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Author: Yuri Gagarin

A technical specialist at ProHoster with over six years of experience in server administration, VPN solutions, and network security. I manage infrastructure setup and support, monitor service stability, and implement solutions to protect client data. I also contribute to performance optimization and compliance with modern security and privacy requirements.

MATE 1.24 Release

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The release of MATE desktop environment version 1.24 has taken place. New features include: Adaptations for working with Wayland for the Eye Of MATE application, panel-multimonitor applets, and panel-background. Improved Wayland support for the MATE panel. The system monitor applet can now display information about NVMe drives. Enhanced support for high-resolution displays (window manager marco, network settings applet, Control Center, etc.). Profile support has been improved […]

Flexibility Determines Success

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In today's world, the use of software for modeling deposits and mining operations is no longer extraordinary. There is a sufficient number of software products on the market that, depending on the manufacturer's modifications, meet nearly all the needs concerning the mining-geological conditions of enterprises and the processes carried out by mining engineers, geologists, and surveyors. The specific characteristics of this industry in Russia, evident to the professionals working here, […]

Hunting for techniques and tactics of attackers using Prefetch files

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Tracing files, or Prefetch files, have been present in Windows since the XP era. Since then, they have assisted digital forensics and computer incident response professionals in discovering traces of program launches, including malicious ones. Leading digital forensics expert at Group-IB, Oleg Skulkin, discusses what can be found using Prefetch files and how to do it. Prefetch files are stored in […]

A vulnerability in systemd that could potentially allow privilege escalation

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A vulnerability (CVE-2020-1712) has been identified in the system manager systemd, which potentially allows execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges by sending a specially crafted request over the DBus bus. The issue has been resolved in the test release systemd 245-rc1 (fixing patches: 1, 2, 3). The vulnerability has been addressed in distributions like Ubuntu, Fedora, RHEL (it manifests in RHEL 8 but does not affect RHEL 7), CentOS, […]

Release of Firefox 73.0

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On February 11, the release of Firefox 73.0 was made public. The Firefox developers would like to extend special thanks to 19 new contributors who have submitted their code for this release for the first time. Added: the ability to set a global default zoom level (in the settings under 'Language and Appearance'), while the zoom level for each site is still saved individually; [windows] the page background adjusts […]

The Freedom Issues of the Rust Project

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An article has been published on the Hyperbola project wiki, discussing the issues surrounding the Rust language in the context of free software, as well as the need for development independent of the policies of Mozilla Corporation (a subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation with an annual income of about 0.5 billion dollars). One of the issues discussed in the article is the fact that, unlike C, Go, Haskell, and […]

APC Smart UPS and how to prepare them

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Among the numerous UPS options, the most commonly used in entry-level server environments are Smart UPS from APC (now Schneider Electric). Their excellent reliability and low prices in the secondary market mean that system administrators, without much thought, plug these UPS devices into racks and attempt to extract maximum profit from equipment that’s 10-15 years old simply by replacing the batteries. Unfortunately, not always […]

Microsoft Azure Training Day: Server Infrastructure Migration (registration closed)

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On February 13, we invite you to participate in an in-depth technical seminar dedicated to preparing local server infrastructure for the implementation of hybrid solutions by migrating specific scenarios to the cloud. During the event, we will examine, through a practical example, the migration of a large company, where Windows Server 2008 R2 is deployed both on physical servers and in a virtual environment with […]

Thunderbird 68.5.0 update

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The release of the Thunderbird email client 68.5.0 is now available, which not only addresses bugs and vulnerabilities but also introduces several new features: Support for the IMAP/SMTP CLIENTID (Client Identity Service Extension) to identify clients using a token; Support for authenticating POP3 accounts using OAuth 2.0 (supported in GMail). Source: opennet.ru

Git implementation on Shell prepared

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Drew DeVault, the author of the Sway user environment and the Aerc mail client, humorously attempted to create an implementation of Git written in POSIX Shell. The idea arose after a debate about the complexity of Git's internal structure, after which Drew decided to demonstrate his points by writing a working version of Git in pure Shell within a day. During the process, Drew realized that he might have been a bit overzealous […]

Wayland 1.18 is available

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A stable release of the Wayland 1.18 protocol, inter-process communication mechanism, and libraries has taken place. The 1.18 branch is backward compatible at the API and ABI levels with the 1.x releases but additionally contains a host of improvements. The Weston 8.0 compositing server, under which the codebase and working examples for using Wayland in desktop environments and embedded solutions are developed, was released at the end of January. Key […]

When Death Becomes Art: Epitaphs of Famous People with Deep Meaning in English

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In the Middle Ages, dark humor was cherished. This is why the art of epitaphs became so popular. Philosophical or amusing sayings for one’s gravestone were composed during one’s lifetime, and people often hired professional epitaphists. The tradition of writing epitaphs continues to this day. However, while they are written relatively rarely in our country, in English-speaking countries, writing something tearful or […]

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