Something different for this #WindowFriday - this is a small KBr window (it's transparent to mid-infrared radiation) on a #cryogenic sample holder inside a #vacuum chamber. As you can see, it's cracked, but luckily it still served the purpose as a substrate for growing ice layers on it. We then irradiated these layers in a #laboratory #astrochemistry experiment at #GANIL in Caen, France.

#science #Fensterfreitag #prettycold #cosmicrays
LifeLabs' Sudbury laboratory will remain open with reduced operations, for now
LifeLabs' processing laboratory in Sudbury will stop some of its operations by May 17, the company has told CBC, but some "specialized tests" will continue after that date. The company did not respond to multiple clarification questions from CBC.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/lifelabs-sudbury-closing-laboratory-facility-testing-may-2026-9.7155194?cmp=rss

Why "#syslog_ng can do 7 million EPS" was announced on #AprilFoolsDay? It is a completely valid result. However, it was measured not in a #production, but in a #laboratory environment.

https://peter.czanik.hu/posts/new-toy-1st-of-april-syslog-ng-performance-tests/

So, it's an absolutely stunning result, just impossible in production.

My new toy: April 1 syslog-ng performance tests

Almost 15 years ago, Balabit had a campaign, stating that syslog-ng could process 650k messages a second. Now I am happy to present 7 million EPS (events per second). Timing the announcement to April 1 is not a coincidence :-) While the 650k EPS measurement was true, it was misleading. This value was measured right after syslog-ng 3.2 introduced multi-threading, in lab environment, under optimal circumstances, using synthetic log messages. However, there was no fine print explaining this, just the statement that syslog-ng could process 650k EPS.

Quantum gates and circuits - Negative PID

Quantum computing often sounds abstract until one asks a practical question. How do you actually tell a quantum computer what to do? The answer looks

Negative PID
Provincial vet questions the future of veterinary laboratory services
One veterinary pathologist at the New Brunswick Provincial Veterinary Laboratory has questions and worries about the future of veterinary services in the province. The province has announced that the laboratory will close by March 2028.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/provincial-vet-questions-services-future-9.7144604?cmp=rss

Небольшая подборка ресурсов, где можно получить практический опыт и необходимые знания для Blue Team специалистов-2

• CyberDefenders (https://cyberdefenders.org/blueteam-ctf-challenges/?type=challenges&status=&labtype=&difficulty=&categories=&tactics=&sort=&q=) — платформа для комплексного обучения Blue Team. Бесплатно доступно выполнение различного рода задач: расследование инцидентов (даются архивы с логами) и сетевая криминалистика (дампы трафика в pcap). Есть задания на разбор инцидентов в Windows, Linux и Android.

• TryHackMe (https://tryhackme.com/room/jrsecanalystintrouxo) — стоит обратить внимание на этот материал: SOC Level 1 (https://tryhackme.com/path/outline/soclevel1), SOC Level 2 (https://tryhackme.com/path/outline/soclevel2) и Security Engineer. (https://tryhackme.com/path/outline/security-engineer-training)

#Blue_Team #blueteam #infosec #laboratory #training

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Ready to tackle Blue Team CTF challenges? Join CyberDefenders for hands-on experiences and expert guidance to sharpen your cybersecurity skills and conquer blue team tasks.

Небольшая подборка ресурсов, где можно получить практический опыт и необходимые знания для Blue Team специалистов-1.

• codeby.games (https://codeby.games/) — специализируется на наступательной безопасности, платформа абсолютно бесплатна.

• Dfir-Dirva (https://training.dfirdiva.com/listing-category/dfir-blue-team-ctfs) — сборник бесплатного и открытого материала, который включает в себя учебные лаборатории и полноценные задачи для подготовки blue team.

• Malware-Traffic-Analysis.net (https://www.malware-traffic-analysis.net/) — хранилище заданий и викторин по анализу трафика.

• Cybrary (https://app.cybrary.it/) — платформа для обучения blue team на практике. Бесплатная подписка предоставляет полный доступ к виртуальным машинам с различными конфигурациями (сканеры уязвимостей, SIEM, TIP и другое).

• Letsdefend (https://app.letsdefend.io/training) — учебная платформа с кучей учебного материала, курсов и доступных лабораторных. Весь контент в соответствии с MITRE ATT&CK.

#Blue_Team #blueteam #infosec #laboratory #training

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Dear colleagues interested in #metadata and #laboratory workflows,

our project “Semantic x-Lab” wants to interlink information from different lab-internal systems such as instrument 🔬 and method databases and #ElectronicLabNotebooks, and external sources such as publication #repositories and #Wikidata, in #KnowledgeGraph|s. 🕸️ Our aim is to integrate metadata from previously isolated systems and find new connections in experiments across research centers. 🏛️

We invite you to join us at this year’s #HMCConference2026 - Metadata in Action, where we will be hosting an extended workshop. We are going to present our use cases and first project results. But we would also like to hear your thoughts!

See you on 28th of April at #DKFZ #Heidelberg! #HMC2026 @helmholtz_hmc

https://events.geomar.de/event/884/page/99-pre-conference-workshops#x-Lab

HMC Conference 2026

HMC Conference 2026 – Metadata in Action How does better metadata drive better science? The Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC) Conference 2026, held 28–30 April 2026 in Heidelberg, invites you to explore how metadata creates scientific impact across disciplines and infrastructures. Under the theme “Metadata in Action,” this conference is where diverse perspectives meet. Infrastructure providers, data stewards, researchers, and centre operators come together to exchange ideas, showcase...

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