June 2022 – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Fri, 01 Jul 2022 03:28:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 Graphene-like structure created from a fullerene https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/06/graphene-like-structure-created-from-a-fullerene Fri, 01 Jul 2022 03:28:50 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/06/graphene-like-structure-created-from-a-fullerene

2D material synthesised from nanocluster fullerene for the first time.

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AI Is Learning Twice as Fast This Year Than Last https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/06/ai-is-learning-twice-as-fast-this-year-than-last Fri, 01 Jul 2022 03:28:39 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/06/ai-is-learning-twice-as-fast-this-year-than-last

According to the best measures we’ve got, a set of benchmarks called MLPerf, machine learning systems can be trained nearly twice as quickly they could last year. It’s a figure that outstrips Moore’s Law by quite a ways.

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Google Blocks Dozens of Malicious Domains Operated https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/06/google-blocks-dozens-of-malicious-domains-operated Fri, 01 Jul 2022 03:27:13 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/06/google-blocks-dozens-of-malicious-domains-operated

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) blocks as many as 36 malicious domains operated by hack-for-hire groups from India, Russia and UAE.


Shadow IT refers to the practice of users deploying unauthorized technology resources in order to circumvent their IT department.

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What is Shadow IT and why is it so risky? https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/06/what-is-shadow-it-and-why-is-it-so-risky Fri, 01 Jul 2022 03:27:04 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/06/what-is-shadow-it-and-why-is-it-so-risky

Shadow IT refers to the practice of users deploying unauthorized technology resources in order to circumvent their IT department. Users may resort to using shadow IT practices when they feel that existing IT policies are too restrictive or get in the way of them being able to do their jobs effectively.

An old school phenomenon

Shadow IT is not new. There have been countless examples of widespread shadow IT use over the years. In the early 2000s, for example, many organizations were reluctant to adopt Wi-Fi for fear that it could undermine their security efforts. However, users wanted the convenience of wireless device usage and often deployed wireless access points without the IT department’s knowledge or consent.

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Ex-Canadian Government Employee Pleads Guilty Over NetWalker Ransomware Attacks https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/06/ex-canadian-government-employee-pleads-guilty-over-netwalker-ransomware-attacks Fri, 01 Jul 2022 03:26:57 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/06/ex-canadian-government-employee-pleads-guilty-over-netwalker-ransomware-attacks

A former Canadian government employee pleaded guilty in the U.S. to charges related to his involvement with the NetWalker ransomware syndicate.

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New YTStealer Malware Aims to Hijack Accounts of YouTube Content Creators https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/06/new-ytstealer-malware-aims-to-hijack-accounts-of-youtube-content-creators Fri, 01 Jul 2022 03:26:49 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/06/new-ytstealer-malware-aims-to-hijack-accounts-of-youtube-content-creators

Researchers are warning about a new YouTube hijacking malware, dubbed YTStealer, believed to be sold as a service on the dark web.

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New ‘FabricScape’ Bug in Microsoft Azure Service Fabric Impacts Linux Workloads https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/06/new-fabricscape-bug-in-microsoft-azure-service-fabric-impacts-linux-workloads Fri, 01 Jul 2022 03:26:40 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/06/new-fabricscape-bug-in-microsoft-azure-service-fabric-impacts-linux-workloads

Researchers reveal details about a new vulnerability in Microsoft’s Service Fabric that could be exploited to gain elevated privileges on Linux.

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CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of ‘PwnKit’ Linux Vulnerability in the Wild https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/06/cisa-warns-of-active-exploitation-of-pwnkit-linux-vulnerability-in-the-wild Fri, 01 Jul 2022 03:26:32 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/06/cisa-warns-of-active-exploitation-of-pwnkit-linux-vulnerability-in-the-wild

U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA has added the PwnKit Linux vulnerability to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities.

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Better, Stronger, Faster: The Future of the Bionic Body https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/06/better-stronger-faster-the-future-of-the-bionic-body Fri, 01 Jul 2022 03:25:10 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/06/better-stronger-faster-the-future-of-the-bionic-body

In the future, a woman with a spinal cord injury could make a full recovery; a baby with a weak heart could pump his own blood. How close are we today to the bold promise of bionics—and could this technology be used to improve normal human functions, as well as to repair us? Join Bill Blakemore, John Donoghue, Jennifer French, Joseph J. Fins, and P. Hunter Peckham at “Better, Stronger, Faster,” part of the Big Ideas Series, as they explore the unfolding future of embedded technology.

This program is part of the Big Ideas Series, made possible with support from the John Templeton Foundation.

Visit our Website: http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worldscience… us on twitter: https://twitter.com/WorldSciFest Original Program date: May 31, 2014 Host: Bill Blakemore Participants: John Donoghue, Jennifer French, Joseph J. Fins, P. Hunter Peckham Re-engineering the anatomy of the “Vitruvian Man” 00:00 Bill Blakemore’s Introduction. 2:06 Participant introductions. 4:27 What is FES? (Functional Electrical Stimulation) 6:06 A demonstration with FES and without. 10:06 How did you test FES systems? 14:16 Jen French the first bionic pioneer. 16:40 What was the journey like from injury to today? 18:35 A live demonstration of FES. 20:40 What is BrainGate? 27:55 What is the potential for this technology? 37:00 When will this technology be publicly available? 40:50 A cell phone app to drink water or stand up? 44:55 Jen French would be the first to try new technology. 50:39 What is the history of altering the human brain? 1:00:57 The move from chemical to electrical medical care. 1:05:40 The challenge of what is going to drive the delivery of care to groups in need. 1:11:36 Can these devices be implanted without surgery? 1:18:13 What field needs the most funding for this to become available to everyone? 1:19:40 What are the numbers of people who can use this technology? 1:23:44 Why can’t we use stem cells to reconnect human spinal tissue? 1:25:37 What is the collaboration level between institutions? 1:29:16 How far away are we from using brain waves to control objects and communicate with each other? 1:30:20
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Original Program date: May 31, 2014
Host: Bill Blakemore.
Participants: John Donoghue, Jennifer French, Joseph J. Fins, P. Hunter Peckham.

Re-engineering the anatomy of the “Vitruvian Man” 00:00.

Bill Blakemore’s Introduction. 2:06

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It’s Alive, But Is It Life: Synthetic Biology and the Future of Creation https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/06/its-alive-but-is-it-life-synthetic-biology-and-the-future-of-creation Fri, 01 Jul 2022 03:24:34 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/06/its-alive-but-is-it-life-synthetic-biology-and-the-future-of-creation

For decades, biologists have read and edited DNA, the code of life. Revolutionary developments are giving scientists the power to write it. Instead of tinkering with existing life forms, synthetic biologists may be on the verge of writing the DNA of a living organism from scratch. In the next decade, according to some, we may even see the first synthetic human genome. Join a distinguished group of synthetic biologists, geneticists and bioengineers who are edging closer to breathing life into matter.

This program is part of the Big Ideas Series, made possible with support from the John Templeton Foundation.

Original Program Date: June 4, 2016
MODERATOR: Robert Krulwich.
PARTICIPANTS: George Church, Drew Endy, Tom Knight, Pamela Silver.

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Synthetic Biology and the Future of Creation 00:00.

Participant Intros 3:25

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