Imagine a problem: two people disappeared in the forest. One of them is still mobile, the other lies in place and cannot move. The point where they were last seen is known. The search radius around it is 10 kilometers. This results in an area of 314 km2. You have ten hours to search using the latest technology. Having heard the condition for the first […]
The creator of Python, who spent the last six and a half years at Dropbox, is retiring. For these 6,5 years, Guido worked on Python and developed the Dropbox development culture, which was going through the transition stage from a startup to a large company: he was a mentor, mentoring developers to write clear code and cover it with good tests. He also put together a plan to translate the codebase […]
A corrective release of the package for creating virtual private networks OpenVPN 2.4.8 has been created. The new version restores the ability to build with the LibreSSL cryptographic library and provides support for building with OpenSSL 1.1 without outdated APIs. Implemented PSS (Probabilistic Signature Scheme) padding processing in cryptoapicert (required for TLS 1.2 and 1.3). The size of the queue of incoming connections waiting to be processed (backlog in […]
Due to a caching error in the content delivery system, when trying to download one of the builds of the Python 3.5.8 maintenance release published the day before yesterday, a pre-release build was distributed that did not contain all the fixes. The problem affected only the Python-3.5.8.tar.xz archive; the Python-3.5.8.tgz assembly was distributed correctly. All users who downloaded the file “Python-3.5.8.tar.xz” in the first 12 hours after the release are recommended to check the correctness of the downloaded data using the control […]
The MTS operator began installing automatic terminals for issuing SIM cards in Russian Post offices. So-called SIM cards use biometric technologies. In order to receive a SIM card, you need to scan the passport pages with a photo and the code of the department that issued the passport on your device, and also take a photo. Next, the system will automatically determine the authenticity of the document, compare the photo in the passport with the photo taken on the spot, […]
Task: I have a PC without the Internet, but it is possible to transfer a file via USB. There is a tablet with the Internet from which this file can be transferred. You can download the required torrent on your tablet, but there is not enough free space. The file in the torrent is one and large. Path to solution: I started a torrent for downloading. When the free space was almost gone, I […]
The ability to remotely downgrade devices based on RouterOS (Mikrotik) puts hundreds of thousands of network devices at risk. The vulnerability is associated with poisoning of the DNS cache of the Winbox protocol and allows you to load outdated (with a default password reset) or modified firmware onto the device. Vulnerability Details RouterOS Terminal supports the resolve command for DNS lookup. This request is handled by a binary called resolver. Resolver is […]
1. A little background 2. Technical characteristics of Phicomm K3C 3. OpenWRT firmware 4. Russifying the interface 5. Adding dark themes The Chinese company Phicomm has a device in its range of Wi-Fi routers called K3C AC1900 Smart WLAN Router. The device uses a combination of Intel AnyWAN SoC GRX350 and Intel Home Wi-Fi Chipset WAV500 (by the way, the same hardware is used […]
On November 15-16, 2019, the international business hackathon Baltic Sea Digital Event will be held at the University of Latvia (Riga). The hackathon is focused on the use of the following technologies: distributed registry systems, big data, wireless communications, industrial Internet, virtual and augmented reality. Hurry: online registration of participants closes on October 31, that is TOMORROW, at 23:59. You have a little more than a day to [...]
Hackers are celebrating another victory over Denuvo. The Codex group has hacked the latest version of DRM protection in Borderlands 3. The game is already freely available on the relevant resources. The same anti-piracy protection is used in Mortal Kombat 11, Anno 1800 and a number of other games that have not yet appeared on torrent trackers. The hackers did not say whether they would make the remaining projects […]
The head of the Kojima Productions studio, Hideo Kojima, gave an interview to representatives of the YouTube channel Rocket Beans Gaming. The conversation turned to the potential creation of a VR game. The well-known developer said that he would like to take on such a project, but he currently “doesn’t have enough time for it.” Hideo Kojima stated: “I’m really interested in VR, but right now there’s no way to be distracted by something […]
Activision has revealed the financial results of the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. In the first three days of sales, the project brought the developers more than $600 million, becoming the best-selling game in the series. According to the publisher, the shooter set several more records. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare showed the most successful start in digital format among all Activision projects, became the most successful digital […]
