December 2021 – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Sat, 01 Jan 2022 07:23:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 OpenCTI Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/12/opencti-cyber-threat-intelligence-platform Sat, 01 Jan 2022 07:23:46 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/12/opencti-cyber-threat-intelligence-platform

OpenCTI-An Open Source Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform. OpenCTI allowing organizations to manage their Cybe Threat Intelligence observables.


OpenCTI is an open source platform allowing organizations to manage their cyber threat intelligence knowledge and observables. It has been created in order to structure, store, organize and visualize technical and non-technical information about cyber threats.

The structuralist of the data is performed using a knowledge schema based on the STIX2 standards. It has been designed as a modern web application including a GraphQL API and an UX oriented frontend. Also, OpenCTI can be integrated with other resources and applications such as MISP, TheHive, MITRE ATTACK, etc.

The goal is to create a comprehensive software allowing users to capitalize technical (such as TTPs and observables) and non-technical information (such as suggested attribution, victimlogy etc.) while linking each piece of information to its primary source (a report, a MISP event, etc.), with features such as links between each information, first and last seen dates, levels of confidence etc.

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Europe’s power crunch shuts down factories as prices hit record https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/12/europes-power-crunch-shuts-down-factories-as-prices-hit-record Sat, 01 Jan 2022 07:23:35 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/12/europes-power-crunch-shuts-down-factories-as-prices-hit-record

The crunch is so severe that it’s forcing factories to curb output or shut down altogether. Aluminium Dunkerque Industries France has curbed production in the past two weeks due to high power prices, while Trafigura’s Nyrstar will pause production at its zinc smelter in France in the first week of January. Romanian fertilizer producer Azomures temporarily halted output.

Electricite de France SA said last week it would halt four reactors accounting for 10 per cent of the nation’s nuclear capacity, straining power grids already facing cold weather. At the beginning of January, 30 per cent of France’s nuclear capacity will be offline, increasing the reliance on gas, coal and even oil.

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Driftwood Airstream https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/12/driftwood-airstream Sat, 01 Jan 2022 07:23:24 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/12/driftwood-airstream

This souped-up getaway on wheels provides a young family with all the comforts of home.

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KFC and Walmart Are Using VR to Train Employees. Here’s Why Your Company Should Too https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/12/kfc-and-walmart-are-using-vr-to-train-employees-heres-why-your-company-should-too Sat, 01 Jan 2022 07:22:55 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/12/kfc-and-walmart-are-using-vr-to-train-employees-heres-why-your-company-should-too

VR isn’t just fun and games, as demonstrated by the growing number of companies using it effectively for employee training programs.

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Opinion: History could well identify this as the starting point of the next major arms race, one that has the potential to be humanity’s final one https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/12/opinion-history-could-well-identify-this-as-the-starting-point-of-the-next-major-arms-race-one-that-has-the-potential-to-be-humanitys-final-one Sat, 01 Jan 2022 07:22:46 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/12/opinion-history-could-well-identify-this-as-the-starting-point-of-the-next-major-arms-race-one-that-has-the-potential-to-be-humanitys-final-one

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TuSimple Claims Autonomous Trucking’s First ‘Driver Out’ Highway Run https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/12/tusimple-claims-autonomous-truckings-first-driver-out-highway-run Sat, 01 Jan 2022 07:22:37 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/12/tusimple-claims-autonomous-truckings-first-driver-out-highway-run

The autonomous-driving tech company said it successfully completed a test run of a robotic semi in Arizona highway that was the world’s first on public roads without humans in the cab.

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Plant Scientists Find Recipe for Anti-Cancer Compound in Herbs Like Thyme and Oregano https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/12/plant-scientists-find-recipe-for-anti-cancer-compound-in-herbs-like-thyme-and-oregano Sat, 01 Jan 2022 05:23:22 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/12/plant-scientists-find-recipe-for-anti-cancer-compound-in-herbs-like-thyme-and-oregano

Thyme and oregano possess an anti-cancer compound that suppresses tumor development, but adding more to your tomato sauce isn’t enough to gain significant benefit. The key to unlocking the power of these plants is in amplifying the amount of the compound created or synthesizing the compound for drug development.

Researchers at Purdue University achieved the first step toward using the compound in pharmaceuticals by mapping its biosynthetic pathway, a sort of molecular recipe of the ingredients and steps needed.

“These plants contain important compounds, but the amount is very low and extraction won’t be enough,” said Natalia Dudareva, a Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry in Purdue’s College of Agriculture, who co-led the project. “By understanding how these compounds are formed, we open a path to engineering plants with higher levels of them or to synthesizing the compounds in microorganisms for medical use.

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I’m Making Work Efficient With an “Expert” AI Assistant https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/12/im-making-work-efficient-with-an-expert-ai-assistant Sat, 01 Jan 2022 05:23:00 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/12/im-making-work-efficient-with-an-expert-ai-assistant

Demonstrating the power of language modelling for improved efficiency in the workplace.

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What happens when someone falls into a black hole? https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/12/what-happens-when-someone-falls-into-a-black-hole Sat, 01 Jan 2022 05:22:37 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/12/what-happens-when-someone-falls-into-a-black-hole

Reality is far stranger than fiction.

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Iran space launch fails to put payloads into orbit: Official https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/12/iran-space-launch-fails-to-put-payloads-into-orbit-official Sat, 01 Jan 2022 05:22:20 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/12/iran-space-launch-fails-to-put-payloads-into-orbit-official

Iran’s space launch on Thursday has failed to put its three payloads into orbit after the rocket was unable to reach the required speed, a defence ministry spokesman said in remarks carried on state television.

The attempted launch, which came as indirect United States-Iran talks take place in Austria to try to salvage a 2015 nuclear deal, drew criticism from the US, Germany and France.

“For a payload to enter orbit, it needs to reach speeds above 7,600 [metres per second]. We reached 7,350,” the spokesman, Ahmad Hosseini, said in a documentary about the launch vehicle broadcast on state TV and posted online on Friday.

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