Partner content 93% of tested networks vulnerable to breach, pen testers find 23rd December 2021 The vast majority of businesses can be compromised within a month by a motivated attacker using common techniques, such as compromising credential, exploiting known vulnerabilities in software and Web applications, or taking advantage of configuration flaws, according to an analysis of security assessments by Positive Technologies. In 93% of cases, an external attacker could breach […]
Partner content 5G providers reject mandates for backup power at cell sites 22nd December 2021 Cellular networks can sometimes play an outsized role in disasters because they can often function on backup power sources like generators. Meaning, when nothing else is working, cell phones can connect calls. But the nation’s biggest wireless providers – as well as a variety of other entities – are pushing against suggestions that the federal […]
Partner content Grand-jury report on Surfside condo collapse calls for 10-year inspection cycles 22nd December 2021 Around 1:30 a.m. on the morning of June 21, a large section of the 12-story Champlain Towers South condominium building in Surfside, Florida collapsed. All but one person sleeping inside the 136-unit building—renters, owners, visitors, family and friends—perished. “Except for a 14-year-old child, who was discovered near the top of the two-story tall pile of […]
News Motorola Solutions purchases 911 Datamaster 21st December 2021 Motorola Solutions last week bought 911 Datamaster, a private company that provides 911 call-routing solutions that work with both legacy systems and IP-based next-generation 911 (NG911) platforms that leverage GIS-based technology to connect emergency callers to the proper 911 center, according to a company official. Dan Twohig, Motorola Solutions’ vice president of NG911 call routing, […]
Partner content The FCC may be facing another nuclear-sized interference problem 21st December 2021 Federal spectrum regulators at the FCC have come under increasing fire over concerns that 5G in C-band spectrum might interfere with aircraft radio altimeters. Indeed, that issue has ballooned into a major national debate, with executives in the airline industry claiming a “catastrophic failure” in regulations, while wireless technology experts lament the government’s failure to “uphold its statutory […]
Partner content Lights out: Cyberattacks shut down building automation systems 21st December 2021 A building automation engineering firm experienced a nightmare scenario: It suddenly lost contact with hundreds of its building automation system (BAS) devices — light switches, motion detectors, shutter controllers, and others — after a rare cyberattack locked the company out of the BAS it had constructed for an office building client. The firm, located in […]
Partner content Nvidia hardware puts power-pole tracking technology to the test 21st December 2021 FirstEnergy has completed a pilot program demonstrating how computer vision can be deployed to analyze thousands of utility pole infrastructure images. The company teamed up with Noteworthy AI to install smart cameras in its utility truck fleet, with software powered by edge AI chips from Nvidia’s offering. FirstEnergy’s utility pole network spans 269,000 miles of distribution […]
News Public-safety reps react to apparent demise of bill with NG911 funding 20th December 2021 Public-safety leaders today expressed disappointment that efforts to secure federal funding for next-generation 911 (NG911) deployments likely will need to begin anew after hopes to pass the $2 trillion Build Back Better bill were dashed with an announcement of opposition from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.). Senate Democrats have been trying for months to persuade moderate […]
Partner content Original fix for Log4j flaw fails to fully protect against DoS attacks, data theft 16th December 2021 Security experts are now urging organizations to quickly update to a new version of the Log4j logging framework that the Apache Foundation released Tuesday because its original fix for a critical remote-code execution flaw in the logging tool does not adequately protect against attacks in some situations. According to the Apache Foundation, the Apache Log4j […]
Partner content Another AWS outage and more cloud worries 16th December 2021 AWS had another outage this week, but this one was brief. The cloud giant said on its service availability dashboard on Wednesday that it had outages in its US West region – Oregon and California – and resolved both connectivity issues quickly. Multiple news reports cite Downdetector.com data revealing that several services that use Amazon’s cloud to […]
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