Partner content Sen. Schumer’s ‘ambitious’ new approach to AI regulation 26th June 2023 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is proposing a new way to regulate AI since it is “unlike anything Congress has dealt with before.” In a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the New York senator said he will not take the typical approach of holding congressional hearings that feature opening statements and 5-minute […]
Partner content Microsoft Teams attack skips the phish to deliver malware directly 26th June 2023 A bug in the latest version of Microsoft Teams allows for external sources to send files to an organization’s employees even though the application typically blocks such activity, researchers have found. This give threat actors an alternative to complex and expensive phishing campaigns to deliver malware into target organizations — but Microsoft won’t be addressing it as a priority. […]
Partner content 5G may still affect airline travel this summer 26th June 2023 The wireless industry and the airline industry in the US have been engaged for years now in a careful game of brinkmanship over the rollout of 5G. And, according to the US Secretary of Transportation, the situation may end up affecting some airline traffic later this summer. “There’s a real risk of delays or cancellations,” […]
Partner content CJIS raises a high bar for cybersecurity in law enforcement 26th June 2023 There has never been a more important time for state agencies, police departments and other organizations that handle criminal justice data to be aligned and compliant in their cybersecurity policies and practices. At a time when the public sector is being increasingly targeted with cyberthreats like ransomware and phishing, local law enforcement agencies that administer […]
Partner content Rosenworcel warns Congress that not funding ACP will ‘cut families off’ 22nd June 2023 With the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) set to run out of funding early next year, the importance of sustaining the program took center stage with House Democrats at an FCC oversight hearing on Wednesday. The hearing was the FCC’s first before the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee this year and touched on a range of […]
Partner content 2 more Apple zero-days exploited in ongoing iOS spy campaign 22nd June 2023 Apple has released emergency patches for two new zero-day vulnerabilities in its software that an advanced persistent threat (APT) actor has been using to deploy malware in an ongoing iOS spying campaign dubbed “Operation Triangulation.” Meanwhile on Wednesday, Kaspersky released a new report that provided additional details on the TriangleDB spyware implant used in the campaign, which […]
Partner content Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) remain a serious cybersecurity risk 22nd June 2023 As battery electric vehicles join the global fleet, questions of security have increasingly been raised, particularly in relation to how vulnerable they will make the electric infrastructure that fuels the cars and, in some cases, takes power from them. Warnings have already been sounded about the potential risks of charging but few of these of […]
News AST SpaceMobile says tests confirm 4G capabilities of satellite-direct-to-phone technology 21st June 2023 AST SpaceMobile today announced that its satellite-direct-to-phone technology enabled unmodified smartphones to achieve download speeds greater than 10 Mbps during tests with the company’s BlueWalker 3 low-Earth-orbit (LEO) test satellite. Conducted in Hawaii, tests demonstrated initial download speeds transmitted from the BlueWalker 3 satellites reached 10.3 Mbps on “everyday, off-the-shelf smartphones,” according to an AST […]
Partner content Deutsche Telekom boss prepared to defy EU and stick with Huawei 20th June 2023 Asked why he was still living in Europe, Timotheus Höttges (pictured above) had no quick response. The boss of Deutsche Telekom, Germany’s biggest telco, had just spent several minutes on a panel laying into regional policymakers and arguing that T-Mobile US, an American subsidiary, was the best and most innovative thing about his entire business. […]
Audio PSCR-FirstNet Authority: Officials highlight key features of new 5×5 event in San Diego 20th June 2023 Brianna Huettel, strategy and operations lead for Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR), and Jeremy Zollo, chief market engagement officer for the FirstNet Authority, talk about 5×5: The Public Safety Innovation Summit that will be conducted June 28-30 in San Diego. The event marks an evolution of the longtime PSCR Broadband Stakeholder conferences, incorporating discussions […]
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