Partner content Will the FCC raise CBRS power levels? 24th June 2024 The FCC’s chairwoman said she’s going to consider additional changes to the 3.5GHz CBRS spectrum band. But it’s not clear whether increasing CBRS power levels is on the agenda. The issue is important to big wireless network operators like Verizon and Dish Network. That’s because transmissions in the CBRS spectrum band today are capped at […]
Partner content Autonomous-vehicle technology boosts power-line performance 24th June 2024 Utility company National Grid is testing sensor technology developed for self-driving vehicles to increase the power-carrying capacity of overhead power cables in the U.S. and U.K. The LineVision system integrates the same lidar technology used in vehicle collision avoidance systems into its dynamic line ratings platform. It measures how much electricity cables sag due to […]
Partner content Multifactor authentication is not enough to protect cloud data 24th June 2024 A cybercriminals group known as UNC5537 has been on a tear. Over the past month, the ransom gang, possibly related to ShinyHunters or Scattered Spider, stole more than 560 million customer records from Ticketmaster and posted it for sale on its reconstituted leak site, BreachForums, on May 28, asking for $500,000. Two days later, the […]
Partner content Ransomware victims are becoming less likely to pay up 24th June 2024 Crime is paying less often for threat actors as improved corporate security measures — and dramatically higher ransom demands — sway more companies to reject extortion payments for seized data. Less than a quarter of 1,800 companies that submitted cyber claims to Marsh, or 23%, paid ransom demands last year, despite a 64% jump in extortion events from 2022 to a […]
News Massachusetts officials say firewall issue caused statewide 911 outage on Tuesday 20th June 2024 Emergency calls from people in Massachusetts could not reach 911 centers in the state for two hours on Tuesday, because a firewall prevented them from getting through for an unknown reason, officials with the state revealed this week. Personnel with the Massachusetts State 911 Department (State 911) became aware of the interruption to statewide 911 […]
Partner content MFA plays a rising role in major cyberattacks, research finds 20th June 2024 Multifactor authentication appeared in almost half of all security incidents the Cisco Talos incident response teams encountered during the first quarter of the year, according to data released Tuesday. In 25% of cases, incident response specialists responded to fraudulent MFA push notifications sent by attackers, Cisco Talos found. Users did not properly implement MFA in 1 […]
Partner content AI-powered cameras to sweep streets for code violations in a California city 19th June 2024 The city of Stockton, California, plans to use vehicle-mounted cameras and artificial intelligence software to help its understaffed police department detect and report code violations like overgrown lawns, improper parking, peeling paint, boarded windows and graffiti. Stockton’s city council unanimously voted last week to enter into a $237,600-per-year contract with City Detect, after running a five-day pilot […]
Partner content Evansville police to add safeguards after officer’s ‘misuse’ of AI software 19th June 2024 The Evansville Police Department in Evansville, Ind., announced it will be instituting additional safeguards surrounding its use of artificial intelligence software after one of its officers was found to be misusing the technology. In a press conference held June 12, Evansville Chief of Police Phil Smith said that while the department was preparing to renew […]
News FirstNet tops 6 million connections while facing other challenges 18th June 2024 FirstNet topped a significant threshold by supporting more than 6 million connections for more than 28,000 public-safety organizations, according to figures from AT&T, the contractor building and maintaining the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) for the FirstNet Authority. AT&T typically updates the number of FirstNet connections and public-safety entities subscribed when it reports its quarterly […]
Partner content As NVIDIA, IBM and others apply AI to boost utilities, regulatory and data privacy obstacles abound 17th June 2024 Digital-technology providers have long been frustrated with what they see as utilities’ innovation-impeding focus on reliability. But rapid load growth and potential artificial-intelligence solutions are inspiring collaboration, particularly on ways to use and share power-system data. Utilities have seen the data on significant projected load growth from transportation, manufacturing, building electrification and data centers. And tech companies like […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 3 24th March 2024
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