Partner content FAA approves beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) flights in North Dakota 30th January 2023 The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) avionics company uAvionix received Federal Aviation Administration approval to conduct advanced beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) flights of small UAVs in North Dakota. The flights will be conducted at the Northern Plains Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Test Site (NPUASTS) in Grand Forks, one of seven FAA-run UAV test sites in the U.S., using […]
Partner content AT&T FirstNet unleashes robotic dogs for emergency services 27th January 2023 AT&T is releasing robotic hounds from Ghost Robotics as part of the service provider’s FirstNet emergency responder service. In a blog, AT&T VP Lance Spencer explained that the robotic dogs will be connected to AT&T’s network and deployed for public safety, defense, federal and state agencies, local police and fire departments, and commercial customers. “Network-connected robotic dogs can deliver a […]
Partner content Federal agencies infested by cyberattackers via legit remote-management systems 26th January 2023 It has come to light that hackers cleverly utilized two off-the-shelf remote monitoring and management systems (RMMs) to breach multiple Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agency networks in the US last summer. On Jan. 25, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) released […]
Partner content Self-driving cars present terrorism risk, FBI director says 26th January 2023 The rollout of self-driving cars could mean an increased threat of terrorist attacks. That was the alarming warning delivered during a discussion on national security at the World Economic Forum at Davos in Switzerland. While the safety benefits of autonomous vehicles (AVs) have long been touted, the need for caution was highlighted by Federal Bureau […]
News Newscan: Police software vendor breach exposes personal data, raid plans 24th January 2023 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Police software vendor breach exposes personal data, raid plans Is China about to destroy encryption as we know it? Maybe RapidSOS delivers its public safety location tech to Grubhub Monitoring and funding concerns could undermine DoD’s secure unclassified network, IG says LAUSD hackers started probing a month before […]
Partner content Ransomware profits decline as victims dig in, refuse to pay 24th January 2023 In another sign that the tide may be finally turning against ransomware actors, ransom payments declined substantially in 2022 as more victims refused to pay their attackers — for a variety of reasons. If the trend continues, analysts expect ransomware actors will start demanding bigger ransoms from larger victims to try and compensate for falling […]
Partner content Critical manufacturing sector in the cyberattacking bullseye 23rd January 2023 More than three-quarters of manufacturing organizations harbor unpatched high-severity vulnerabilities in their systems, a study of the sector found. New telemetry from SecurityScorecard shows a year-over-year increase in high-severity vulns in those organizations. In 2022, some “76% of manufacturing organizations, SecurityScorecard observed unpatched CVEs on IP addresses our platform attributes to those organizations,” says Aleksandr Yampolskiy, […]
Partner content T-Mobile failed to secure API in latest hack 23rd January 2023 T-Mobile reported that a “bad actor” was able to obtain information on millions of its customers through an application programming interface (API) into its systems. Friday’s announcement follows almost half a dozen other hacks into T-Mobile’s systems over the past several years. The most recent, disclosed in 2021, cost T-Mobile at least $400 million and prompted the carrier to spend […]
News FCC approves new 4.9 GHz rules for public safety, with secondary non-public-safety use 20th January 2023 FCC commissioners this week unanimously agreed on new rules for 50 MHz of 4.9 GHz spectrum, establishing a nationwide framework with a single band manager but one that is designed to let individual public-safety licensees retain local control over operations in the band, including support of 5G connectivity. Wednesday’s release of 4.9 GHz rules represent […]
Partner content Skydio rolls out dock for remote drone ops 20th January 2023 Drone manufacturer Skydio unveiled a new docking and software system it says will make its aircraft virtually autonomous, a critical capability for the remote tasks the San Mateo, California-based company’s drones are designed to complete. The new product line includes Skydio Dock and Skydio Dock Lite, both of which are run by Skydio’s new Remote Ops software […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 22nd April 2024
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 2 24th March 2024
