Partner content CISA: Multiple APT groups infiltrate defense organization 10th October 2022 Multiple advance persistent threat (APT) groups gained access to the network of a US-based defense organization in January 2021, extensively compromising the company’s computers, network, and data for nearly a year, three government agencies stated in a joint advisory on Oct. 4. The attackers had access to the organization’s Microsoft Exchange Server and used a […]
Partner content Rural Minnesota community test drives autonomous shuttle service that features ADA-compliant minivans 10th October 2022 To this point, experimentations with autonomous vehicle technology has been mostly centered in large, connected cities like Las Vegas. A rural region in Minnesota is working to change that: In a first-of-its-kind rural pilot program called goMARTI (Minnesota’s Autonomous Rural Transit Initiative), a fleet of five self-driving Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS minivans, three of which will be American […]
News Ubicquia’s UbiHub leverages streetlights to support video, broadband, IoT-based initiatives 8th October 2022 Ubicquia has expanded its family of streetlight-mounted platforms with UbiHub, an easily deployed solution that integrates smart-lighting functionality and wireless broadband access and can support video-based applications with built-in cameras and optional artificial-intelligence (AI) edge processing in an unobtrusive package. Ubicquia CEO Ian Aaron cited UbiHub’s versatility, describing the platform as the “Swiss Army knife […]
News Newscan: Russian-speaking hackers knock U.S. state-government websites offline 7th October 2022 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Russian-speaking hackers knock U.S. state-government websites offline You’ve been breached. How much should you disclose? EU’s new USB-C law means the end for Apple’s Lightning port UK competition authority questions $7.3 billion merger of Viasat and Inmarsat Verizon’s THOR tackles areas hardest hit by Hurricane Ian Operators use […]
Partner content 7 IoT devices that make security pros cringe 6th October 2022 In cybersecurity, if it isn’t one thing, it’s another 14.4 billion things that’ll get ya. That’s about how many Internet of Things (IoT) devices will proliferate globally by the end of the year, according to some analyst estimates. As a body, this is arguably one of the most rapidly spreading and poorly secured threat surfaces […]
Partner content Employee-driven rideshare driven by telematics 6th October 2022 Telematics may have taken something of a back seat in terms of passenger-car technology lately but it is still the driving power for one mobility provider’s growth plans. Start-up rideshare company Alto says it is carving a place in the market focused on employee-based premium vehicle private hire transportation, totally at odds with the bargain-basement […]
Partner content Microsoft aims to dislodge AWS as ‘preferred provider’ to telcos 4th October 2022 Two years ago, Microsoft did something that left executives at Ericsson and Nokia sweating like soldiers before battle. Within the space of a few weeks, Seattle’s biggest export besides coffee had bought two small but irksome rivals to the Nordic vendors in the market for core network software. The takeovers of Affirmed Networks and Metaswitch […]
Partner content Cars unlikely to become more computer than transport 4th October 2022 The automobile industry wouldn’t be as sprawling and as massive as it is today without effective marketing hype. Recently, advances in ADAS technology have some individuals in, and adjacent to, the industry saying that vehicle “brains” will approach, or even match, the status of supercomputers. Let’s take a quick glance at this myth before delving […]
Partner content Reshaping the threat landscape: Deepfake cyberattacks are here 3rd October 2022 Malicious campaigns involving the use of deepfake technologies are a lot closer than many might assume. Furthermore, mitigation and detection of them are hard. A new study of the use and abuse of deepfakes by cybercriminals shows that all the needed elements for widespread use of the technology are in place and readily available in […]
Partner content Cities need to look at total picture when buying technology 3rd October 2022 Procurement teams need to take a holistic approach when acquiring technology, says Bill Campbell, senior vice president of North America at Hexagon’s Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial Division. Hexagon offers a variety of digital reality solutions. Its products combine sensor, software and autonomous technologies. The firm puts data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, quality and safety […]
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