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LMR licensing activity growing in business-industrial sector, FCC data indicates

Business-industrial land-mobile-radio (LMR) licensing activity is tracking to reach its highest level in five years, while licensing for public-safety LMR appears to be at a level similar to recent years, according to figures from the FCC’s online Universal Licensing System (ULS) database. With almost two months left in the year, the FCC has received 9,327 […]

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Can automatic updates for critical infrastructure be trusted?

In July, the industry witnessed one of the largest technology outages in recent history, with estimates of $5.4 billion in damages. When CrowdStrike distributed a Rapid Response Content Channel Update with an exception-handling logic flaw, it opened the door for constructive conversations about automatic updates — when to use them, when not to use them, whether they […]

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Xcel Energy unveils $45B capital plan as data-center pipeline nears 9 GW

Xcel Energy plans to invest $45 billion in new generation, transmission and other projects over the next five years, President and CEO Bob Frenzel said Thursday during the company’s third-quarter earnings call. The company has received 8,900 MW of requests from data center companies, but economic growth is driving just 22% of the total five-year spend, […]

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To minimize AI’s cyber risks to energy infrastructure, start with the design phase

A year ago, President Biden issued an executive order ambitiously aimed at “the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.” The order attempts to set in motion the government agencies that must grapple with the reality of an AI revolution already in progress. Across a broad set of industries, AI posed poses an open […]

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Delta launches $500M lawsuit against CrowdStrike

Delta Air Lines is suing CrowdStrike to recover the $500 million in revenue it lost due to the CrowdStrike outage earlier this year, which led to an assortment of issues and disrupted businesses, airlines, healthcare providers, and more. The cause of the infamous outage that occurred in July was a defective threat intelligence update for the […]

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Google to retire CBRS network-planning tool

Roughly five years after introducing the service, Google said it will “deprecate” its 3.5GHz CBRS network planning tool by the end of this year. Google officials didn’t immediately respond to Light Reading’s questions about its decision. On its website, Google offers tips on how users can export their data from their Network Planner projects. “It’s really […]

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Feds probe China-linked attacks on US telecom networks

Federal authorities said they are investigating China-linked attacks on U.S. telecom networks in the wake of reports that hackers conducted a broad espionage campaign, targeting senior elected officials and candidates. “After the FBI identified specific malicious activity targeting the sector, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency immediately notified affected companies, rendered technical […]

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Cybersecurity isn’t easy when you’re trying to be green

Renewable energy companies lag behind their more traditional peers when it comes to the cybersecurity readiness of their infrastructure, raising concerns that attackers targeting critical infrastructure could find easier prey among “green” energy firms. In a study of 250 energy companies worldwide, oil and natural-gas firms scored the highest — with the average company scoring […]

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Fortinet zero-day attack spree hits at least 50 customers

Attackers are actively exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet’s network and security management tool FortiManager, according to security researchers and federal authorities. The earliest exploitation was on June 27, and at least 50 organizations across various industries have been impacted to date, Mandiant said in a Wednesday blog post. Fortinet disclosed active exploitation of CVE-2024-47575, which has […]

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Nearly 100 utilities’ credit ratings downgraded since 2020 as wildfire risks grow

Increased wildfire risk has contributed to nearly 100 utility company credit downgrades since 2020, according to a report by global consulting firm Charles River Associates. Lower credit ratings have made it more difficult for utilities to borrow money while insurance and wildfire mitigation costs have increased, the report states. These costs have largely been passed on to […]

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