A beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) flight of a drone traveled along the Trans-Alaska pipeline system (TAPS) this month, led by a team from the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems...more
8/16/2019
/ Airspace ,
Alaska ,
Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS) ,
Commercial Use ,
Drones ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Site Assessment ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pipelines ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
It is so hard to keep up with the latest ways the bad guys try to infiltrate company data. One new technique is called warshipping, and its implementation is pretty simple and a little old school.
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8/12/2019
/ Air Traffic Control Systems ,
Blockchain ,
Call Centers ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Hackers ,
Mobile Apps ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Settings
Two New York drone companies, AX Enterprize and Thales USA, were awarded a $7.75 million grant from the U.S. Air Force Research Lab to develop state-of-the-art air traffic management (ATM) systems to would allow civilian and...more
At the beginning of 2019, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Kittyhawk, an unmanned aerial systems (UAS or drone) service provider, announced a partnership to update the FAA’s B4UFly app. The newly updated app was...more
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, for the first time in history, declared a statewide cybersecurity emergency last week, following cyber-attacks against several school systems in the state.
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8/2/2019
/ Capital One ,
Credit Cards ,
Data Breach ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Information Technology ,
Network Security ,
New Legislation ,
OSHA ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Safety Standards ,
State and Local Government ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes ,
State of Emergency ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) drone initiative has taken off. What does that mean for your company? Currently, OSHA can only use drones for inspection activities with permission from employers....more
As of July 23, 2019, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) expanded the Low Altitude Authorization and Capability (LAANC) system to include recreational operators. LAANC is a system built as a collaboration between the...more
Security research firm Gigamon has reported that the nasty cybercriminal group FIN8 may have reappeared in June after a two-year silence. FIN8 is known for implementing malware on point of sale systems to steal credit card...more
7/29/2019
/ Credit Cards ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Drones ,
Email ,
Hackers ,
Health Care Providers ,
Iran ,
Malware ,
Microsoft ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
UPS
United Parcel Service of America, Inc. (UPS) is seeking permission from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate a network of commercial drones for purposes of delivering packages all across the U.S. If UPS’...more
GandCrab Ransomware Backers Working on New Ransomware REvil -
We previously reported that the criminals behind the GandCrab Ransomware were retiring, and that a patch was discovered and companies are urged to implement the...more
7/22/2019
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
AT&T ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Digital Wallets ,
DNA ,
Drones ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Hackers ,
Identity Fraud ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Premera Blue Cross ,
Ransomware
The U.S. Interior Department (the Interior) authorized government officials to buy drones from DJI Technology (DJI) after a previous warning that the company may act as a channel for Chinese government espionage....more
Over only a few years’ time, Washington State Patrol (the Patrol) has built a drone fleet of 111 drones. The Patrol says that it uses these small drones for crash investigations and fatality scenes, and not for surveillance...more
The Internet Society’s Online Trust Alliance just released its "2018 Cyber Incident & Breach Trends Report," which says “2018–Some Better, Some Worse, All Bad.” That’s our experience, too. Here are the highlights from the...more
7/12/2019
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Drones ,
Hackers ,
Identity Theft ,
Income Taxes ,
Microsoft ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
State and Local Government ,
State Budgets ,
Tax Fraud ,
Tax Preparers ,
Uniform Law Commission (ULC) ,
Vulnerability Assessments
The Uniform Law Commission (ULC) is set to meet this week and next in Anchorage, Alaska to discuss and vote on model state legislation concerning drones....more
DHS Warns Businesses of Risk of Iranian-Backed Wiper Malware Attacks -
The tension with Iran has generally increased, and it has been reported that the U.S. has launched a cyber-attack against Iran. In retaliation, the risk...more
7/5/2019
/ Biometric Information ,
Canada ,
Closing a Business ,
Colleges ,
Connected Items ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Drones ,
Educational Institutions ,
Information Technology ,
Internet of Things ,
Iran ,
Malware ,
Medical Devices ,
Personal Data ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Universities
DJI, a supplier of approximately 70 percent of all drones in the United States, announced this week that it will begin manufacturing some of its products in the U.S. DJI plans to repurpose a warehouse in Cerritos, California...more
In Canada, the drone industry has nearly doubled in size every two years over the past decade. With that boom, Canadian regulators have been grappling with many of the same questions that the U.S. Federal Aviation...more
7/3/2019
/ Airspace ,
Commercial Use ,
Drones ,
New Regulations ,
Public Safety ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Safety Standards ,
Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Protection of industrial control systems is crucial to the security of our country. The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has announced a project for which it is seeking comment: Detecting and Protecting...more
6/17/2019
/ Amazon Marketplace ,
Capital Raising ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Drones ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Industrial Space ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Manufacturing Facilities ,
Microsoft ,
Mobile Apps ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Part 107 ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Quest Diagnostics ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Violations ,
Social Media ,
Unregistered Securities ,
Waivers ,
Wellness Programs
Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued Hensel Phelps Construction Co. a Part 107 unmanned aerial system (UAS or drone) waiver to operate a parachute-equipped drone over people. ...more
Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, announced Amazon Prime Air, a delivery-by-drone initiative more than five years ago, and last week, Amazon revealed more information about its delivery system–the design. The Amazon delivery drone will...more
According to a recent FBI Flash, Ryuk ransomware has hit more than 100 U.S. companies since August 2018, with a “disproportionate impact on logistics companies, technology companies, and small municipalities.”
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U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and John Thune (R-SD) called on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to publish a proposed rule for the remote identification of unmanned aerial systems (UAS or drones). The request...more
Hotel chain Fillmore Hospitality, LLC is the latest target of a proposed class action complaint filed this week, alleging violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). We don’t usually discuss the...more
5/13/2019
/ Biometric Information ,
Class Action ,
Contract Management ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Dating Services ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
HIPAA Breach ,
Mobile Apps ,
Organ Donation ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Supply Chain ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,
Vendors
In the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) latest aerospace forecast, it noted the “phenomenal growth” of the small unmanned aerial system (UAS or drone) industry. ...more
Last month, a University of Maryland unmanned aerial system (UAS or drone) delivered a donor kidney to surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) in Baltimore for an ultimately successful transplant to a...more