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White House Announces AI Cybersecurity Challenge

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At Black Hat last week, the White House announced an AI Cyber Challenge. Gizmodo reports:

The new AI cyber challenge (which is being abbreviated “AIxCC”) will have a number of different phases. Interested would-be competitors can now submit their proposals to the Small Business Innovation Research program for evaluation and, eventually, selected teams will participate in a 2024 “qualifying event.” During that event, the top 20 teams will be invited to a semifinal competition at that year’s DEF CON, another large cybersecurity conference, where the field will be further whittled down…

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US internet hosting company appears to facilitate global cybercrime, researchers say

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Cloudzy, an internet hosting company with a New York phone number, may aiding hackers from Iran, Russia and North Korea.

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Backdoor in TETRA Police Radios

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Seems that there is a deliberate backdoor in the twenty-year-old TErrestrial Trunked RAdio (TETRA) standard used by police forces around the world.

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), an organization that standardizes technologies across the industry, first created TETRA in 1995. Since then, TETRA has been used in products, including radios, sold by Motorola, Airbus, and more. Crucially, TETRA is not open-source. Instead, it relies on what the researchers describe in their presentation slides as “secret, proprietary cryptography,” meaning it is typically difficult for outside experts to verify how secure the standard really is…

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Serious Vulnerability in European Trunked Radio System

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Trunked radio systems can be difficult to wrap one’s mind around, and that’s partially by design. They’re typically used by organizations like police, firefighters, and EMS to share a limited …read more Continue reading Serious Vulnerability in European Trunked Radio System→

Electric Super Hub taps solar and battery power to keep EVs moving

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UK sustainable energy company GridServe has partnered with Cornwall Services to install an Electric Super Hub in the heart of the popular tourist destination, which includes a solar canopy and a huge battery to support the grid supply to a dozen EV cha… Continue reading Electric Super Hub taps solar and battery power to keep EVs moving→

Cambridge 3D prints game-changing smart concrete structure

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Working with private industry, the University of Cambridge has gone one step beyond 3D printing with a concrete infrastructure unit that was not only made in an hour, but incorporates sensors to make it self-monitoring and, one day, self repairing.Cont… Continue reading Cambridge 3D prints game-changing smart concrete structure→

CSC report: Space systems should be critical infrastructure

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In 2013, Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) 21 established 16 critical infrastructure sectors responsible for providing essential services that underpin American society. These services are not only vital to the country’s safety and prosperity but are inherently tied to public confidence. As a result, the PPD makes it clear that “proactive and coordinated efforts are necessary […]

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Hackaday Links: June 18, 2023

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Will it or won’t it? That’s the question much on the minds of astronomers, astrophysicists, and the astro-adjacent this week as Betelgeuse continued its pattern of mysterious behavior that might …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: June 18, 2023→