Technology

CBN Field Assessments Advance Into Los Alamos Townsite

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COUNTY News:

Hexad crews working for Bonfire on behalf of Los Alamos County, are moving into the Los Alamos townsite this week after completing initial work in White Rock. They are conducting field assessments for the County’s Community Broadband Network (CBN) design. Work is expected to continue into October 2025 and involves collecting utility data and evaluating planned aerial and underground routes across the County.  Limited access to some private property is required.

Crews will also conduct follow-up assessments in various White Rock neighborhoods as the design progresses.

Residents Read More

Catch Of The Week: Google Drive Shared File Phishing

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Image of a poorly done Google Drive phishing attempt. Courtesy image

By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

I have seen a lot of phishing attempts in my life, some of them really well done, some of them um…not so great.

Surprise, I declined the attempt to share this.

This is a phishing scam. The notification “hacked crash exposed” is a decidedly not legitimate message from Google. Scammers frequently use alarming, fake file names to trick recipients into clicking malicious links.

While the notification itself does come from Google’s legitimate sharing Read More

Catch Of The Week: iCloud Phishing Invites

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Image of phish from bleepingcomputer.com

By BECKY RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos

Calendar invites are pretty innocuous right? Unless they’re a phishing campaign…

According to reports from bleepingcomputer.com iCloud Calendar invites are being abused to send callback phishing emails disguised as purchase notifications directly from Apple’s email servers, making them more likely to make it through your spam filters, and into your inbox!

The above email was shared with Bleeping Computer by a reader, and claimed to be a payment receipt for $599 charged against the recipient’s PayPal Read More

NM Higher Ed Secretary Rodriguez Visits New Mexico Tech

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From left to right: Mike Timmons, David Greene, Vanessa Grain, David Manzano, Delilah Walsh, Acting President Michael Jackson, Regent Yolanda Jones King, Secretary Stephanie Rodriguez, Brit Shaughnessy, Regent Jerry Armijo, Chair David Lepre Sr., Carlos Romero, Savana Simbola, Darryl Ackley and Lique Coolen. Courtesy photo

NMT News:

SOCORRO — On Thursday, Sept. 4, New Mexico Tech welcomed Stephanie Rodriguez, Cabinet Secretary of the New Mexico Higher Education Department for a comprehensive tour focused on how investment in technological innovation fuels student success. The Read More

Broadband Office Submits $675 Million Infrastructure Plan

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CONNECTNM News:

SANTA FE — Sept. 4, the New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE) submitted a landmark, comprehensive broadband infrastructure proposal to the federal government, aiming to connect more than 43,000 unserved and underserved homes and businesses with a striking variety of broadband technologies.

OBAE’s Final Proposal has preliminarily awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in grants through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. BEAD is the state’s largest Read More

Young Explorers Invited To Fall & Winter Break Camps At Nuclear Museum To Spark Curiosity And Creativity

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NMHSH News:

ALBUQUERQUE — This fall and winter, the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History (NMHSH) invites young explorers to dive into discovery with its Science is Everywhere Camps—single-day STEAM adventures designed to ignite imagination and inspire life-long learning. 

Open to students in grades K–6, these camps offer hands-on science, technology, engineering, art, and math activities in a collaborative, multi-age environment. Led by the museum’s expert education team, each camp features a unique theme that transforms learning into a fun and engaging experience. Read More

New Mexico At The Quantum Frontier: State And DARPA Forge Bold Partnership

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STATE News:

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham today signed an agreement between the state of New Mexico and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to establish the Quantum Frontier Project, a new partnership designed to accelerate the development, testing, and validation of emerging quantum technologies. 

The agreement is part of the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI). The Quantum Frontier Project will leverage the state’s universities, private-sector innovators, and world-class national laboratories to expand research, engineering, and testing efforts that Read More

BOT Attack Shuts Down Online Payment Processing System At New Mexico Department Of Game & Fish License Sales

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NMDGF News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Game & Fish (NMDGF) has experienced a BOT attack, which has caused the Department to shut down its online payment processing system. This affects all credit and debit card transactions for license and permit purchases.

During this time, customers will be unable to purchase licenses or permits with a credit card through the Department’s online system. NMDGF is working to resolve this technical issue and will provide an update as soon as possible.

In the interim, NMDGF has a solution to ensure customers can still get out into the field and enjoy Read More

New Findings Reveal Cause Of Potentially Damaging Electrical Discharges On Satellites

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Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers observed that increased electron activity on the surface of a spacecraft, such as the satellite in the AI-generated depiction above, resulted in an accumulated electrical charge and eventual discharge, similar to static electricity on Earth. These discharges can damage sensitive electronics onboard the satellite. Credit to: ChatGPT, DALL-E

LANL News:

For the first time, researchers have found that the number of electrical discharges on a spacecraft directly correlates to the number of electrons in the surrounding environment—information Read More

New Mexico Bureau Of Geology Names 2025 Earth Science Achievement Award Recipient

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NMT News:

SOCORRO, NM — The New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources (NMBGMR) at New Mexico Tech will present the 2025 Earth Science Achievement Award for Research and Education to University of New Mexico Emeritus Professor Dr. Les McFadden. An influential geoscientist and dedicated teacher, McFadden will receive the award Sept. 18 at the New Mexico Geological Society’s annual Fall Field Conference in Cuba, New Mexico.

During a career spanning almost four decades—all spent in New Mexico—McFadden’s research has increased our understanding of the soils, climates (past, present, Read More