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July 23, 2024Information hallICS Malware / Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is the ninth industrial control system (ICS) malware that was used in a disruptive cyber attack targeting an energy company in the Ukrainian city of Lviv in early January of this year. Industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos named the malware FrostyGoopdescribing it as the first out-of-the-box malware strain Modbus TCP communication to sabotage operational technology (OT) networks. It was discovered by the company in April 2024. “FrostyGoop is an ICS malware written in Golang that can interact directly with Industrial Control Systems (ICS) using Modbus TCP…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (C) arrives for a meeting with Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on April 30, 2024. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP) (Photo by BAY ISMOYO/AFP via Getty Images)Bay Ismoyo | Afp | Getty ImagesMicrosoft on Tuesday said it will pump $1.7 billion into Indonesia over the next four years to build new cloud and AI infrastructure. The announcement came as CEO Satya Nadella met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on the same day.Microsoft said the funds will also go toward training 840,000 Indonesians in AI skills and supporting the local community…
I attended a rock concert in Jakarta alone, and it was the safest I’ve ever felt at a public event. The author never felt more personal space at an event than at a concert in Jakarta. Marielle Descalsota/Insider Most concerts I’ve been to serve alcohol, but the rock concert I attended in Jakarta was dry. Instead, concert-goers were downing coffees from Starbucks and cans of Coke. Due to boozy crowds at the concerts I’d gone to in the past, I’ve often woken up with bruises from being shoved by other fans.I was initially anxious about traveling to another country to…
he Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, in cooperation with state-owned railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI), kicked off on Monday a trial of 40 percent palm oil biodiesel (B40) to power the Bogowonto train connecting Pasar Senen Station in Central Jakarta and Lempuyangan Station in Yogyakarta.Eniya Listiani Dewi, the ministry’s renewables director general, said the B40 biofuel trial aimed to test the durability of the train engine and was scheduled to last 1,200 hours, or 50 days. “Today, we held a launch ceremony for the B40 [trial] in the railway sector,” she said on Monday, as quoted by Kompas.com,…
Media NoteOffice of SpokespersonU.S. Department of StateMay 1, 2023 U.S. Department of State Special Envoy for Global Youth Issues Abby Finkenauer will travel to Bali, Indonesia, May 1 to 5 to participate in the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Women’s Leadership Academy. During the trip, the Special Envoy will provide key remarks, facilitate workshop discussions, and engage with emerging women leaders, advocates, and leaders from Southeast Asia to support their work to address the climate crisis and challenges in four areas: Environment, Ecology, Energy, and Equity. Special Envoy Finkenauer’s travel underscores the United States’ commitment to youth leaders and the…
Indonesia sees spike in 5G smartphones despite low network coverage.(Source – Shutterstock)After much delays, Indonesia is now set to pass its first data privacy law, known as the Personal Data Protection Act (PDP Law).The Southeast Asian nation has been witnessing a rise in data breaches of late, hence why it wants to replicate the same data subject rights and personal data processing regulations set by the European Union in their GDPR.The possible content of the law is listed below.Indonesia is home to almost 280 million people, making it the largest and most populous country in Southeast Asia. Yet, the country…
July 23, 2024Information hallOnline privacy / regulatory compliance Google on Monday abandoned plans to phase out third-party tracking cookies in its Chrome web browser more than four years after it introduced the option as part of a broader set of controversial proposals called the Privacy Sandbox. “Instead of making third-party cookies obsolete, we’d introduce a new experience in Chrome that allows people to make informed choices that apply to their web browsing, and they can change those choices at any time,” — Anthony Chavez deputy president of the initiative, said. “We are discussing this new pathway with regulators and will…
In its latest proposal to the Indonesian Navy, France’s Naval Group is proposing a new variant of its Scorpene submarine featuring Lithium-Ion battery technology… Fauzan Malufti 13 Oct 2023 French shipbuilder Naval Group has recently updated its Scorpene submarine proposal to Indonesia. Dubbed ‘Scorpene Evolved’, the submarine’s propulsion system will be installed with a full Lithium-Ion Batteries (LIBs) configuration, thus giving it the longest endurance of any other variant in the Scorpene family. In February 2022, the two countries already signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for two locally-made Scorpene submarines. Scorpene Evolved Scorpene…
While Bali is the top destination that comes to mind for many visitors to Indonesia, this nation has more to offer. Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world, with 280 million residents spread across 17,000 islands. With over 1,000 ethnic groups in Indonesia, each culture is shaped and influenced by its geographical location and way of life. The archipelago of Indonesia stretches across 28 provinces, bordering the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. With a nation so spread out and countries like Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia as its neighbours, visiting all of Indonesia…
ivyendra Singh Jadoun was busy making artificial intelligence-based visual effects and voice clones for film and television in India, when he began getting calls from politicians: could he create AI videos, or deepfakes, for their election campaign?With a hotly-contested local election in his home state of Rajasthan last November, and a national election due by May this year, the opportunity for his company, The Indian Deepfaker, is tremendous. But Jadoun was reluctant. “The technology to create deepfakes is so good now, it can be done almost instantaneously, with very little effort – and people cannot tell if it’s real or…