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National Guard cybersecurity units can help municipalities in the digital realm

Amid the busyness of news events this week, it might have been easy to miss that yet another massive cyberattack exposed the data of tens of millions of people. On Tuesday, T-Mobile announced that the information of nearly 48 million prospective, current and former customers was stolen. “Some of the data accessed did include customers’ first and last names, date of birth, SSN and driver’s license/ID […]

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Newscan: T-Mobile says cyberattack impacted more customer data than initially thought

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations T-Mobile says cyberattack impacted more customer data than initially thought A T-Mobile hack exposed the data of millions. Policymakers want answers. Qualcomm unveils first 5G and AI-empowered drone platform Hackers strike another hospital system Colbert County EMA: Medical profile from RapidSOS can help responses to emergency situations Can […]

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Georgia turns to Carbyne to enhance location information for statewide transportation system

Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) has awarded Carbyne a five-year statewide contract after the company’s c-Live Universe reduced the time to locate motorists needing help by more than 85% during a three-month pilot program, according to Georgia DOT and Carbyne officials. Matt Glasser, an assistant state traffic engineer for the Georgia DOT, said c-Live […]

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Verizon and IBM team up on 5G, MEC testbed

Verizon and IBM are collaborating on a new testbed at IBM’s Industry Solution Lab to provide enterprise customers with the tools to develop and test 5G use cases and Industry 4.0 applications. Verizon has installed 5G Ultra Wideband and its Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) platform at the testbed, based in Coppell, TX, so enterprise customers […]

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IIoT software vulnerabilities fuel critical-infrastructure attacks–again

In August 2021, Forescout Research Labs and JFrog Security Research identified 14 vulnerabilities affecting the NicheStack TCP/IP stack, which the organizations dubbed INFRA:HALT. TCP/IP stacks enable vendors to implement basic network communications for IP-connected systems, including IT, operational technology (OT) and Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Indeed, NicheStack is present in myriad OT devices […]

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Ransomware attacker offers employees a cut, if they install DemonWare on their organization’s systems

Researchers masqueraded as a rogue employee to engage with a ransomware operator soliciting insiders to plant ransomware on their own organization’s servers in exchange for a portion of the ransom money. Their ploy gave them a front-row seat in a rare ransomware threat — one that comes with a bold social engineering twist. Crane Hassold, director […]

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Going beyond IoT GPS: A cookbook for mobile IoT applications

Mobile IoT applications can be challenging to implement, when compared against their cousins in fixed locations. In other forms of IoT, it’s common for enterprises to acquire IoT as a packaged system that includes IoT devices, controllers, software, and even vertical-market-specific tools, instruments, and vehicles. In mobile IoT, the applications are often assembled from discrete […]

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Cost of cyberattacks significantly higher for smaller healthcare organizations

Cyberattacks and ransomware cost medium-sized healthcare institutions significantly more than larger organizations, with the average cost of a shutdown caused by a cyber incident exceeding $440,000 for smaller organizations versus $130,000 for larger institutions, a new report shows. bout half of all healthcare organizations—42% of mid-size practices and 61% of large organizations—had an unplanned shutdown […]

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The growing threat of supply-chain attacks

Cyber attacks pose a growing threat to local governments, but one risk that is often overlooked is the supply-chain attack. Criminal hackers are increasingly targeting software supply chains because these attacks allow them to compromise hundreds or even tens of thousands of victims through a single breach, while also affording them extensive internal access through […]

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Ransomware attacks and payment demands soar

The only real question about ransomware trends these days is not whether there has been any let-up in the relentless pace of threat activity, but rather by how much attack volumes, attack scope, and ransom demands increased over a particular period. A new report this week from Barracuda offers some fresh insight on all fronts. […]

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National Guard cybersecurity units can help municipalities in the digital realm

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Newscan: T-Mobile says cyberattack impacted more customer data than initially thought

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Georgia turns to Carbyne to enhance location information for statewide transportation system

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Verizon and IBM team up on 5G, MEC testbed

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IIoT software vulnerabilities fuel critical-infrastructure attacks–again

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Ransomware attacker offers employees a cut, if they install DemonWare on their organization’s systems

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Going beyond IoT GPS: A cookbook for mobile IoT applications

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Cost of cyberattacks significantly higher for smaller healthcare organizations

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The growing threat of supply-chain attacks

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Ransomware attacks and payment demands soar

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