Multi-agent systems

Validity and Spamhaus Launch Partnership to Educate Email Marketers and Enable Safer Outreach

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Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Spamming, Computing, Marketing, Malware, Cyberspace, Computer network security, Multi-agent systems, The Spamhaus Project, Emotet, Email spam, Botnet, eMail

In order to keep pace with the onslaught of malicious activity, Validity integrates the leading blocklists into its platform, courtesy of Spamhaus.

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In order to keep pace with the onslaught of malicious activity, Validity integrates the leading blocklists into its platform, courtesy of Spamhaus.
The ongoing partnership will bring together more data exchanges that help each partner do what they do best - educate senders and fight malicious mail.
For example, in Q2 2021 Spamhaus worked with the FBI to help remediate the compromised email accounts following the Emotet botnet takedown.
When marketers conduct email efforts fairly, security services and mail providers can spend more time focusing on truly malicious senders.

Interoperability Institute Participates in 2021 CMS HL7® FHIR® Connectathon, Tests New Open-Source Sandbox Offering

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Monday, August 2, 2021

JSON, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, Computing, International standards, Multi-agent systems, Articles, Health Level 7, Health information technology, Medicaid, Health

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Interoperability Institute (IOI) joined more than 100 developers, programmers, technology experts, analysts, and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) colleagues to learn about emerging APIs and HL7 FHIR implementation by participating in the 2021 Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) HL7 FHIR Connectathon.

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ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Interoperability Institute (IOI) joined more than 100 developers, programmers, technology experts, analysts, and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) colleagues to learn about emerging APIs and HL7 FHIR implementation by participating in the 2021 Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) HL7 FHIR Connectathon.
The focus of the event was to:
Educate interested parties at CMS and within the health IT community about HL7 FHIR, FHIR implementation guides (IGs) and their real-world uses.
AdvancingFHIRstandards is a key component of movingthe healthcare industry towards true interoperability, said Mary Kratz, Executive Vice President of Interoperability Institute.
In addition to MELD, IOI also provides a private sandbox called Interoperability Land, a fee-for-service locker sandbox offering available on the AWS Marketplace.

June 2021’s Most Wanted Malware: Trickbot Remains on Top

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Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Cybercrime, Malware, Security, Computing, Computer network security, Multi-agent systems, Spamming, Botnet, Emotet, Trickbot, Trojan horse, Storm botnet

Researchers report that Trickbot is still the most prevalent malware, having first taken the top spot in May.

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Researchers report that Trickbot is still the most prevalent malware, having first taken the top spot in May.
Since the Emotet botnet was taken down in January, the Trickbot Trojan and botnet has gained popularity.
Trickbot- Trickbot is a modular Botnet and Banking Trojan constantly being updated with new capabilities, features and distribution vectors.
This enables Trickbot to be a flexible and customizable malware that can be distributed as part of multi-purpose campaigns.

Cybereason Discovers Global Botnet Campaign Leveraging Microsoft Exchange Vulnerabilities

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Thursday, April 22, 2021

Computer network security, Multi-agent systems, Spamming, Concurrent computing, Computing, Malware, Cybercrime, Cybereason, Botnet

b'BOSTON, April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Cybereason , the leader in future-ready attack protection, today announced the discovery of a widespread, global campaign seeking to propagate the stealthy Prometei Botnet, by targeting organizations with a multi-stage attack to steal processing power to mine bitcoin.

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b'BOSTON, April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Cybereason , the leader in future-ready attack protection, today announced the discovery of a widespread, global campaign seeking to propagate the stealthy Prometei Botnet, by targeting organizations with a multi-stage attack to steal processing power to mine bitcoin.
The threat actors, who appear to be Russian speakers, are taking advantage of previously disclosed Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities leveraged in the Hafnium attacks to penetrate networks.\nPrometei has a complex infrastructure designed to ensure persistence on infected machines.
Prometei continues to evolve with new features and tools regularly observed.\n"The Prometei Botnet poses a big risk for companies because it has been under-reported.
Cybereason is a privately held, international company headquartered in Boston with customers in more than 30 countries.\n'

InterSystems Joins Vulcan FHIR® ACCELERATOR™ Program to Expand Interoperability in Life Sciences

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Wednesday, March 31, 2021

InterSystems , a creative data technology provider dedicated to helping customers solve the most critical scalability, interoperability, and speed problems, today announced its membership in the Vulcan FHIR ACCELERATOR Program , a new multi-stakeholder initiative launched by Health Level Seven International (HL7) to empower clinical researchers with greater interoperability.

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InterSystems , a creative data technology provider dedicated to helping customers solve the most critical scalability, interoperability, and speed problems, today announced its membership in the Vulcan FHIR ACCELERATOR Program , a new multi-stakeholder initiative launched by Health Level Seven International (HL7) to empower clinical researchers with greater interoperability.
View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210331005087/en/
InterSystems joins leaders from government and regulatory agencies, standards development organizations, academic institutions, life sciences and technology companies, to extend the capabilities of HL7 FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) beyond clinical care to include clinical research.
The Vulcan FHIR ACCELERATOR Program is designed to mitigate those delays by modernizing the sharing and representation of clinical data and translational discovery for clinical researchers through FHIR standards.
More information on the Vulcan FHIR ACCELERATOR Program and the projects goals can be found here: www.hl7.org/vulcan
Health Level Seven International (HL7) is an ANSI-accredited, not-for-profit standards developing organization with the mission of empowering global health interoperability.

February 2021’s Most Wanted Malware: Trickbot Takes Over Following Emotet Shutdown

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Thursday, March 11, 2021

Cybercrime, Malware, Security breaches, Computing, Computer network security, Multi-agent systems, Cyberwarfare, Emotet, Botnet, Trickbot, Trojan horse, Storm botnet

Researchers reported that the Trickbot trojanhas topped the Index for the first time, rising from third position in January.

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Researchers reported that the Trickbot trojanhas topped the Index for the first time, rising from third position in January.
Following the takedown of the Emotet botnet in January, Check Point researchers report that cyber-criminal groups continue to utilize other top threats, with malware such as Trickbot using new techniques for their malicious activities.
Trickbot was the 4th most prevalent malware globally during 2020, impacting 8% of organizations.
Trickbot - Trickbot is a dominant botnet and banking Trojan constantly being updated with new capabilities, features and distribution vectors.

HealthLX Supports Gravity Project in Advancing Interoperability with Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Data

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Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Computing, International standards, Multi-agent systems, Health Level 7, Articles, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, Interoperability, Standards, International HL7 Implementations

GRAFTON, Wis., March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- HealthLX announced today that it is supporting the growing collaboration of health care systems, digital health companies, community-based organizations, government agencies, and consumer advocacy groups leading national efforts to accelerate social determinants of health (SDOH) data interoperability through the Gravity Project.

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GRAFTON, Wis., March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- HealthLX announced today that it is supporting the growing collaboration of health care systems, digital health companies, community-based organizations, government agencies, and consumer advocacy groups leading national efforts to accelerate social determinants of health (SDOH) data interoperability through the Gravity Project.
"SDOH data interoperability is one of the most complex interoperability challenges faced by the healthcare industry, and we're delighted to help solve it," said Will Tesch, CEO of HealthLX.
The Gravity Project is defining coded data elements and associated value sets to represent social determinants of health data documented in EHRs across four clinical activities: screening, diagnosis, goals setting, and interventions.
The HealthLX platform supports FHIR natively, and also supports an array of older healthcare data standards (HL7 v2, EDI, CDA).

Xitoring Introduced Innovative Server Monitoring Platform for Those Who Are Tired of Traditional Ways of Server Monitoring

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Monday, March 8, 2021

Server, Server hardware, Information technology management, Ssh, Computer networking, Multi-agent systems, Computing, Systems management

Eliminating the tedious hours of setup, configuring alerts, and struggling with dashboards, Xitoring lets users set up server monitoring with a single command in their SSH.

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Eliminating the tedious hours of setup, configuring alerts, and struggling with dashboards, Xitoring lets users set up server monitoring with a single command in their SSH.
Xitoring is offering lifetime server monitoring, with its complete package, for free on up to five servers.
"It seems like everything else in the world has gotten simpler,
except server monitoring," said Mohammad Oslani, CEO of Xitoring.
Xitoring was introduced in 2020 to revolutionize the server monitoring industry for those who are tired of cumbersome, traditional ways and are looking forward to automation in this vital part of their jobs.

Ready Computing Becomes a Benefactor Member of HL7 International

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Tuesday, December 22, 2020

International standards, Multi-agent systems, Health Level Seven International, Health Level 7, Regulation, Standards, Articles, International HL7 Implementations, Computer file formats

NEW YORK, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Ready Computing ,a leader in delivering powerful IT solutions and end-to-end technology services, has become one of the latest Health Level Seven International (HL7) Benefactor Members.

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NEW YORK, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Ready Computing ,a leader in delivering powerful IT solutions and end-to-end technology services, has become one of the latest Health Level Seven International (HL7) Benefactor Members.
There are several levels of HL7 membership, and Benefactor membership to HL7 offers the highest level of support to HL7.
Accordingly, Benefactor membership provides Ready Computing with the ability to vote on national and international HL7 standards.
Becoming an HL7 Benefactor member is another move towards positioning Ready at the forefront of the next generation of large-scale Healthcare IT solutions.

November 2020’s Most Wanted Malware: Notorious Phorpiex Botnet Returns As Most Impactful Infection

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Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Computer network security, Multi-agent systems, Spamming, Computing, Security breaches, Concurrent computing, Cybercrime, Botnet, Malware, Storm botnet, Bredolab botnet

Phorpiex was last seen in the Threat Indexs top 10 in June this year.

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Phorpiex was last seen in the Threat Indexs top 10 in June this year.
The Phorpiex botnet was first reported in 2010, and at its peak controlled more than a million infected hosts.
Phorpiex Phorpiex is a botnet known for distributing other malware families via spam campaigns as well as fueling large scale Sextortion campaigns.
Hiddad Hiddad is an Android malware infection which repackages legitimate mobile apps and then releases them to a third-party store.