The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a Public Service Announcement on August 2, 2018, entitled “Cyber Actors Use Internet of Things Devices as Proxies for Anonymity and Pursuit of Malicious Cyber Activities,”...more
Last week, in Blacksburg, Virginia, a 2-year old, Jack Smith, made history. Only six minutes after a technician from Alphabet Inc.’s Wing clicked the “Confirm Order” button on a smartphone app, a drone operated by the...more
Secretary of Homeland Security, Kirstjen M. Nielsen, wrote in an op-ed piece, that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been worrying about the dangers of drones for years; so much so, that DHS has sought legal...more
TCM Bank, a subsidiary of ICBA Bancard Inc., notified some 10,000 credit card applicants in the past week that their names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers were compromised between March 2017 and the...more
8/10/2018
/ Assassinations ,
Banking Sector ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data-Sharing ,
Drones ,
Financial Institutions ,
Government Officials ,
Hackers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Risk Management ,
Social Media ,
Terrorist Acts ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,
Venezuela
Last weekend, in Venezuela, the Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, was attacked by two armed drones carrying explosives which were detonated while Maduro was delivering a speech on live television during a military...more
As of last week, more than 100,000 Remote Pilot Certifications have been issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for individuals to fly commercial and recreational (those not qualifying as “model aircraft”)...more
In light of the rise in use of drones in the national airspace, there has been some confusion regarding the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) authority over navigable airspace and federal preemption for state and local...more
New model legislation introduced by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (Uniform Law Commission) seeks to give property owners the right to the airspace above their property from 200 feet and below....more
7/26/2018
/ Airspace ,
Aviation Industry ,
Drones ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Part 107 ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Property Owners ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Real Estate Market ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Trespass ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
DJI, a leading drone manufacturer, has announced its strengthened commitment to enterprise drone users with new improvements to its geofencing system. Professional drone pilots with authorization to fly in sensitive locations...more
The United States’ government’s ability to police hobbyist drone use was upheld by an appellate court last week. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected arguments by John Taylor, drone hobbyist, who...more
A few weeks ago the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) sent out a questionnaire to each person who has registered a commercial drone—that is—for purposes other than recreational or hobby use. The survey also included those...more
With Independence Day fireworks now coming to an end, many cities in the Western United States are talking about the wildfire liability that comes with the use of fireworks over drought-ridden land. The alternative to...more
Skyward, a provider of drone operations management software and consulting services, recently released the results of a Blue Research survey indicating that 1 in 10 U.S. companies, with revenue over $50 million, are utilizing...more
A new report issued by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine says that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) should revise its approach for safety risk assessments for the technology associated with...more
Recently, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed a $2.8 million fine against HobbyKing for allegedly marketing to amateur drone operators non-compliant models of devices used to relay video feed from the drones....more
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Financial Conduct Authority Warns Banking Industry of ICOs and Cryptocurrency -
Writing a “Dear CEO” letter to banking executives, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) warned executives on June 11,...more
6/18/2018
/ Banking Sector ,
Bitcoin ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Currency Exchange ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Drones ,
Energy Sector ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fidelity Investments ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
North Korea ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
Shipwrecks ,
Trading Platforms ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,
Wells Fargo ,
Wire Fraud
In the early 18th century, on June 18, 1708, the San Jose, one of the largest treasure ships in the Spanish fleet, sunk to the bottom of the ocean as a result of the battles of the War of Spanish Succession....more
Recently, federal officials testified at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing claiming that the statutes that constrict the government’s ability to counter reckless or malicious drone use, including the...more
As planned, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has launched its next wave of its beta Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) system, in the western north region of the United States. LAANC helps...more
Drones may be a relatively new technology, but artificial intelligence (AI) is already taking over. Autonomous drones are becoming more and more prevalent across all types of industries –from agriculture to construction to...more
Recently, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning t U.S. consumers that Russian hackers (dubbed Sofacy and a/k/a Fancy Brear and APT28, and believed to be backed by the Russian government) had compromised...more
6/5/2018
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Drones ,
Emergency Response ,
FBI ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Hackers ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Malware ,
Mobile Apps ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Public Safety ,
Ransomware ,
Registration Requirement ,
Risk Management ,
Russia ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
At test sites in ten states –Alaska, California, Florida, Nevada, North Dakota, North Carolina, Kansas, Oklahoma, Virginia and Tennessee – the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) granted local-backed drone projects...more
Listed as part of the semi-annual Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, a new proposed rule will require drones registered with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to display a unique identifier...more
Drones are becoming an everyday tool for more and more police and fire departments across the country. According to a study conducted by the Center for the Study of the Drone at New York’s Bard College, the number of public...more
In Belleville, Illinois, drones were used as part of a law enforcement investigation into a school threat this week. Both police and fire crews used their drones to monitor the school and in helping to determine whether there...more