For riders and transit authorities alike, vehicle connectivity is quickly emerging as the “must-have” in public transit. With their growing collection of subsystems, today’s buses, subways and railroads have become rolling technology centers. From convenient Wi-Fi for riders and efficient fare collection to driver navigation, vehicle maintenance, passenger safety… Read more…
Wireless Boat Monitoring with AirPrime
Founded in 2017, Barnacle Systems Inc. is an award-winning manufacturer of boat security and monitoring products. Headquartered in Victoria BC, the company’s products protect recreational, military and industrial vessels around the world. The company set out to develop a product that could provide both security and monitoring for boat owners. Read more…
King County Metro Welcomes Reliable LTE
With wireless hardware in its buses approaching end-of-life support, Seattle-based King County Metro needed a new and scalable solution for invehicle connectivity. Having used often spotty networks with frequent dropped connections, it was difficult to reliably use real-time GPS and Auto Vehicle Location (AVL) data and other critical operational technologies. Read more…
Dnsmasq Vulnerabilities | AirLink Notice
Recently published research has identified two sets of vulnerabilities in dnsmasq, one set of memory corruption issues handling DNSSEC and a second set of issues validating DNS responses. The following Common Vulnerability and Exposure (CVE) identifiers have been assigned to each of the vulnerabilities… Read more…
Red Lion EOL Notice
Red Lion Controls announces the Obsolescence of all Sixnet® series IndustrialPro® SN-69xx-AM/AT/VZ cellular routers, and RAM-69xx-AM/AT/VZ and RAM-99xxx-AM/AT/VZ cellular RTUs. Last time purchases of these products are to be made by March 31, 2021, with Last Time Shipment by June 30, 2021 subject to product availability. Read more…
Cellular Connectivity for Maritime Logistics
Common and costly connectivity options like satellite are failing to keep up with the newest logistics strategies, IoT technologies, and cloud service offerings. Logistics companies are constantly looking for technologies capable of providing secure, flexible and scalable network solutions for their mobile enterprises. Read more…
DNSpooq Vulnerability | Cradlepoint NCOS Advisory
Cradlepoint devices running NetCloud OS (NCOS) use dnsmasq for domain resolution, domain caching and DHCP services on the local LAN. DNS is a configurable service within NCOS therefore possible configuration states and potential impacts are listed within the contents with this article. Read more…
ALEOS Buffer Overflow | AirLink Notice
A buffer overflow exists in the ACENet service, and this buffer overflow may allow remote code execution on some devices. The ACENet service is enabled by default on the WAN interface in ALEOS versions prior to 4.9.0, and is enabled by default only on the LAN interfaces in ALEOS 4.9.0 and later… Read more…
Pop-Up COVID Vaccination Facilities
County health departments across North Carolina are working out the best ways to test and vaccinate as many residents as possible, as quickly as possible, to slow, and stop, the spread of COVID-19 across the state. Many have reached out to the team at USAT to help put parts of their newest plans into action. As an essential communications service provider, USAT was ready. Read more…
ALEOS 4.14.0 Release Notes
Sierra Wireless announces Availability of ALEOS 4.14 for MP, RV and LX Airlink gateways. This is a major release that includes feature enhancements and improvements to a range of security and field-reported issues. We recommend all customers upgrade to this release. For more information regarding this new release refer to the technical bulletin attached to this article. Read more….