Author: Yuri Gagarin

Hackers have published the personal data of thousands of U.S. police officers and FBI agents.

The TechCrunch resource reported that a hacking group breached several websites associated with the FBI and uploaded their content to the Internet, including dozens of files containing personal data of thousands of federal agents and law enforcement personnel. The hackers compromised three sites linked to the FBI National Academy Association, a union of various departments across the U.S. promoting training and guidance for agents and […]

Release of GhostBSD 19.04

The release of the desktop-oriented distribution GhostBSD 19.04 has taken place, built on the basis of TrueOS and offering the MATE desktop environment. By default, GhostBSD uses the OpenRC initialization system and the ZFS file system. Both live mode operation and installation on a hard drive are supported (it uses a custom installer, ginstall, written in Python). Boot images are created for the amd64 architecture (2.7 GB). In […]

The unique 14-core Core i9-9990XE processor is now available for €2999.

Earlier this year, Intel unveiled one of its most unusual and expensive desktop processors — the Core i9-9990XE. Remarkable features are not the only thing that makes this model standout; its distribution method is unusual as well: Intel sells this processor at closed auctions to a select group of desktop PC manufacturers. However, the well-known store CaseKing.de has decided to offer the Core i9-9990XE […]

Ray tracing has arrived on GeForce GTX: you can see for yourself.

Starting today, real-time ray tracing is supported not only by GeForce RTX graphics cards but also by some GeForce GTX 16xx and 10xx cards. The GeForce Game Ready 425.31 WHQL driver, which enables this feature for the graphics cards, can now be downloaded from NVIDIA's official site or updated through the GeForce Now application. A list of graphics cards supporting real-time ray tracing […]

Dragonblood: the first vulnerabilities in Wi-Fi WPA3 have been identified.

In October 2017, it unexpectedly became clear that there was a serious vulnerability in the Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) protocol for encrypting Wi-Fi traffic, which allows users' passwords to be revealed and subsequently enables eavesdropping on the victim's data exchange. The vulnerability, named KRACK (short for Key Reinstallation Attack), was discovered by experts Mathy Vanhoef and Eyal Ronen. After discovery […]

Queues and JMeter: Interaction with Publisher and Subscriber

Hello, Habr! This is a sequel to my previous publication where I will discuss options for queuing messages using JMeter. We are building a data bus for a large federal company. Various request formats, transformations, intricate routing. For testing, we need to send a lot of messages to the queues. Doing it manually is a pain that not every manual tester can handle. Introduction Although this pain […]

IBM MQ and JMeter: First Encounter

Hello, Habr! This is a prequel to my previous publication and at the same time a remake of the article Automated Testing of Services Using the MQ Protocol with JMeter. This time I will share my experience in reconciling JMeter and IBM MQ for effective application testing on IBM WAS. I faced such a task, and it was not easily solved. I want to help save time for everyone […]

Teasers for the new Bentley Flying Spur have been published.

A teaser image of the Flying Spur sedan has surfaced online. If you like the Bentley Continental GT, you'll likely appreciate this new model, as its outlines resemble a coupe transformed into something more massive. As in previous years, the Flying Spur features more streamlined shapes compared to the flagship Mulsanne sedan. It can be assumed that the car in question will receive plenty of […]

The Intel Spoiler vulnerability has received official status, but there is no patch and none will be released.

Recently, Intel issued a notice assigning an official identifier to the Spoiler vulnerability. The Spoiler vulnerability became known a month ago following reports from specialists at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts and the University of Lübeck (Germany). If it comforts anyone, the Spoiler will be labeled as vulnerability CVE-2019-0162 in vulnerability databases. For pessimists, Intel does not plan to release patches for […]

Electrical brain stimulation has helped the memory of elderly people catch up to that of younger individuals.

From treating depression to reducing the effects of Parkinson's disease and awakening patients in a vegetative state, brain stimulation with electric currents holds immense potential. One of the new studies focused its efforts on halting the decline in cognitive abilities by enhancing memory and learning capabilities. An experiment conducted by scientists from Boston University demonstrated a non-invasive technique capable of restoring functionality […]

How to Connect GitLab and Pantheon and Optimize Workflows for Drupal and WordPress

Our guest, the creator of developer tools at Pantheon, discusses how to automate WordPress deployments using GitLab CI/CD. At Pantheon, I handle developer relations, so I'm always looking for new ways to help WordPress and Drupal developers tackle problems with automation in their workflows. For this, I love experimenting with new tools and combining them with each other […]

The VSCodium project develops a fully open version of the Visual Studio Code editor.

As part of the VSCodium project, a build of the Visual Studio Code (VSCode) editor is being developed, containing only free components, stripped of Microsoft branding elements and free from telemetry code. VSCodium builds are prepared for Windows, macOS, and Linux, and come with built-in support for Git, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Node.js. Functionally, VSCodium replicates Visual Studio Code and provides […]

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