Technology

Heinmiller: Clever And Dishonest Plans For Making Money

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By BILL HEINMILLER
Los Alamos

I start with a love story. Not long ago, I met the love of my life, a beautiful princess, online. She lived in Nigeria. She emailed her picture to me and said she loved me. It was love at first sight! All I needed to do to win her heart, she wrote, was wire her $10,000 to help her get her sizeable inheritance through the Nigerian bureaucracy. Then she would come to the US and give me not only her hand in marriage but also a reward of trunks filled with gems and diamonds for helping her out. What a deal! So, I promptly wired her the funds and began preparing our matrimonial home and nursery. Read More

Lab Director Thom Mason Stresses Importance Of Education

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Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Thom Mason participates in a Q&A session with LANL’s Community Partnerships Office Director Kathy Keith during Monday’s community conversation event at New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas, N.M. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

LANL Director Thom Mason, left, speaks with Collins Lake Ranch Founder Steve Smaby, center, and LANL Foundation Board Member Bill Wadt at Monday’s event. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

During Los Alamos National Read More

State Treasurer’s Office Announces New Overhauled Website To Better Serve New Mexicans

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STATE News:

SANTA FE — With a new fiscal year comes a new look to the New Mexico State Treasurer’s Office (NM STO). STO is thrilled to unveil its fully reimagined website, now live and ready to better serve New Mexicans.

Maintaining the same familiar web address, nmsto.gov, the new site offers a fresh, modernized look and significantly improved navigation with simplified access to vital STO programs and resources. Key features include intuitive user interface, streamlined layout, mobile-friendly design, and dedicated ‘Reports’ and ‘Resources’ pages for simplified access to vital Read More

Connect NM Notifying Providers About New Federal Rules

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STATE News:

SANTA FE — The Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE) is notifying broadband providers about a restructuring of the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, a move that is changing the application process for the state’s $675 million federal grant program for broadband infrastructure.  

Changes to the program guidance by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), announced June 6, mean OBAE must now comply with new requirements to expand and deploy broadband infrastructure. 

The federal changes affect all Read More

Catch Of The Week: Ticket Smishing—It’s Back! But Different!

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By BECKY RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos

They’re backkkkkk..well kinda, they did change it up a bit this time.  Now they are claiming to come from the “New Mexico Motor Vehicle Administration”, I guess someone finally told them that NM does not in fact have any toll roads. 

What is smishing? Smishing is phishing via SMS – text message, as opposed to phishing, which is when they try to trick you into giving up sensitive information via email attack.

These attacks started up again this year, and thousands of people have already reported the attacks.  

In 2024 the FBI had warned about this scam, “Since Read More

U.S. Senators Luján, Fischer On Supreme Court Ruling On Universal Service Fund

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U.S. SENATE News:

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Ranking Member of the Senate Telecommunications and Media Subcommittee, and Deb Fischer (R-NE), Chair of the Senate Telecommunications and Media Subcommittee, released the following statement Friday after the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling on the Universal Service Fund (USF):

“We’re encouraged by the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Universal Service Fund, and we look forward to working together to focus on long-term solutions for the USF, evaluate broadband programs, and help connect unserved and underserved Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory: Launch Helps Ensure Nation’s Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Readiness

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A UP Aerospace Spyder rocket. Courtesy/UP Aerospace

LANL News:

  • Experimental payload allows Los Alamos National Laboratory to test prototypes

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has launched a rocket carrying a full-size experimental payload that was designed, built and tested in just three years. The non-nuclear payload launched from White Sands Missile Range on June 13 and will help ensure the responsiveness of the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile in accordance with the federal government’s mandate for a stockpile responsiveness program (SRP).

“The Laboratory’s mission is Read More

Catch Of The Week: FBI Issues Router Warning

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By BECKY RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos

Got an old router- like from 2010 or earlier, also known as end of life (EOL)? You might be in for a cyber incident, at least according to a warning issued by the FBI last month. Routers dated 2010 or earlier are likely no longer receiving software updates, which leaves them open to vulnerabilities.

Recently the FBI released a list of EOL routers with remote administration/management enabled that were breached by cyber actors using variants of TheMoon malware. This malware allows actors to install proxies on victim routers and conduct cybercrime anonymously.

What Read More

County Goals & Objectives Available At Online Dashboard

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COUNTY News:

Residents may now view County goals and objectives online at the updated Los Alamos County Performance Metrics Dashboard available here.

The dashboard tracks the County departments’ progress of the five goals identified in the 2025 Strategic Leadership Plan:

  • Quality Governance;
  • Operational Excellence;
  • Economic Vitality;
  • Quality of Life; and
  • Environmental Stewardship, as well as the 22 objectives.

Department staff update the dashboard regularly.

Direct questions to Public Information Officer Julie Williams-Hill at julie.williams@lacnm.us. Read More