Comment on this story Comment Gift Article ShareDoppelPaymer sting nets results, but it isn’t clear whether the trend against ransomware criminals is a lasting oneAn international police sting against a prolific ransomware gang is the latest blow to a form of cybercrime that’s showing signs of slowing down.\nAdvertisementDoppelPaymer has a convoluted history, with alleged links to more prominent Russian ransomware hackers and a ransomware infection at Düsseldorf University that triggered a homicide investigation.\nThe sting figures into a larger trend of government successes against ransomware operators.\nAdvertisementThe DoppelPaymer gang has links to Evil Corp., a Russian ransomware operator that the United States said stole $100 million.\nFor example, it has begun recovering cryptocurrency ransom payments, with law enforcement agents tracking them and intercepting them.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"NHTSA Probes Zoox Self-Certification Process","slug":"nhtsa-probes-zoox-self-certification-process","publishDate":"2023-03-07 12:18:13-05:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-08 14:30:55.558160","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has said it’s investigating exactly how Zoox managed to certify its autonomous vehicles for use on public roads.\nIn 2017, the NHTSA released updated guidance for automakers hoping to manufacture self-driving cars.\nBut regulators are now upset that they lack the necessary hardware defined by Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS).\nMeanwhile, Zoox has remained adamant that regulators already approved its vehicles for testing on public roads and it would very much like to expand the business.\nIn February of 2023, the NHTSA confirmed with Automotive News that it had launched an investigation into \"self-certification claims\" made by Zoox shortly after it launched robotaxis on public roads.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Aurrigo celebrates 30th birthday with major recruitment drive","slug":"aurrigo-celebrates-30th-birthday-with-major-recruitment-drive","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-03-08 14:30:55.332564","feedName":"Connected Car","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Aurrigo is celebrating its 30th year in business in style, after securing its latest Government-backed project and announcing plans to create several autonomous technology jobs in the UK.\nAurrigo International, which designs, engineers, manufactures and supplies OEM products and autonomous vehicles, has been awarded a £0.7m grant through Innovate UK and the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) Commercialising Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) competition.\nOriginally called RDM Group, the company was set-up by David and Graham Keene after the former took voluntary redundancy from Rover Cars in 1993.\n“A lot has happened over the last three decades and we are very proud that we still call Coventry ‘home’, and we still employ some of the outstanding staff that helped us in the early days,” explained David Keene, CEO of Aurrigo International.\nIt’s great that we still have people working here that have been with us from the early days.”
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"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Radar Trends to Watch: March 2023","slug":"radar-trends-to-watch-march-2023","publishDate":"2023-03-07 07:21:59-05:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-08 14:30:54.574331","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Fastly’s Fast Forward Program provides free CDN services to open source projects and nonprofits that make the world a better place.\nThis may be a way to limit the spread of crop diseases, particularly for diseases spread by pests whose range is expanding because of global warming.\nOpen source seeds?\nAlmost all of the seeds used in farming are patented, and farmers have been sued for saving seeds to use in next year’s crops.\nThe Open Source Seed Initiative provides seeds with a license that doesn’t restrict how the seeds are used.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Volkswagen offers complimentary Car-Net Safe & Secure connected vehicle emergency services for 5 years","slug":"volkswagen-offers-complimentary-car-net-safe-secure-connected-vehicle-emergency-services-for-5-years","publishDate":"2023-03-08 06:13:05+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-08 14:30:54.016154","feedName":"Connected Car","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Volkswagen of America, Inc. will roll out Volkswagen Car-Net® Safe & Secure connected vehicle emergency services at no additional cost for five years for most model year 2020 to 2023 vehicles, effective June 1, 2023.\nFor model year 2020 – 2023 vehicles equipped with Volkswagen Car-Net, the coverage begins as soon as the owner creates a myVW account and accepts the myVW and Car-Net Terms of Service.\nCar-Net Remote Access services are also offered at no additional charge, for five years from the date of vehicle purchase on 2020 and newer models equipped with Car-Net.\nTo provide added peace-of-mind no matter who is driving, Remote Access services also include Family Guardian services (Speed Alert, Boundary Alert, Valet Alert), as well as Roadside Call Assist.\nWith just a few clicks in the myVW mobile app or at vw.com/carnet, owners can add their new Volkswagen vehicle to their existing mobile data plan or purchase a new one.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Honda Reveals New Prototype Autonomous Work Vehicle At CONEXPO 2023","slug":"honda-reveals-new-prototype-autonomous-work-vehicle-at-conexpo-2023","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-03-08 14:30:53.777684","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"All-electric Honda Autonomous Work Vehicle (AWV) represents a new category of capable work vehicle for companies that need autonomous operation or delivery solutions.\nThe version on display at the expo is the third generation of the Honda Autonomous Work Vehicle.\n“We believe the Honda AWV can be a valuable solution to supporting construction teams while also enhancing worksite efficiencies and safety.\nThis innovative machine represents an entirely new category of capable work vehicle that offers autonomous operation and delivery solutions to companies in need.\nHonda’s idea for the Autonomous Work Vehicle is that people at a construction site could tell this machine where to go.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Facial Recognition Ban Bill Proposed","slug":"facial-recognition-ban-bill-proposed","publishDate":"2023-03-07 19:19:02+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-08 14:30:53.774403","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"A group of congressional Democrats from both the House and Senate have introduced a bill banning the use of facial recognition and similar technologies by the government, which they suggest have been weaponized against minorities by the police.\nThe Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act comes in response to reports of the growing use of the technologies by local, state and federal agencies, including law enforcement, combined with what the legislators said have been false facial recognition matches, particularly affecting Black men.\nAlso: Amazon Suspends Sale of Facial Recognition Tech to PoliceIn introducing the bill, the legislators cited research they said found that Black, Brown and Asian people were “up to 100 times” more likely to be misidentified by such technologies.\n), a longtime advocate for tougher privacy laws and one of the lead sponsors of the bill.\n“The continued proliferation of surveillance tools like facial recognition technologies in our society is deeply disturbing.
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