Partner content Thousands of organizations remain at risk from zero-click IP camera bug 29th August 2022 Some 2,300 organizations worldwide — many of them in the United States — remain at risk of major compromise via a known critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Hikvision IP video cameras that was disclosed last year. The bug (CVE-2021-36260) is a command injection vulnerability that is present in the Web server of several Hikvision […]
Partner content Europe working on cross-border 5G for driverless vehicles 29th August 2022 There are an increasing number of European Union projects working on making 5G feasible to operate connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) across international and national borders. However, standardized connectivity and roaming charges remain as being among the greatest potential challenges in some markets. These issues could present themselves as being obstacles to the proper, efficient […]
Partner content Lifeguard drone saves 14-year-old swimmer’s life 29th August 2022 A drone lifeguard service saved a 14-year-old boy’s life last month by delivering him an auto-inflating life vest as he struggled against a heavy tide off the Spanish coast, Reuters reported. The Auxdrone, manufactured and operated by General Drones of Sagunto, dropped a lifejacket to the unidentified child as he struggled to stay afloat in high seas […]
News T-Mobile, SpaceX unveil plans to ‘end dead zones’ and ‘save lives’ with satellite-direct-to-phone tech 26th August 2022 T-Mobile yesterday announced plans to leverage SpaceX low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellites deliver a lower-bandwidth service to existing cellular devices that is designed to eliminate most outdoor coverage gaps and provide a redundant path to deliver calls when terrestrial networks are incapacitated by a natural disaster. “This partnership has a vision that is the end of mobile […]
News Newscan: Police chief: Dallas officers must wear body cameras during off-duty jobs 24th August 2022 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Police chief: Dallas officers must wear body cameras during off-duty jobs Advisory board sends critical-infrastructure cyber recommendations to White House Securing the grid: A cybersecurity how-to for utilities Back to school, with panic buttons: The post-Uvalde scramble Cybersecurity for critical infrastructure to get a $45 million funding infusion […]
News Coalition asks Senate leaders for $15 billion, borrowing authority for NG911 23rd August 2022 A coalition of public-safety associations yesterday asked Senate leadership that legislation for next-generation 911 (NG911) be altered to call for “at least $15 billion” in federal funding nationwide and borrowing authority to ensure that deployments can begin as soon as possible. NG911 funding language was passed in the House last month as part of the […]
Partner content The next wave of wireless security worries: API-driven IoT devices 23rd August 2022 LAS VEGAS – Wireless carriers may be the next cast of characters to learn the hard way about the security risks created by IoT devices. This warning came in a recent briefing at the Black Hat information-security conference here by Altaf Shaik, a senior security researcher at Technische Universität Berlin. “There is increased threat when it comes to 5G, […]
Partner content Expiring root certificates threaten IoT in the enterprise 22nd August 2022 So many everyday items in the developed world are now connected to the Internet, often inexplicably. It adds another layer of potential technology failure that for personal appliances can be something of an amusing annoyance: blinds that won’t open, microwaves that don’t adjust for time changes, refrigerators that need firmware updates. But in the enterprise, when Internet of […]
Partner content UMass researchers develop sweat-powered electricity 22nd August 2022 A team of researchers has created a sweat-powered biofilm that sticks onto the skin like a bandage, converting the wearer’s perspiration into electricity in a process that could be harnessed for wearable devices. The design from the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst uses the process of a person’s sweat evaporating to generate energy, with the […]
Partner content From Ligado to Verizon to Dish, spectrum conflicts continue brewing 22nd August 2022 The FCC and other US government agencies are working feverishly to coordinate their spectrum agendas in the wake of a very public battle between the wireless industry and the airline industry over 5G. But it’s clear the efforts haven’t stopped spectrum disagreements. The latest dustup involves ongoing concerns that Ligado Networks’ planned wireless network will […]
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
