The Trump Jury Has a Doxing Problem. Wired.com article. To be fair, should read Potential Doxing Problem. Pull quote: Armed with basic personal details about jurors and certain tools and databases, an OSINT researcher could potentially uncover a significant amount of personal information by cross-referencing all this together, Diachenko says. That...

Retrieval-augmented generation, or RAG, is a technique for enhancing the output of large language models by incorporating information from external knowledge bases or sources. By retrieving relevant data or documents before generating a response, RAG improves the generated text's accuracy, reliability, and informativeness. This approach helps groun...

Yesterday, the OMBs Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) announced that it had approved a final rule for the EPA on Methylene Chloride (MC); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The final rule was submitted to OIRA on January 24th, 2024. The notice of proposed rulemaking was published on May 3rd, 2023. According...

The race to produce rare earth elements. TechnologyReview.com article. Pull quote: That technology extracts rare earth elements from coal ash, leaving behind a solution rich in those elements and a residual solid containing iron and other metals. Through sequential steps of heating and cooling, rare earths are transferred into an ionic liquida salt...

Today, CISAs NCCIC-ICS published a control systems security advisory for products from Unitronics. They also updated two advisories for products from Mitsubishi. Advisories Unitronics Advisory - This advisory describes a storing passwords in a recoverable format vulnerability in the Unitronics Vision Standard PLCs. Updates Mitsubishi Update #1 ...

Launch of a Reentry Vehicle as a Payload That Requires a Reentry Authorization To Return to Earth. Federal Register FAA notice. Summary: This action provides notice that in general, the FAA will not authorize launch of a reentry vehicle as a payload that will require a reentry authorization to return to Earth unless the reentry vehicle operator has...

Im always surprised and a little disappointed at how far we have to go before supply chain cybersecurity gets the respect and attention it deserves. I sat down this week with a new client who wanted some help addressing several internal issues surrounding their IT systems. When I asked them about their relationship with the supplier essentially,...

Its an efficient machine to destroy nuclear waste: nuclear future powered by thorium beckons. ChemistryWorld.com article. Pull quote: The companys concept combines a particle accelerator called a cyclotron with a subcritical lead-cooled reactor. Its built with about 3% missing neutrons which is a very important safety feature for us if you pull th...

Last month, Sen Wicker (R,MS) introduced S 3959, the Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act. The bill would require the TSA to take actions (potentially including issuing an interim final rule) to streamline the procedures for individuals applying for or renewing enrollment in more than one TSA security threat assessment program, in pa...

Crickets from Chirp Systems in Smart Lock Key Leak. KrebsOnSecurity.com article. Pull quote: Its just a matter of them being motivated to do it [fix the vulnerability], he said. But theyre part of a private equity company now, so theyre not answerable to anybody. Its too bad, because its not like residents of [the affected] properties have another ...

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Earlier this month, CISA published the official version of their Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA) (Division Y, PL 117-103) notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). This is part of a continuing series of posts looking at the proposed rulemaking. In this post I will be looking at how CISA is proposing to deal with the pr...

Generative AI has exploded in popularity across many industries. While this technology has many benefits, it also raises some unique cybersecurity concerns. Securing AI must be a top priority for organizations as they rush to implement these tools. The use of generative AI in manufacturing poses particular challenges. Over one-third of manufacturer...

Thermoset plastic made from wood waste catalyzes its own degradation. CEN.ACS.org article. Pull quote: lenty of researchers have tried making degradable thermoset plastics by incorporating functional groups whose bonds can be severed by a catalyst or other external trigger. Barta and coworkers designed their new biobased epoxy-amine polymer similar...

Last Friday, during the consideration of HR 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, the House took up Amendment #1 offered under H Rept 118-456 (pg 5). That amendment would have provided for a warrant requirement for reviewing/using information on US persons obtained under 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. One of ...

In the first quarter of every year, organizations around the world release reports summing up data breach trends from the previous twelve months. And every year, these reports say broadly the same thing: data breach numbers have gone up again. This year is no different. Or is it? Compromises Up, Victims Down However, the Identity Theft Resource Cen...

For part two we have three additional vendor disclosures from B&R, Schneider and Welotec. We also have 13 vendor updates from HP (2) and Siemens (11). Finally, there are four researcher reports for vulnerabilities in products from TP-Link. Advisories B&R Advisory - B&R published an advisory that discusses four vulnerabilities (one wit...

I do not normally cover State level legislative efforts, as each State legislature has their own peculiar ways of dealing with legislation, but today I was pointed at an article on NebraskaExaminer.com that includes a discussion about an unusual legislative effort to deal with the fallout from Senate inaction on HR 4470, the CFATS reauthorization b...

NOTE: See here for series background. San Mateo, CA 4-4-24 Local News Reports: Here, here, and here. Pool supply pickup truck overturned, spilling 24-gallons of chlorine bleach. No injuries. Not CSB reportable; a transportation incident, not a fixed site issue.

Reporting Background See this post for explanation, with an update here (removed from paywall). Data from PHMSAs online database of transportation related chemical incidents that have been reported to the agency. Incidents Summary (links are to accident report) Number of incidents 484 (455 highway, 28 air, 1 rail) Serious incidents 3 (3 Bulk...

Japanese astronaut to be first non-American to set foot on moon. Phys.org article. Pull quote: "Two Japanese astronauts will join future American missions, and one will become the first non-American ever to land on the moon," Biden said in a press conference with Kishida. More states are finding bird flu in cattle. This is what scientists are watc...

Last month, Rep Garcia (R,CA) introduced HR 7630, the Accelerating Networking, Cyberinfrastructure, and Hardware for Oceanic Research (ANCHOR) Act. The bill would require the National Science Foundation (NSF) to submit a plan to improve the cybersecurity and telecommunications of the Academic Research Fleet. No new funding is authorized by the legi...

Holes in the holey graphyne story. ChemistryWorld.com commentary. Pull quote: This metric-driven enterprise generates a torrent of problematic papers, which leave an indelible mark on the global body of knowledge and create serious consequences for science and society. Peer-reviewed studies, regarded as credible and authoritative, inform clinical t...

Today, CISAs NCCIC-ICS published nine control system security advisories for products from Rockwell Automation and Siemens (8). Advisories Rockwell Advisory - This advisory describes an improper input validation vulnerability in the Rockwell 5015-AENFTXT ethernet/IP adapter. Telecontrol Advisory - This advisory discusses 47 vulnerabilities in th...

What's going on? A relatively new strain of ransomware called DragonForce has making the headlines after a series of high-profile attacks. Like many other ransomware groups, DragonForce attempts to extort money from its victims in two ways - locking companies out of their computers and data through encryption, and exfiltrating data from compromised...

Yesterday, with both the House and the Senate in session, there were 48 bills introduced. One of those bills may receive additional coverage in this blog: HR 7922 To establish a Water Risk and Resilience Organization to develop risk and resilience requirements for the water sector. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [Rep.-R-AR-1] I will be watching this bi...

First entirely roll-to-roll system points way to cheap printed perovskite solar cells. ChemistryWorld.com article. Pull quote: The roll-to-roll printed perovskite cells exhibit efficiencies of up to 15.5% for small-area [devices] and 11% for large-area modules, says Bruno. Both figures improve the previous efficiency record for roll-to-roll perovsk...

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