operations transitioning back into primary facilities after water leak, mayor says Verizon […]
Partner content For public agencies, proposed ‘metaverse’ has implications beyond social media—like predicting the spread of wildfire 10th November 2021 For the past few weeks, talk of Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of the ‘metaverse’ has dominated the internet. The metaverse—a hypothesized evolution of the internet—would take websites and social media platforms one step further into virtual reality. And it’s not just Meta Platforms Inc. (previously Facebook) that’s latched onto the idea. Other global tech companies including Microsoft and Nvidia are […]
Partner content Verizon survey: First responders ‘most dependent’ on smartphones—not LMR—on daily basis 10th November 2021 Public safety currently depends slightly more on smartphones than land-mobile-radio (LMR) technology during a typical day, and this gap is expected to widen significantly in favor of smartphones and other broadband devices during the next five years, according to a national survey of first responders commissioned by Verizon Frontline. More than 3,000 people who “self-selected” […]
Partner content U.S. charges Ukrainian national for Kaseya ransomware attack 9th November 2021 The US Department of Justice has charged a Ukrainian national for his alleged role in a July 2 cyberattack on Kaseya that resulted in the REvil ransomware sample being deployed on some 1,500 of the company’s downstream customers. Yaroslav Vasinskyi, 22, was arrested in Poland on Oct. 8 on a US arrest warrant. He is […]
Partner content Viasat sucks Inmarsat into its orbit with $7.3 billion offer 9th November 2021 Two years ago, the UK’s Inmarsat disappeared from public scrutiny, rather like one of its satellites off the launch pad, when it was taken private in a $6.1 billion deal, including debt. Now its private equity owners have agreed a $7.3 billion sale to Viasat, a publicly traded US equivalent whose shares immediately sank a […]
Partner content Smart cities must learn to navigate frequency bottlenecks 8th November 2021 Smart cities must seek to overcome congestion of existing radio frequencies to be successful and lost data packets are eroding smart city implementations as more end users crowd onto the two most popular frequencies for connections: 2.4 Ghz and 5Ghz. That’s according to Paul Russell, vice president for wireless products at engineering testing kit supplier […]
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