Partner content Why AIs will become hackers 10th June 2022 RSA CONFERENCE 2022 — San Francisco — “Nice to see you all again,” Bruce Schneier told the audience at his keynote for the in-person return of RSA Conference, taking off his trademark cap. “It’s kinda neat. Kinda a little scary.” Schneier is a security technologist, researcher, and lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School. He has a long list of […]
Partner content In the early days of hurricane season, experts predict a busy year; communities should prepare 10th June 2022 From the Capitol riot in January to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a few months later, and the recent series mass shootings, it’s been a busy news year to say the least—so much is happening in the present that it takes effort to consider what the future will hold. But while the 24-hour news cycle continues […]
News RapidDeploy inks first enterprise mapping deal supporting General Motors’ OnStar call centers 8th June 2022 RapidDeploy yesterday announced that its Radius Mapping solution will be used to support General Motors’ OnStar call centers that work closely with 911 centers during certain emergencies—the first enterprise agreement for RapidDeploy, according to CEO Steve Raucher. OnStar has worked closely with RapidDeploy in the past to deliver vehicle telematics directly to 911 centers that […]
News Updated: PSCR gets new support from NIST as current federal funding set to expire in fall 8th June 2022 [Editor’s note–This article has been updated to reflect that NIST will provide base funding for about two dozen PSCR researchers.] SAN DIEGO—Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) will see its primary $300 million allocation from Congress expire this fall, but at least a portion of this money will be offset by new funding from the National […]
Partner content Actively exploited Atlassian zero-day bug allows full system takeover 6th June 2022 A critical security vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence is under active attack, opening servers to full system takeover, security researchers warned. The bug (CVE-2022-26134) is a command-injection issue that allows unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE), affecting all supported versions of Confluence Server and Confluence Data Center. According to a forensic investigation of two zero-day attacks by […]
News Betacom seeks to simplify CBRS private-network solutions for enterprises 4th June 2022 Private 4G and 5G networks are attracting the attention of enterprises that now can explore potential automated Industry 4.0 applications powered by systems provided by Betacom at the Factory Floor Lab of MxD, the nation’s Digital Manufacturing Institute and National Center for Cybersecurity in Manufacturing. Betacom CEO Johan Bjorklund said that his company has been […]
News Newscan: An autonomous car blocked a fire truck responding to an emergency 31st May 2022 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations An autonomous car blocked a fire truck responding to an emergency CISA, DOD report gaps for agencies assessing 5G security risks Secretary of State makes case for tech-centered strategy to counter China Vallejo (Calif.) PD may close nighttime 911 dispatch, VPOA said University of New Mexico increases building […]
Partner content Critical OAS bugs open industrial systems to takeover 31st May 2022 A pair of critical flaws in industrial Internet of Things data platform vendor Open Automation Software (OAS) are threatening industrial control systems (ICS), according to Cisco Talos. They’re part of a group of eight vulnerabilities in OAS software that the vendor patched this week. Among the flaws is one (CVE-2022-26082) that gives attackers the ability to remotely […]
Partner content Remote alarm notifications add firewall as utilities face mounting threats of cyberattacks 31st May 2022 Municipal utilities are critical to national security, economic stability, and public health and safety. As technology in these sectors evolves, cyberattackers take advantage of opportunities to exploit vulnerabilities. While the Federal Government has taken steps to address this issue by creating innovative public-private partnerships and initiatives, the worldwide attacks on municipal utilities in the past […]
Partner content China’s PLA wants to be able to take out Starlink 31st May 2022 Chinese military researchers have urged the PLA to develop the capability to take down the Starlink global satellite network. In a paper published last month, PLA scientists say the LEO network’s capabilities, including its huge global footprint, ubiquitous broadband and low latency pose a military threat to China, SCMP.com reported. “A combination of soft and hard […]
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