Incident Command/Situational Awareness

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One year after Log4Shell, most firms are still exposed to attack

The Log4j vulnerability continues to present a major threat to enterprise organizations one year after the Apache Software Foundation disclosed it last November — even though the number of publicly disclosed attacks targeting the flaw itself has been less than many might have initially expected. A high percentage of systems still remain unpatched against the flaw, and […]

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Ericsson untethers from IoT software with asset sale to Aeris

If it’s so good, and occupies such an important market, why are you selling it? It’s the obvious question whenever a company gushes about an asset it’s offloading, and it was no different with the sale of Ericsson’s IoT Accelerator and Connected Vehicle Cloud businesses to Aeris, announced in some detail this morning. IoT Accelerator, […]

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AI-enabled eye scans predict heart attacks in less than a minute

According to new research, AI-powered eye scans can predict a person’s risk of heart disease in less than a minute. Scientists at Kingston University developed an algorithm that measured characteristics on a retinal image. The eye test uses a camera to evaluate features of retinal blood vessels. The minds behind the AI believe it could […]

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Newscan: First reported use of Emergency SOS via satellite saves snowmobiler in Alaska

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations First reported use of Emergency SOS via satellite saves snowmobiler in Alaska National 988 mental-health hotline back up after outage How the FCC’s Chinese telecoms ban will impact state, local government Verizon tells 3G customers to upgrade before they lose service 82% of Americans want telehealth flexibilities extended […]

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Bosch, Mercedes launch commercial automated-valet parking service

Bosch and Mercedes have received commercial approval to introduce automated valet parking in Germany. The autonomous driving system will operate at Stuttgart Airport’s P6 garage, where it will park – and return – cars without any input from a human driver. The service is the world’s first highly automated driverless Level 4 parking function – as defined by the Society of Automotive […]

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Where advanced cyberttackers are heading next: Disruptive hits, new tech

In November, Ukraine’s president revealed that the country’s IT defenses fended off more than 1,300 Russian cyberattacks, including attacks on satellite communications infrastructure. The onslaught of cyberattacks highlights one of the shifts in advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks seen in the past year: In 2022, geopolitical tensions ratcheted up, and along with them, cyber operations […]

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NY Power Authority uses AI to enhance drone inspection program

The adoption artificial intelligence (AI) over the last few years in the public sector is changing the way many departments operate. In New York, for example, the state’s power authority is finding success by pairing AI with its in-house drone inspection program, which officials say allows “transmission lines to be more quickly and thoroughly evaluated […]

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Swatting has serious implications and shouldn’t be ignored

A rash of “swatting” incidents occurred across the country in September. Swatting is the practice of falsely reporting an emergency to elicit a law-enforcement response, ideally one involving the SWAT (special weapons and tactics) team. As an example, Cincinnati-area high school was placed on lockdown when a 911 call was made to report an active-shooter […]

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CISA’s strategic plan is ushering in a new cybersecurity era

The federal government has once again signaled that our traditional approach to cybersecurity, one predicated solely on prevention and perimeter defenses, is failing us. In the past two years alone, 76% of organizations were attacked by ransomware, and 66% experienced at least one software supply chain attack. Now, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is the […]

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Xcom’s promise to Globalstar: To make ’10 MHz of spectrum look like 50 MHz’

Xcom – a relatively low-profile startup fronted by the son of Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs – has mostly been touting its short-range virtual reality technology in recent months. But the company’s CEO, Paul Jacobs, appeared during Globalstar’s recent investor day to make a compelling prediction: “Paul asserts his company can make 10 MHz of spectrum look like […]

Incident Command/Situational Awareness

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One year after Log4Shell, most firms are still exposed to attack

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Ericsson untethers from IoT software with asset sale to Aeris

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AI-enabled eye scans predict heart attacks in less than a minute

News

Newscan: First reported use of Emergency SOS via satellite saves snowmobiler in Alaska

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Bosch, Mercedes launch commercial automated-valet parking service

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Where advanced cyberttackers are heading next: Disruptive hits, new tech

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NY Power Authority uses AI to enhance drone inspection program

Commentary

Swatting has serious implications and shouldn’t be ignored

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CISA’s strategic plan is ushering in a new cybersecurity era

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Xcom’s promise to Globalstar: To make ’10 MHz of spectrum look like 50 MHz’

Commentary

Swatting has serious implications and shouldn’t be ignored

Reflections on recent LTE outages

Necessity indeed is the mother of invention

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