Partner content CommScope ditches SAS business in 3.5GHz CBRS band 1st April 2022 CommScope said that, as of May 31, it will no longer sell spectrum-management services for the shared 3.5GHz CBRS spectrum band. “CommScope has recently made a strategic business decision to realign its focus in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) market. Effective May 31, 2022, CommScope will discontinue providing its cloud-based SAS service portfolio. The […]
Partner content Smart cities: Security by design? It takes a village 31st March 2022 The term “smart city” is used in many ways. According to StrategITcom, the definition of a smart city is “a collection of applications that use common secure infrastructures, data center(s) and device level data repositories for communication of critical and noncritical data.” Smart cities are not just a novel idea. Addressing the delivery of services […]
News Newscan: Apple, Meta shared data with hackers pretending to be law-enforcement officials 31st March 2022 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Apple and Meta shared data with hackers pretending to be law-enforcement officials Telehealth use among Medicare beneficiaries multiplied by 88 during the pandemic Another potential casualty of Ukraine war: Global tech standards Personal data of 820,000 students exposed in NYC hack Bradley Airport website suffers cyberattack DJI drones, […]
Partner content Zero-day vulnerability discovered in Java Spring framework 31st March 2022 A zero-day vulnerability found in the popular Java Web application development framework Spring likely puts a wide variety of Web apps at risk of remote attack, security researchers disclosed on March 30. The vulnerability — dubbed Spring4Shell and SpringShell by some security firms — has caused a great deal of confusion over the past 24 hours as researchers struggled to […]
Partner content Apple iPhone 14 may feature Chinese chips with military links 31st March 2022 The tiny chips that store data in Apple’s gadgets normally come from the likes of South Korea’s Samsung and Japan’s Kioxia. But the memory or NAND chips that help power the forthcoming iPhone 14 may have a more controversial supplier. Apple is currently evaluating products made by Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC), a Chinese state-owned […]
Partner content Ford testing smart traffic lights for emergency vehicles 31st March 2022 Ford is testing connected tech for traffic lights that could save lives. The company’s European arm has been working on trials of traffic light systems that automatically go green when they’re aware of ambulances, fire engines and police vehicles approaching. It’s hoped the tech can eliminate potentially fatal delays at junctions as first responders race […]
News New anti-DJI rules could ground public-safety drone programs, IWCE speakers say 29th March 2022 Public-safety aerial drone initiatives provide an ever-growing level of situational awareness to first responders, but many of these programs could be undermined by rules designed to ban the use of drones from China-based DJI because of national-security concerns, according to panelists speaking at IWCE 2022. Tony Loperfido, a sergeant with the technical operations unit of […]
Partner content Indictment of Russian national offers glimpse into methodical targeting of energy firm 28th March 2022 A 2021 indictment that was unsealed this week against a Russian national for allegedly attacking an oil refinery in Saudi Arabia in 2017 has provided a glimpse into the methodical — and sometimes chilling — rigor that state-backed actors can put into breaching target networks and systems. Details contained in the indictment also showed how […]
Partner content Russian nationals indicted for epic Triton/Trisis and Dragonfly cyberattacks on energy firms 28th March 2022 The US government today unsealed two blockbuster indictments handed down in 2021 charging four Russian nationals working for that nation’s government with allegedly perpetrating two major industrial system cyberattack campaigns that targeted the global energy sector between 2012 and 2018. In a now-unsealed June 2021 indictment, the US Department of Justice charged Evgeny Viktorovich Gladkikh, a […]
Partner content Mercedes to be responsible for crashes involving Drive Pilot system 28th March 2022 Mercedes’ admission that it is prepared to take legal responsibility for accidents involving its cars when Level 3 Self-Driving mode is engaged has reignited the debate on legislation and guidelines for autonomous vehicles. The German automaker has attracted worldwide headlines following its assertion that it will accept blame if a fault with its Drive Pilot […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
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