Author: Yuri Gagarin

NDA for Development - a 'residual' clause and other ways to protect yourself

Customized development is practically impossible without transferring confidential information (CI) to the developer. Otherwise, how can it be considered customized? The larger the client, the more complicated it is to agree on the terms of the confidentiality agreement. A standard contract is almost guaranteed to be excessive. Ultimately, along with the minimum amount of information necessary for work, you might end up with a lot of obligations – to store and protect it as your own […]

0-day vulnerability in Chrome discovered through analysis of changes in the V8 engine

Researchers from Exodus Intelligence demonstrated a weakness in the vulnerability patching process in the Chrome/Chromium codebase. The issue stems from the fact that Google discloses that the patches are related to security issues only after their release but includes code to fix the vulnerability in the V8 engine in the repository prior to the release. For some time, the patches undergo testing […]

Mozilla begins the implementation of library isolation technology RLBox

Researchers from Stanford University, the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Texas at Austin have developed the RLBox toolkit, which can be used as an additional layer of isolation to block vulnerabilities in function libraries. RLBox aims to address the security issue of untrusted third-party libraries that are not controlled by developers, but vulnerabilities in which can compromise the main project. Mozilla plans […]

QtProtobuf 0.2.0

A new version of the QtProtobuf library has been released. QtProtobuf is a free library released under the MIT license. With it, you can easily use Google Protocol Buffers and gRPC in your Qt project. Changes: The generation function has been renamed from generate_qtprotobuf to qtprotobuf_generate; basic support for qmake has been added; mechanisms for registering generated types have been modified; .deb package generation based on CPack has been added […]

The release of Manjaro Linux 19.0 has taken place.

On February 25, developers unveiled a fresh version of the Manjaro Linux distribution 19.0. This distribution is codenamed Kyria. The most attention is given to the version of the distribution with the Xfce desktop environment. The developers claim that few can imagine such a "polished" and "refined" version of this DE. The environment itself has been updated to Xfce 4.14, and a new refined theme has been introduced […]

Alexey Grachev: Go Frontend

Kyiv Go Meetup May 2018: Moderator: – Hello everyone! Thank you for gathering here! Today we have two official speakers – Lyosha and Vanya. There will be two more if we have enough time. The first speaker is Alexey Grachev, who will tell us about GopherJS. Alexey Grachev (hereafter – AG): – I am a Go developer, and I write web services […]

Seven most common mistakes when transitioning to CI/CD

If your company is just starting to implement DevOps or CI/CD tools, it may be useful to familiarize yourself with the most common mistakes to avoid repeating them and stepping on others' toes. The Mail.ru Cloud Solutions team has translated the article Avoid These Common Pitfalls When Transitioning to CI/CD by Jasmine Chokshi with additions. Unpreparedness for cultural and process change If you look at […]

How Virtual Private Cloud is structured in Yandex.Cloud and how our users help us implement useful features

Hello, my name is Kostya Kramlikh, I am the lead developer of the Virtual Private Cloud division at Yandex.Cloud. I work with virtual networks, and, as you might guess, in this article I will discuss the structure of Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) in general and virtual networks in particular. You will also find out why we, the developers of the service, value feedback from our users. But about […]

Release of uBlock Origin 1.25 with protection against blocking bypass through DNS manipulation

The latest version of the ad blocker uBlock Origin 1.25 is now available, providing ad blocking, malware element removal, tracking code blocking, JavaScript miners, and other disruptions to normal operation. The uBlock Origin extension is known for its high performance and efficient memory usage, allowing users not only to eliminate intrusive elements but also to reduce resource consumption and speed up page loading. The new version […]

New releases of the anonymous network I2P 0.9.45 and C++ client i2pd 2.30

The release of the anonymous network I2P 0.9.45 and the C++ client i2pd 2.30.0 has taken place. It is worth noting that I2P is a multilayer anonymous distributed network operating on top of the standard internet, actively utilizing end-to-end encryption to ensure anonymity and isolation. In the I2P network, users can anonymously create websites and blogs, send instant messages and emails, share files, and organize P2P networks. The basic I2P client is written […]

AdDuplex: the share of the Windows 10 November 2019 Update is nearly a quarter of all PCs running 'the ten'

A statistical report from AdDuplex has been released, analyzing the market state and share of the Windows 10 operating system for February 2020. According to the report, the Windows 10 November 2019 Update (version 1909) occupies 22.6%, which is 7.4% more than the previous month. The source indicates that the users who upgraded to Windows 10 October 2018 Update are transitioning to the new OS most actively […]

Windows 10 may receive a new Start menu without the tile interface

According to network sources, Microsoft plans to update the Start menu in Windows 10 by removing the tile interface that has been actively used in the corporation's operating systems for several years. It is expected that instead of the tile interface, the Start menu will display the applications that the user interacts with most frequently. Currently, Windows 10 uses the default Start menu, which contains […]

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