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Optimizing energy production with the latest smart grid technologies

IBM Big Data Hub

New technologies are shaping the way we produce, distribute and consume energy. alone has installed nearly 10,000 electricity generation units, connected by more than 300,000 miles of transmission lines and capable of generating over a million megawatts of energy. Historically, the power grid has been a one-way street.

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How Cobalt Strike Became a Favorite Tool of Hackers

eSecurity Planet

Cobalt Strike was created a decade ago by Raphael Mudge as a tool for security professionals. Indeed, the tool can assess vulnerabilities and run penetration tests , while most tools on the market cannot do both. The tool is so powerful that black hat hackers and international threat groups have added it to their arsenal.

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Russia-linked APT28 compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters to facilitate cyber operations

Security Affairs

“As early as 2022, APT28 actors had utilized compromised EdgeRouters to facilitate covert cyber operations against governments, militaries, and organizations around the world.” APT28 had utilized compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters as a command-and-control infrastructure for MASEPIE backdoors. ” reads the joint report.

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A new piece of Snake Ransomware targets ICS processes

Security Affairs

Like other ransomware, upon execution Snake will remove the computer’s Shadow Volume Copies, it also kills numerous processes related to SCADA systems, virtual machines, industrial control systems, remote management tools, network management software, and more. a file named invoice.doc is encrypted and renamed like invoice.docIksrt.

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How to Get Your Work Email Under Control

OneHub

Even deciphering a generic announcement about the office coffee maker requires effort, which leaves less energy for work that matters.” Instead, use a file sharing service such as Onehub that offers bank-level encryption and secure network connections to protect your messages and files. Meetings are time and energy intensive.

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Private cloud use cases: 6 ways private cloud brings value to enterprise business

IBM Big Data Hub

Enterprise organizations in industries that need to meet strict regulatory compliance standards or comply with data sovereignty laws (manufacturing, energy, oil and gas) frequently choose private cloud environments when they need to meet strict regulatory standards. All the major public cloud providers (e.g.,

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Reverse Engineering Smart Meters

ForAllSecure

For example, in 2009, the Obama administration provided financial incentives to utilities in the United States. And again, smart meters were positioned squarely as making the environment more friendly by knowing how and when energy is being used by individual customers. Everybody's got their own little blog where they post stuff.