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 […]
Partner content Huawei is slowly being strangled 28th March 2022 Back on a results conference call from Shenzhen for the first time in four years, after her “detention” at a palatial residence in Vancouver, Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou appeared far chipper than the company she helps to manage as chief financial officer. The Chinese equipment giant, which previously bulldozed rivals in international markets, looks decidedly un-chipper – […]
Partner content IWCE 2022: Public-safety digital security and the threat of cyberattacks 28th March 2022 A few decades ago, government security managers were tasked with overseeing physical features like fencing, CCTV cameras, doors and locks. Today, security stretches far beyond brick and mortar infrastructure—into the digital realm. With the meteoric rise in ransomware and cybercriminals for hire in recent years, threats are omnipresent online. Many American dispatch centers and public safety […]
Partner content IWCE 2022: Interoperability highlighted; ‘We are, in fact, stronger together’ 26th March 2022 The 2022 International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) at the Las Vegas Convention Center came to a close Thursday with a passionate call for collaboration, interoperability at a morning keynote address by Billy Bob Brown Jr., executive assistant director for emergency communications with the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). “No doubt, all of you have been watching over the […]
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 24th March 2024
FirstNet Authority reauthorization needed as public-safety-driven network evolution proceeds 16th March 2024