Author: ProHoster

Flow protocols as a tool for monitoring the security of an internal network

When it comes to monitoring the security of an internal corporate or departmental network, many associate it with controlling information leaks and implementing DLP solutions. And if you try to clarify the question and ask how you detect attacks on the internal network, then the answer will, as a rule, be a mention of intrusion detection systems (IDS). And what was the only […]

Cisco Training 200-125 CCNA v3.0. Day 22 CCNA Version XNUMX: Continue learning RIP

I already said that I will be updating my video tutorials to CCNA v3. Everything you learned in previous lessons is fully relevant to the new course. If the need arises, I will include additional topics in new lessons, so you can rest assured that our lessons are aligned with the 200-125 CCNA course. First, we will fully study the topics of the first exam 100-105 ICND1. […]

Google bans dessert names from Android releases

Google has announced that it will end the practice of assigning the names of sweets and desserts to Android platform releases in alphabetical order and will switch to regular digital numbering. The previous scheme was borrowed from the practice of naming internal branches used by Google engineers, but caused a lot of confusion among users and third-party developers. Thus, the currently developed release of Android Q is now officially […]

The Unix operating system is 50 years old

In August 1969, Ken Thompson and Denis Ritchie of the Bell Laboratory, dissatisfied with the size and complexity of the Multics OS, after one month of hard work, presented the first working prototype of the Unix operating system, created in assembly language for the PDP-7 minicomputer. Around this time, the high-level programming language Bee was developed, which a few years later evolved into […]

Release of the CUPS 2.3 printing system with a change in the license for the project code

Almost three years after the formation of the last significant branch, Apple introduced the release of the free printing system CUPS 2.3 (Common Unix Printing System), used in macOS and most Linux distributions. The development of CUPS is completely controlled by Apple, which in 2007 absorbed the company Easy Software Products, which created CUPS. Starting with this release, the license for the code has changed [...]

The modder improved the textures of the Dust 2 map from Counter-Strike 1.6 with the help of a neural network

Recently, fans often use neural networks to improve old cult projects. This includes Doom, Final Fantasy VII, and now a bit of Counter-Strike 1.6. The author of the YouTube channel 3kliksphilip used artificial intelligence to increase the resolution of the textures of the Dust 2 map, one of the most popular locations in the old competitive shooter from Valve. The modder recorded a video demonstrating the changes. […]

Corsair K57 RGB keyboard can connect to PC in three ways

Corsair has expanded its range of gaming-grade keyboards by announcing the full-size K57 RGB Wireless Gaming Keyboard. The new product can connect to a computer in three different ways. One of them is wired, via a USB interface. In addition, Bluetooth wireless communication is supported. Finally, the company's ultra-fast SlipStream wireless technology (2,4 GHz band) is implemented: it is claimed that in this mode the delay […]

ASUS unveils ROG Strix Scope TKL Deluxe mechanical gaming keyboard

ASUS has introduced a new Strix Scope TKL Deluxe keyboard in the Republic of Gamers series, which is built on mechanical switches and is designed for use with gaming systems. ROG Strix Scope TKL Deluxe is a keyboard without a number pad, and in general, according to the manufacturer, has 60% less volume compared to full-size keyboards. IN […]

NVIDIA adds ray tracing support to GeForce Now cloud gaming service

At gamescom 2019, NVIDIA announced that its streaming gaming service GeForce Now now includes servers that use graphics accelerators with hardware ray tracing acceleration. It turns out that NVIDIA has created the first streaming game service with support for real-time ray tracing. This means that anyone can now enjoy ray tracing […]

You can now build Docker images in werf using a regular Dockerfile

Better late than never. Or how we almost made a serious mistake by not having support for regular Dockerfiles to build application images. We will talk about werf - a GitOps utility that integrates with any CI/CD system and provides management of the entire application lifecycle, allowing you to: collect and publish images, deploy applications in Kubernetes, delete unused images using special policies. […]

Users will be able to interact with LG smart appliances using voice

LG Electronics (LG) announced the development of a new mobile application, ThinQ (formerly SmartThinQ), for interacting with smart home devices. The main feature of the program is support for voice commands in natural language. This system uses Google Assistant voice recognition technology. Using common phrases, users will be able to interact with any smart device connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi. […]

Every third Russian lost money as a result of telephone fraud

A study conducted by Kaspersky Lab suggests that almost every tenth Russian has lost a large amount of money as a result of telephone fraud. Typically, telephone scammers act on behalf of a financial institution, say a bank. The classic scheme of such an attack is as follows: attackers call from a fake number or from a number that previously really belonged to the bank, introduce themselves as its employees and […]