Author: ProHoster

More than 200 apps with malicious ads found on Google Play

Another collection of malicious applications with hundreds of millions of installations has been discovered on Google Play. Worst of all, these programs make mobile devices virtually unusable, Lookout said. The list, according to researchers, includes 238 applications with a total of 440 million installations. These include the Emojis TouchPal keyboard. All applications were developed by a Shanghai company […]

Polaris introduced to keep Kubernetes clusters healthy

Note. Transl.: The original of this text was written by Rob Scott, the lead SRE engineer at ReactiveOps, which is behind the development of the announced project. We are very close to the idea of ​​centralized validation of what is deployed in Kubernetes, so we are following such initiatives with interest. I am pleased to introduce Polaris, an open source project that helps keep a Kubernetes cluster healthy. We […]

Employees do not want new software - go on about or bend their own line?

Software leapfrog will soon become a very common disease of companies. Changing one software for another because of every little thing, jumping from technology to technology, experimenting on a live business is becoming the norm. At the same time, a real civil war begins in the office: a movement of resistance to implementation is formed, guerrillas carry out subversive work against the new system, spies promote a new brave world with new […]

Moto. Mokaem AWS

Testing is an integral part of the development process. And sometimes developers need to run tests locally, before committing changes. If your application uses Amazon Web Services, the moto python library is ideal for this. A complete list of resource coverage can be found here. There is a Hugo Picado turnip on Github - moto-server. Ready image, launch and use. The only nuance is [...]

Work and life of an IT specialist in Cyprus - pros and cons

Cyprus is a small country in southeastern Europe. Located on the third largest island in the Mediterranean. The country is part of the European Union, but is not part of the Schengen agreement. Among Russians, Cyprus is strongly associated with offshores and a tax haven, although in fact this is not entirely true. The island has a developed infrastructure, excellent roads, and it is easy to do business on it. […]

Pre-order of the first book on Kubernetes written in Russian is available

The book covers the mechanisms that make containers work in GNU/Linux, the basics of working with containers using Docker and Podman, as well as the Kubernetes container orchestration system. In addition, the book introduces the features of one of the most popular Kubernetes distributions - OpenShift (OKD). This book is intended for IT professionals familiar with GNU/Linux and who want to become familiar with container technologies and the […]

LG to launch low-cost smartphone with triple camera

The resource 91mobiles reports that the South Korean company LG is preparing to release a new inexpensive smartphone: this device appeared in renders. The new product shown in the images does not yet have a specific name. It can be seen that in the back of the case there is a triple camera with optical blocks installed vertically. Below them is an LED flash. In the side part you can see the physical [...]

Computex 2019: Deepcool makes almost all of its LSS leak-proof

Deepcool also did not stay away from the Computex 2019 exhibition, which took place last week in the capital of Taiwan, Taipei. The manufacturer presented at its stand a number of updated maintenance-free liquid cooling systems, as well as several computer cases and even one large air cooler. A key feature of the liquid cooling systems shown by Deepcool is the anti-leakage system. This […]

Frostpunk developers talk about Project 8 - their new, less gloomy game

Eurogamer published an article regarding the future plans of 11 bit Studios. The developers of Frostpunk and This War of Mine are working on a new game called Project 8. The authors hardly share the details of the upcoming project, but promise users a new experience when playing through it. 11 bit Studios promised to make its next work less gloomy, but in it, as in […]

Bethesda denies impact of repair kits on balance in Fallout 76 and monitors player feedback

PCGamer interviewed Jeff Gardiner and Chris Mayer of Bethesda Softworks. The first is the company's project manager, and the second is the development director. The topic of the conversation was Fallout 76, and a separate point in the conversation was repair kits, the introduction of which fans are now protesting against. The fact is that the mentioned item is purchased from Atomic […]

About 5.5% of identified vulnerabilities are used to carry out attacks

A team of researchers from Virginia Tech, Cyentia and RAND have published their analysis of the risks of different remediation strategies. Having studied 76 thousand vulnerabilities found from 2009 to 2018, it was revealed that only 4183 of them (5.5%) were used to carry out real attacks. The resulting figure is five times higher than previously published forecasts, […]