#remediation — Public Fediverse posts

In wake of #SpokaneComplex fires, helpers arrive in droves

https://www.kuow.org/climate/2026-08-13/in-wake-of-spokane-complex-fires-helpers-arrive-in-droves #conflagration #urbanwildfires #remediation #mutualassistance #climate

Automate OpenSCAP remediation on RHEL 9: run `oscap xccdf eval --results arf.xml`, then `oscap xccdf generate fix --fix-type ansible` to produce a playbook that applies all failed rule fixes, like file permissions. Save time, ensure consistency. #openscap #ansible #remediation

https://www.valtersit.com/vault/remediate-openscap-findings-automatically-with-ansible-playb-9a1f18/

Not the right person to action this yourself? ➡️ Forward this to whoever handles abuse reports or security escalations at your company.

It takes less than 5 minutes to pull the list and get started 🙏

#Trustandsafety #SocGholish #Remediation

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Automate compliance fixes: use OpenSCAP's generate-fix to create a Bash remediation script from XCCDF scan results. Maps failed rules to benchmark fixes for RHEL 8/9, CentOS 8, Fedora 36+. #remediation #snippet #openscap

https://www.valtersit.com/vault/remediation-script-generation-from-scan-results-911c2d/

Team of #HZDR, #Wismut and University of Granada demonstrated that bacteria can convert #uranium dissolved in water into a stable compound when they have access to #glycerol as a food source, a finding relevant to future research on the use of bacteria for environmental #remediation.

Image: HZDR/J. Raff/E. Krawczyk-Bärsch/edited with AI

▶️ https://www.hzdr.de/presse/u-bacteria

#Eggshells from agro-industrial waste for the recovery of #lime, #portlandite, and #calcite nanoparticles through the lime cycle: A circular economic approach

Highlights:

• The study proposes to obtain calcite (#CaCO3) from eggshell agro-industrial waste within a circular economy approach.
• The lime cycle can be used to transform calcite (CaCO3) into lime (CaO) or portlandite (Ca(OH)2).
• Eggshells contain trace elements that can aid in synthesizing materials for #EnvironmentalRemediation..

"Eggshells from agro-industrial waste can be used as natural source to obtain nanometric CaCO3, CaO, and Ca(OH)2 using the lime cycle. The nanometric size and the phase identification of all samples were confirmed by X-ray diffraction and FWHM. The SEM images show that CaCO3, CaO, and Ca(OH)2 from eggshells are microparticles in the form of nanocrystals, which correlate with the DLS results. The Zeta Potential varies due to the loss of CO2 when CaCO3 is converted in CaO, and for this reason, the CaO is more negative. When CaO is hydrated, the Ca(OH)2 is more stable, and these differences can be attributed to the mineral content in the samples. Eggshells naturally have different trace minerals that maintain a long calcium cycle and show variation due to a concentration effect when the CaCO3 changes to CaO. There is a notable a decrease of the trace minerals when CaO. When CaO is converted to Ca(OH)2, there is a significant decrease in trace minerals as some ions are soluble in the water during soaking. It is recommended to carry out the conversion of CaO to Ca(OH)2 under controlled conditions (low humidity and CO2). These findings can be useful to treat #AgroIndustrial waste and to develop nanotechnological applications in different fields."

Full article:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949839224000166

#SolarPunkSunday #CircularEconomy #ZeroWaste #NewTechnology #Remediation

🎙️ The #FIRSTImpressionsPodcast is back for the 2026 conference season!
Tune in to the newest episode at: https://media.first.org/podcasts/FIRST_Impressions-MorLior.mp3

In this episode, podcasters interview Mor Weinberger and Lior Kaplan to preview their #FIRSTCON26 session: “From Discovery to Fix: What 10,000 Open Source Projects Reveal About CVE Remediation”

The conversation dives into:
🔹 Why 90% of #CVEs already have fixes available
🔹 Why #remediation still takes months
🔹 How AI is accelerating vulnerability discovery
🔹 The hidden complexity of open source supply chains
🔹 Practical ways organizations can reduce risk today

New episodes drop every Friday leading up to FIRSTCON, featuring previews of conference talks and conversations with presenters across the global incident response community.

📍FIRST Conference 2026
June 14–19 | Denver, Colorado

Secure your seat today: https://www.first.org/conference/2026/registration

#FIRSTCON26 #CyberSecurity #OpenSource #VulnerabilityManagement #CVE #DevSecOps #SupplyChainSecurity

A new study finds that perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) can be degraded, albeit slowly, by hydrogen radicals in the water following irradiation with ultraviolet light with wavelengths shorter than 300 nm.

Summary: https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-just-found-a-surprising-way-to-destroy-forever-chemicals/

Original paper (not open access): https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.5c16178

#Science #Pollution #PFAS #Remediation

Too many alerts. Not enough clarity.
Our 30-Day AI Remediation Playbook helps teams prioritize real risk and remediate faster.

👉 https://go.xygeni.io/30-day-ai-remediation-playbook-prioritize-real-risk-faster?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=30_day_ai_remediation_playbook&utm_content=organic_post

#AppSec #DevSecOps #AI #Remediation

🍊 How 12,000 Tonnes of Dumped Orange Peel Grew Into a Landscape Nobody Expected to Find

https://www.sciencealert.com/how-12-000-tonnes-of-dumped-orange-peel-produced-something-nobody-imagined

#costarica #environment #ecology #climatechange #remediation #waste #circulareconomy #centralamerica

#WJARR / Omoniyi Gbohunmi Korede, Oluwaferanmi O. Akinyemi, Adeyemi Zaheed Oshilalu:

Environmental and ecological impact of radioactive waste disposal

https://wjarr.com/content/environmental-and-ecological-impact-radioactive-waste-disposal

#pdf: https://wjarr.com/sites/default/files/fulltext_pdf/WJARR-2023-0728.pdf

2023

#Atommüll #Bioaccumulation #Biodiversity #Contamination #EcologicalImpact #NuclearWaste #RadioactiveWaste #Remediation

Exclusive: Bain and Greylock bet $42 million that AI agents can fix cybersecurity’s worst bottleneck | Fortune https://fortune.com/2026/02/18/exclusive-bain-and-greylock-bet-42-million-that-ai-agents-can-finally-fix-cybersecuritys-messiest-bottleneck/ #cybersecurity #AI #AIAgents #vulnerabilities #discovery #remediation

Karen McCall of Karlen Communications (not on fediverse) has published the results of the 2025 PDF user experience and PDF remediator surveys.

Here are links to each along with a link to the source page.

[1] PDF and the User Experience Survey Results 2025 (PDF, 835 KB)
https://www.karlencommunications.com/adobe/PDF-UserExperienceSurvey2025Results.pdf

[2] PDF Remediators Survey Results 2025 (PDF, 701 KB)
https://www.karlencommunications.com/adobe/PDF-RemediatorsSurveyResults2025.pdf

[3] Source:
https://www.karlencommunications.com/Research.html

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#PDF #Research #Remediation #A11y #Accessibility #UX #User

RE: https://aus.social/@MorpheusB/115847060290699484

New evidence Microplastics are radically transforming the planet. We must halt plastic production now, and research ways to adapt to what cannot be undone. #plasticstreaty #microPlastics #ocean #remediation

Fragmented tooling slows vulnerability management https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/28/hackuity-vulnerability-management-trends-report/ #vulnerabilitymanagement #threatintelligence #cybersecurity #remediation #Hackuity #report #News

🧑‍🎓 #PhD / doctoral researcher: #PFAS #Subsurface #Remediation #hiring #job #FediHire #EnvEng
⚗️ research facility for subsurface remediation, VEGAS,
@unistuttgart.bsky.social
📍 Stuttgart, Germany

Details: www.earthworks-jobs.com/jobpost/stut...

DM me with questions!

@spamhaus Taking down the infrastructure is only half the battle, supporting those affected is just as important. Thank you, for stepping in again to help remediate machines infected with the Rhadamanthys malware 👏👏 #Community #Endgame3 #Remediation

🌎 Mapping dominant chemical speciation in a polluted carbonate aquifer

In my recent modeling work, I modeled the dominant forms of element speciation in groundwater within a carbonate system.

Beyond pure geochemical curiosity, this approach provides a practical lens:
– it reveals where mineral precipitation is most probable,
– and helps identify zones where remediation can be most effective.

💻 Combining thermodynamic modeling (PHREEQC) with spatial analysis in R and QGIS turns subsurface processes into actionable insights for water-quality management and contamination mitigation.

Two figures below show the modeled distribution of cadmium species across the aquifer and their evolution with dilution

📘 Full details in the draft monograph:
🔗 https://zenodo.org/records/16741148

#Geochemistry #Hydrogeology #PHREEQC #GroundwaterContamination #MineWater #EnvironmentalGeochemistry #Metasomatism #Aquifer #RStats #QGIS #GeospatialAnalysis #OpenScience #IndependentResearch #WaterQuality #Remediation #SvystunovaGully

It is also interesting to see how people spend significant time and effort to download digital facsimiles from academic repositories, edit every image, and upload them to the Internet Archive.

See, for example, scans of البلاغ الاسبوعي published in Cairo from 1926 onwards ( https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60578577 ). Scans of the copies held by the University of Tübingen are hosted by the University of Bonn: https://digitale-sammlungen.ulb.uni-bonn.de/ulbbnioa/periodical/pageview/7282062. Based on the position of tears and specks, I am pretty sure that these images are the source of https://archive.org/details/Elbalah-week/مجلة%20البلاغ%20الأسبوعي%20-%20العدد%20001/

#ArabPeriodicalStudies #الصحافة_العربية #remediation #digitisation

Financial services can’t shake security debt https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/04/veracode-financial-services-security-debt/ #applicationsecurity #financialindustry #cybersecurity #remediation #opensource #Veracode #report #News

Frozen No More - A Case Study Of Arctic Permafrost Impacts Of Oil And Gas Withdrawal
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-76292-2 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesening #earthobservation #oil #gas #oilandgas #O&G #energy #extraction #drilling #exploration #subsurface #permafrost #melting #humanimpacts #climatechange #oilextraction #risk #hazard #riskassessment #water #hydrology #sediment #tundra #oilwellpads #NorthSlope #Alaska #arctic #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #remediation #drillpad #oilpad #lease #industry #habitat #ecosystem #fieldwork #sampling #geology #engineeringgeology #impact

CPH Daily Bulletin 10/8/2025

In the fire zones, an immigrant workforce warily carries out cleanups

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-08/in-the-fire-zones-an-immigrant-workforce-carries-out-clean-ups

#Wildfires #Remediation #ImmigrantWorkers #Altadena #EatonFire #ICEraids

CPH Daily Bulletin 9/9/2025

Allegations of mismanagement, overspending in #California fire cleanups raised in #whistleblower trial

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-08/whistleblower-trial-reveals-claims-of-mismanagement-overspending-in-california-fire-clean-up

#Wildfires #Remediation #FEMA

#YouShouldKnow about Critical Period Cutting, an herbicide-free method of control for invasive species, particularly common buckthorn. Read about it at the following links if you're interested:

- https://fmr.org/updates/conservation/how-and-when-use-critical-period-cutting-method-remove-invasive-buckthorn

- https://fmr.org/updates/conservation/new-tool-our-toolbox-buckthorn-control-critical-period-cutting

#YSK #Gardening #Ecology #InvasiveSpecies #Remediation #Restoration #LandManagement #NativePlantGardening

#Sweden - Removal of #PFAS from water by #AquaticPlants

Maria Greger, Tommy Landberg
February, 2024

Highlights

• High total biomass is important plant trait for high PFAS accumulation from water.
• Higher PFAS accumulation in shoot than roots with time.
• Degradation of PFAS with root peroxidases and laccases.

Abstract:

"We have found that aquatic plants can reduce the content of perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) within a short period of time. The aim of this study was to determine the variation in the uptake of PFAS from contaminated water by various #wetland plant species, investigate the effect of #biomass on PFAS removal, and determine whether laccases and peroxidases are involved in the removal and degradation of PFAS. Seventeen emergent and one submerged wetland plant species were screened for PFAS uptake from highly contaminated lake water. The screening showed that #EriophorumAngustifolium, #CarexRostrata, and #ElodeaCanadensis accumulated the highest levels of all PFAS. These species were thereafter used to investigate the effect of biomass on PFAS removal from water and for the enzyme studies. The results showed that the greater the biomass per volume, the greater the PFAS removal effect. The plant-based removal of PFAS from water is mainly due to plant absorption, although degradation also occurs. In the beginning, most of the PFAS accumulated in the roots; over time, more was translocated to the shoots, resulting in a higher concentration in the shoots than in the roots. Most PFAS degradation occurred in the water; the metabolites were thereafter taken up by the plants and were accumulated in the roots and shoots. Both peroxidases and laccases were able to degrade PFAS. We conclude that wetland plants can be used for the purification of PFAS-contaminated water. For effective purification, a high biomass per volume of water is required."

Read more:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030147972302683X

#SolarPunkSunday #PFAScontamination #ForeverChemicals #PollutionSolutions #WaterIsLife #PFASPollution #Remediation #PFASRemoval #PFASRemediation

Tomorrow (Thurs, July 20) I'm hosting a webinar to share key findings from several years' worth of published research on vulnerability remediation. We have 8 data-packed reports to cover in ~30 minutes. To accomplish that, I've chosen two representative charts from each report - which was TOUGH!

Register here and let me know how you think I did: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7316732996513/WN_FHnATAyWTzG_lsjH3PkbLQ#/registration

#vulnerability #vulnerabilities #devops #devsecops #vulnerabilitymanagement #vulnerability #vulnerabilityassessment #vulnerabilityscanning #exposuremanagement #remediation #cyberriskmanagement #informationsecurity #infosec #appsec #applicationsecurity #appsecurity

Excerpt from my latest Cyentia Institute blog post, “Patching, Fast and Slow”:

There are many ways one could measure how quickly vulnerabilities are patched. Most go with a simple average, but such point statistics are a poor representation of what’s really happening with remediation timeframes. Our favored method for this is survival analysis. I won’t get into the methodology here other than to say it tracks the “death” (remediation) of vulnerabilities over time to produce a curve that looks like the ones below comparing remediation speed among sectors.

The lesson? Get remediation strategy advice from your investment firm rather than your insurer, perhaps? We could ask a bunch of other questions about why certain organizations or industries struggle more than others to address vulnerabilities…but this isn’t that post. But I do suspect the “system” guiding the patching strategies of these organizations makes a big difference in the shape of their remediation curves.

You may have caught the title of this post being a reference to Daniel Kahneman’s book “Thinking, Fast and Slow.” That was partly because it’s catchy and fits the topic. But I also think there’s a parallel to be drawn from one of the main points of that book. Kahneman describes two basic types of thinking that drive human decision-making:

System 1: Fast, automatic, frequent, emotional, stereotypic, unconscious

System 2: Slow, effortful, infrequent, logical, calculating, conscious

Maybe you see where I’m headed here. I’m not saying we can boil all patching down to just two different approaches. But my experience and research support the notion that there are two broad systems at play. Many assets lend themselves to automated, fast deployment of patches without much additional preparation or evaluation (e.g., newer versions of Windows and OSX). Those fall under System 1 patching.

Other assets require manual intervention, testing, risk evaluation, or additional effort to deploy. That fits the System 2 definition well. The more your organization has to engage in System 2 rather than System 1 patching, the slower and shallower those remediation timelines will appear. Like normal decisions, we can’t do everything via System 1…some assets need that extra System 2 treatment. But problems (and/or delays) arise when there’s a mismatch between the system used and the decision (remediation) scenario.

My takeaway for vulnerability management programs? Use System 1 patching as much as possible and System 2 patching only where necessary.

See all the analysis leading up to this conclusion in the full post: https://www.cyentia.com/patching-fast-and-slow/

#patchmanagement #vulnerabilitymanagement #vulnerabilityassessment #vulnerabilities #exposuremanagement #riskmanagement #cyberriskmanagement #remediation #cve #appsec #appsecurity #secops #securityoperations #cybersecurity #infosec #infosecurity