Our colleagues from TechPowerUP, citing publications in the Dutch press, report that Intel attempted to bribe researchers who discovered MDS vulnerabilities. Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) vulnerabilities were found in Intel processors sold over the past 8 years. These vulnerabilities were discovered by security specialists from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam […]
A new version of the oldest supported password cracking program, John the Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1, has been released (the project has been in development since 1996). Since the last version 1.8.0-jumbo-1, which was released 4.5 years ago, over 6000 changes (git commits) have been made by more than 80 developers. Thanks to continuous integration, which includes a preliminary review of each change (pull request) on many platforms, during this […]
A new version of the oldest supported password cracking program, John the Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1, has been released. (The project has been in development since 1996.) The project page offers source code downloads as well as ready-made builds for Windows. It is noted that 4.5 years have passed since the release of version 1.8.0-jumbo-1, during which over 6000 changes (git commits) were made by more than 80 developers. During […]
Engineers from Cloudflare, Mozilla, Facebook, and Bloomberg have proposed a new format called BinaryAST to accelerate the delivery and processing of JavaScript code when websites are opened in a browser. BinaryAST offloads the parsing phase to the server side and delivers a pre-compiled abstract syntax tree (AST). Upon receiving BinaryAST, the browser can immediately transition to the compilation stage, bypassing the parsing of the original JavaScript code. […]
Even without a deep understanding of mobile communication standards, anyone is likely to agree that 5G is better than 4G/LTE. However, the reality is more complex. Let’s explore what makes 5G better or worse and which use cases are most promising given the current landscape. So, what does the 5G technology promise us? An increase in speed in […]
Introduction function getAbsolutelyRandomNumer() { return 4; // returns absolutely random number! } Just like the concept of an absolutely robust cipher in cryptography, real protocols for a 'Publicly Verifiable Random Beacon' (PVRB) only strive to get as close as possible to the ideal scheme, as it is not applicable in its pure form in real networks: agreements must be strictly on one bit, rounds must […]
To hide an IP address or bypass content blocks, proxies are commonly used. They come in different types. Today we will compare two of the most popular types of proxies – server and residential, discussing their advantages, disadvantages, and use cases. How Server Proxies Work Server (Datacenter) proxies are the most common type. When using them, IP addresses are provided by cloud service providers. […]
Let's imagine chemistry without Mendeleev's Periodic Table (1869). How many elements would one need to remember, and in random order...? (Back then — 60.) It’s enough to think about one or several programming languages at once. The same feelings, the same creative chaos. Now we can experience the emotions of 19th-century chemists when they were presented with all their […]
Recently, the research company Javelin Strategy & Research published a report titled 'The State of Strong Authentication 2019'. Its creators gathered information on the authentication methods used in corporate environments and user applications, as well as made interesting conclusions about the future of strong authentication. We have already published the translation of the first part with the authors' findings on Habrahabr. Now we present […]
Recently, we reported that a new operator, Nøkk, from the assault team will appear in the tactical shooter Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege in the coming days. The defense team will also receive reinforcements as part of the second season of the fourth year of game support. Ubisoft unveiled a teaser detailing the American operative codename Warden. Colin McKinley hails from Kentucky and has made a notable career in the navy […]
The release of the distribution for creating routers and firewalls — IPFire 2.23 Core 131 — has been formed. IPFire features an extremely simple installation process and a configuration organization through an intuitive web interface filled with clear graphics. The size of the installation ISO image is 256 MB (x86_64, i586, ARM). The system is modular; in addition to basic packet filtering and traffic management functions, modules implementing […]
A new implementation of the FastCGI protocol, written in modern C++17, is now available. The library is notable for its ease of use and high performance. It can be connected as either a statically or dynamically linked library or embedded into an application in the form of a header file. In addition to Unix-like systems, support for use in Windows is ensured. The code is distributed under the free zlib license. Source: opennet.ru