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Broke cyber pros flock to cybercrime side hustles

Cybersecurity professionals are finding it more attractive to take their talents to the Dark Web and earn money working on the offensive side of cybercrime. This puts enterprises in a tough spot: cut into profit growth to keep cybersecurity skills from flowing to the highest bidder, or figure out how to defend their networks against […]

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Verizon, T-Mobile, Nokia get noisy on network slicing and net neutrality

Network slicing arose as a major topic at this year’s big MWC Barcelona confab. Companies ranging from Ericsson to Telefonica to Nokia promised to create slices of their network that sport “enhanced performance characteristics.” However, many of those same companies are warning that a renewed push toward net neutrality in the US could stymie such […]

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Lack of confidence in IoT security plans high among IT leaders, report says

Businesses are seeing a significant rise in enterprise IoT security risks and vulnerabilities in IoT devices is emerging as a major source of concern. While 95% of IT leaders have an IoT security plan, only 51% feel confident in its efficacy, according to a new report from Viakoo. Half of enterprises surveyed identified IoT as the […]

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Three tips to improve cybersecurity posture for local governments

New year, same story: the emergence of new cybercriminals and attack vectors means that any networked products and services are at the potential risk of attack. Whether this is unauthorized access, exploitation of vulnerabilities or tampered software, any number of threats could pose a significant risk to municipalities and their communities. However, reducing the risk […]

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UK Home Office hopes to name key ESN vendor in August, official says

A new user-services vendor to replace Motorola Solutions on the Emergency Services Network (ESN) public-safety broadband initiative could be under contract in August, according to a UK Home Office official who declined to provide a timeline for the broader ESN network, which is supposed to replace the Airwave TETRA system. Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme […]

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EchoStar/Dish raises doubts about ‘ability to continue as a going concern’

The financial situation at EchoStar/Dish Network looks dim, as the newly combined entity issued an ominous warning via this SEC filing that raises “substantial doubt” that the company can continue as a going concern. EchoStar and Dish merged last year, combining Dish’s satellite, streaming, retail wireless business and emerging 5G network with EchoStar’s satellite-focused business. The move was […]

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Would utilities have interest in T-Mobile’s 800MHz auction?

T-Mobile officials said the company will finish auctioning a chunk of nationwide 800MHz spectrum sometime this fall. But there may not be much demand for that kind of spectrum. “I have a hard time seeing who else would necessarily step up,” Brian Goemmer, with spectrum-tracking company Spektrum Metrics, told Light Reading. Other industry executives, who […]

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Drone swarms for farming approved by FAA

Farming drone company Hylio has received Federal Aviation Administration approval to deploy up to three drones weighing more than 55 pounds simultaneously with a single pilot and without visual observers, which also allows for nighttime operations. The company said the approval lays the groundwork for customers and other operators to file for the same permissions. […]

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Motorola Solutions CEO Brown: ‘LMR is here to stay’

Motorola Solutions Chairman and CEO Greg Brown expressed optimism about the company’s future in the critical-communications space, specifically noting the ongoing strength in its land-mobile-radio (LMR) offerings and growth in the command-center arena, as well as video security and access control. Speaking at the Raymond James Institutional Investors Conference on Tuesday, Brown cited the company’s […]

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Zero-click GenAI worm spreads malware, poisoning models

A worm that uses clever prompt engineering and injection is able to trick generative AI (GenAI) apps like ChatGPT into propagating malware and more. In a laboratory setting, three Israeli researchers demonstrated how an attacker could design “adversarial self-replicating prompts” that convince a generative model into replicating input as output – if a malicious prompt comes in, […]

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Broke cyber pros flock to cybercrime side hustles

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Verizon, T-Mobile, Nokia get noisy on network slicing and net neutrality

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Lack of confidence in IoT security plans high among IT leaders, report says

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Three tips to improve cybersecurity posture for local governments

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UK Home Office hopes to name key ESN vendor in August, official says

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EchoStar/Dish raises doubts about ‘ability to continue as a going concern’

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Would utilities have interest in T-Mobile’s 800MHz auction?

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Drone swarms for farming approved by FAA

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Motorola Solutions CEO Brown: ‘LMR is here to stay’

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Zero-click GenAI worm spreads malware, poisoning models

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