News Newscan: Cyberattacks against critical infrastructure quietly increase 2nd August 2022 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Cyberattacks against critical infrastructure quietly increase No, 988 suicide-prevention lifeline can’t send your exact location to police Hackers drain nearly $200 million from crypto startup Nomad in ‘free-for-all’ attack State and local pensions post worst losses since Great Recession T-Mobile boosts its first-responder service; but why? Secret Service […]
News Hytera fails to make royalty payment, seeks to give stock shares to Motorola Solutions 1st August 2022 Hytera Communications did not make its scheduled lump-sum cash payment reflecting the royalty fees it owes Motorola Solutions, and the China-based LMR vendor asked a federal judge to let it submit company stock shares instead, according to heavily-redacted legal brief that was posted today. “Hytera respectfully submits that the court modify or stay the court’s […]
Partner content Big questions remain around massive Shanghai police data breach 1st August 2022 Questions continue to swirl around a June 30 incident where an unknown individual put up for sale on a popular underground forum a staggering 23TB of personally identifiable information (PII), belonging to some 1 billion people in China. And, in the meantime, the database is continuing to cause ripples across the Dark Web. The dataset was […]
Partner content Shining a light on automotive solar power 1st August 2022 Solar technology has been with us for decades – the promise of free and abundant energy from the sun is an irresistible lure to humankind. It was only natural that sooner rather than later, some smart engineers would try to harness this energy to power a car. Several solar electric vehicles (SEVs) are not far […]
Partner content What to expect from America’s next (last?) 5G spectrum auction 1st August 2022 The FCC is scheduled to start auctioning 2.5GHz spectrum licenses around the country later today (Friday, July 29). However, analysts don’t expect much interest beyond bids from T-Mobile. Perhaps more importantly, the FCC does not have any other 5G spectrum auctions scheduled. That positions today’s – dubbed Auction 108 by the FCC – as perhaps the last […]
Partner content Cybercrime is on the rise, and water treatment plants are particularly vulnerable 1st August 2022 With most town water treatment plants serving less than 50,000 people, they’re facing a problem: budgetary constraints preventing administrators from investing in their digital defenses, making them prime targets for cybercriminals. “It’s definitely becoming a trend—possibly because ransomware has become a thing now where people can make money. Water plants do matter to the general […]
News House passes bill with $10 billion in NG911 funding, sends to Senate 29th July 2022 House members this week overwhelmingly voted to approve a bill calling for $10 billion to fund the transition to IP-based, next-generation 911 (NG911) technology and the extension of the FCC’s spectrum-auction authority, sending the legislation to the Senate for consideration. After debating H.R. 7624—the “Spectrum Innovation Act”—on Tuesday afternoon, the House postponed its vote on […]
Partner content Building open data systems to benefit road networks 29th July 2022 The proliferation of connected vehicles and sensors embedded into road infrastructure offer manifold possibilities to collect and analyze data to improve road safety, direct maintenance efforts and guide equitable mobility programs. Creating of open data systems, where the gathered information can be safely and affordably stored, analyzed and shared, could help better transportation networks on […]
Partner content Average data-breach costs soar to $4.4 million in 2022 29th July 2022 Sixty percent of breaches have resulted in companies recouping the cost of fines, clean-up, and technological improvements by increasing prices, essentially making consumers pay for breaches and companies’ lack of preparedness, according to an annual report published on July 27. The “Cost of Data Breach Report 2022” report, based on a survey of executives and […]
Partner content Open RAN so easy to hack it’s ‘scary,’ says top security boffin 29th July 2022 Karsten Nohl has the unusual job of hacking into companies at their behest. Known as “red teaming,” the process is the IT world’s equivalent of driving crash test dummies into brick walls or firing dead chickens into a grounded plane’s jet engines. The basic idea is to expose the vulnerabilities safely (this, remember, is how […]
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