Author: ProHoster

Telegram now allows you to delete any messages

Update 1.6.1 has been released for the Telegram messenger, which has added a number of expected features. In particular, this is the function of deleting any message in the correspondence. Moreover, it will be deleted from both users in a private chat. Previously, this feature worked for the first 48 hours. You can also delete not only your messages, but also the messages of the interlocutor. Now you can limit […]

KnowledgeConf: We need to have a serious talk about talks

On the first day of spring (or the fifth month of winter, whatever you like), the submission of applications for KnowledgeConf, a conference on knowledge management in IT companies, ended. Frankly, the results of Call for Papers exceeded all expectations. Yes, we understood that the topic was relevant, we saw it at other conferences and meetups, but that it would open up so many new facets and […]

HTC Vive Focus Plus, a professional-focused VR headset, will debut in mid-April for $799

HTC announced at its annual Vive Ecosystem Conference in Shenzhen on Monday that it will launch the Vive Focus Plus VR headset aimed at professional users and developers. Announced in February this year, the novelty is positioned as a single hardware device for corporate clients. Starting April 15, the self-contained VR headset will be available in 25 markets via the […]

Squared: the new cooling fan Cooler Master MasterFan SF120R ARGB

Cooler Master officially introduced the MasterFan SF120R ARGB cooling fan, which was demonstrated during the January CES 2019 electronics exhibition. The developer calls the square casing design a feature of the novelty: this solution is used in MasterFan products for the first time. This design is designed to maximize the coverage area and increase the pressure of the air flow. The cooler is equipped with Addressable RGB multi-color illumination. We are talking about compatibility with […]

Discs roll and roll

By the spring of 1987, the optical revolution had become a reality. Laser technology made it possible to beat the nearest competitor tenfold - Winchester (so they wrote, with a capital letter). Mind blowers Optimem and Verbatim were preparing prototypes of rewritable optical storage devices, and experts and analysts were making long-term plans. One of the world's pillars of science pop, still alive today, Popular Science in the article "Erasable optical […]

How was the opening of Zabbix in Russia

On March 14, the first Russian Zabbix office opened in Moscow. The opening celebration was held in the format of a mini-conference, bringing together more than 300 customers and interested users. The event started with an exam. The pre-scheduled session gave me the opportunity to prove my knowledge and get certified as a certified specialist or a certified Zabbix professional without going through the appropriate training course. Congratulations to those who made it! Impressed by the average score […]

Undercover: the attackers turned the ASUS utility into a tool for a cunning attack

Kaspersky Lab has uncovered a sophisticated cyberattack that could have killed up to a million users of ASUS laptops and desktops. The investigation revealed that cybercriminals added malicious code to the ASUS Live Update utility, which delivers BIOS, UEFI and software updates. After that, the attackers organized the distribution of the modified utility through official channels. “The Trojanized utility was signed with a legitimate […]

Huawei MediaPad M5 Lite 8 tablet with Kirin 710 chip is available in four versions

Huawei has announced the MediaPad M5 Lite 8 tablet, made on the Android 9.0 (Pie) software platform with a proprietary add-on EMUI 9.0. The novelty received an 8-inch display with a resolution of 1920 × 1200 pixels. The front has an 8-megapixel camera with a maximum aperture of f/2,0. The rear camera uses a 13-megapixel sensor; maximum aperture - f / 2,2. The “heart” of the gadget is the Kirin 710 processor. It […]

How it all began: optical discs and their history

Optical CDs appeared in general access in 1982, the prototype was released even earlier - in 1979. Initially, compacts were developed as a replacement for vinyl discs, as a better and more reliable medium. It is believed that laser discs are the result of the joint work of the teams of two technology corporations - the Japanese Sony and the Dutch Philips. At the same time, the basic technology of "cold lasers", […]

Analysis of attacks on Honeypot Cowrie

Statistics for 24 hours after the honeypot was installed on the Digital Ocean node in Singapore Piu-piu! Let's start right away with the attack map Our super cool map shows the unique ASNs that connected to our honeypot Cowrie in 24 hours. Yellow represents SSH connections and red represents Telnet. Such animations often impress the board of directors of the company, which allows them to get more funding for security and […]

Trap (tarpit) for incoming SSH connections

It's no secret that the Internet is a very hostile environment. As soon as you raise a server, it is instantly subjected to massive attacks and multiple scans. Using the example of honeypot from security companies, you can assess the scale of this garbage traffic. In fact, on the average server, 99% of traffic may be malicious. Tarpit is a trap port used to slow down incoming connections. If a third-party system is connected [...]

Dead Cells has sold over one million copies. The second most important platform was the Nintendo Switch

Dead Cells, one of the best metroidvania games, has gone platinum. The fact that its sales exceeded one million copies, its lead designer Sébastien Bénard, announced at the Game Developers Conference 2019 event. Developers from the French Motion Twin also talked about the division of sales by platform and the significance of the success of the project for the studio. 60% of copies sold […]