Mozilla Corporation announced in a blog post a significant restructuring and related layoffs of 250 employees. The reasons for this decision, according to the organization's CEO Mitchell Baker, are financial problems associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and changes in the company's plans and strategy. The chosen strategy is guided by five basic principles: New focus on products. It is alleged that they have [...]
We analyzed the data collected using honeypots - they were created by us to track threats. And we have detected significant activity of unwanted or unauthorized cryptocurrency miners deployed as rogue containers using a community-published image on Docker Hub. The image is used as part of a service that delivers malicious cryptocurrency miners. Additionally, programs for working with networks […]
We write regularly about how hackers often rely on using hacking techniques without malicious code to avoid detection. They literally "survive on the grass" using standard Windows tools, thereby bypassing antiviruses and other utilities for detecting malicious activity. As defenders, we now have to deal with the unfortunate consequences of such cunning hacking techniques: a well-located […]
This article is part of the Fileless Malware series. All the rest of the series: Adventures of the Elusive Malware, Part I Adventures of the Elusive Malware, Part II: Stealthy VBA Scripts Adventures of the Elusive Malware, Part III: Obfuscated VBA Scripts for Fun and Profit Adventures of the Elusive Malware, Part IV: DDE and Word Document Fields Adventures Elusive Malware Part V: More DDE and COM Scriptlets (We […]
Authoritative analyst Jon Prosser, who has repeatedly shared reliable information about Apple products, shared the announcement date of the iPhone 12 series smartphones, as well as the iPad and Apple Watch of the next generations. Let us remember that it was Prosser who named the exact date of the announcement of the iPhone SE back in March. According to the analyst, Apple will hold an event to launch the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 […]
With TikTok on the verge of being banned in the US, some IT companies are preparing to fill the niche that may soon become vacant. Today it became known that Facebook has begun testing the “Short Videos” feature in its proprietary application for accessing the social network. This is not surprising, because TikTok, which is a platform for publishing short videos, is very popular in the United States, and its […]
International Data Corporation (IDC) has published a fresh forecast for the global market for information security products and services. The pandemic has led many organizations to transfer their employees to remote work. In addition, the need for remote learning platforms has increased dramatically. In such conditions, companies are forced to expand their IT infrastructures and implement additional security measures. By […]
Jeff Wilcox from the Microsoft Open Source Programs Office team introduced a new website, opensource.microsoft.com, which collects information about Microsoft's open source projects and the company's participation in the open source ecosystem. The site also displays real-time activity of Microsoft employees in projects on GitHub, including projects in which […]
The Linux Foundation, a non-profit organization that oversees a wide range of work related to the development of Linux, announced that Facebook has become a Platinum Member, which earns the right to have a company representative serve on the Linux Foundation Board of Directors, while paying an annual fee of $500 (for In comparison, the contribution of a gold participant is $100 thousand per year, a silver one is $5-20 […]
The Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS distribution update has been published. This is the final update which includes changes related to improving hardware support, updating the Linux kernel and graphics stack, and fixing errors in the installer and bootloader. In the future, updates for the 18.04 branch will be limited to eliminating vulnerabilities and problems affecting stability. At the same time, similar updates to Kubuntu 18.04.5 LTS, Ubuntu Budgie 18.04.5 LTS, […]
We have already mastered the configuration of VNC and RDP on a virtual server, it remains to study one more option for connecting to a Linux virtual desktop. The capabilities of the NX protocol created by NoMachine are quite interesting, and it also works well over slow links. Proprietary server solutions are expensive (client ones are free), but there is also a free implementation, which will be discussed in […]
Some users rent relatively inexpensive VPS with Windows to run a remote desktop service. The same can be done on Linux without placing your own hardware in the data center or renting a dedicated server. Someone needs a familiar graphical environment for testing and development, or a remote desktop with a wide channel for working from mobile devices. There are many options […]
