Author: ProHoster

Code execution vulnerability in Bitdefender SafePay secure browser

Vladimir Palant, the creator of Adblock Plus, identified a vulnerability (CVE-2020-8102) in the specialized Safepay web browser based on the Chromium engine, offered as part of the Bitdefender Total Security 2020 antivirus package and aimed at increasing the security of the user’s work on the global network (for example, provided additional isolation when contacting banks and payment systems). The vulnerability allows websites opened in the browser to execute arbitrary […]

Lemmy 0.7.0

The next major version of Lemmy has been released - in the future a federated, but now a centralized implementation of a Reddit-like (or Hacker News, Lobsters) server - a link aggregator. This time, 100 problem reports were closed, new functionality was added, performance and security were improved. The server implements functionality typical for this type of site: communities of interest created and moderated by users - […]

Supercomputer on ARM won first place in TOP500

On June 22, a new TOP500 of supercomputers was published, with a new leader. The Japanese supercomputer “Fugaki”, built on 52 (48 computing + 4 for the OS) A64FX core processors, took first place, overtaking the previous leader in the Linpack test, the supercomputer “Summit”, built on Power9 and NVIDIA Tesla. This supercomputer runs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 with a hybrid kernel […]

Startup Nautilus Data Technologies is preparing to launch a new data center

In the data center industry, work continues despite the crisis. For example, the startup Nautilus Data Technologies recently announced its intention to launch a new floating DC. Nautilus Data Technologies became known a few years ago when the company announced plans to develop a floating data center. It seemed that this was another fix idea that would never be implemented. But no, in 2015 the company started […]

Efficient search for functional dependencies in databases

The search for functional dependencies in data is used in various areas of data analysis: database management, data cleansing, database reverse engineering and data exploitation. About the addictions themselves, we have already published an article by Anastasia Birillo and Nikita Bobrov. This time, Anastasia, a graduate of this year's Computer Science Center, shares the development of this R&D work, which she […]

Samsung Blu-ray players suddenly broke and no one knows why

Many owners of Blu-ray players from Samsung have encountered incorrect operation of the devices. According to the ZDNet resource, the first complaints about malfunctions began to appear on Friday, June 19. By June 20, their number on the company’s official support forums, as well as on other platforms, exceeded several thousand. In messages, users complain that their devices, after turning on […]

Inexpensive smartphone OPPO A11k is equipped with a 6,22″ display and a 4230 mAh battery

The Chinese company OPPO has announced a budget smartphone A11k, made on the MediaTek hardware platform: the device can be purchased at an estimated price of $120. The device received a 6,22-inch HD+ IPS display with a resolution of 1520 × 720 pixels and an aspect ratio of 19:9. The screen occupies 89% of the front surface of the case. The Helio P35 processor is used, combining eight ARM Cortex-A53 computing cores with a clock speed of […]

Cooler Master MK110 gaming keyboard belongs to the Mem-Chanical class

Cooler Master has released the MK110 gaming keyboard, made in a full-size format: on the right side of the new product there is a traditional block of number buttons. The solution belongs to the so-called Mem-Chanical class. The MK110 combines membrane construction with the feel of a mechanical device. The declared service life exceeds 50 million clicks. Implemented 6-zone RGB backlighting with support for various effects, such as […]

First stable release of graph-oriented Nebula Graph DBMS

The open DBMS Nebula Graph 1.0.0 was released, designed for efficient storage of large sets of interconnected data that form a graph that can number billions of nodes and trillions of connections. The project is written in C++ and distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Client libraries for accessing the DBMS are prepared for the Go, Python and Java languages. DBMS startup VESoft […]

Microsoft releases Defender ATP package edition for Linux

Microsoft has announced the availability of a version of Microsoft Defender ATP (Advanced Threat Protection) for the Linux platform. The product is designed for preventive protection, tracking unpatched vulnerabilities, as well as identifying and eliminating malicious activity in the system. The platform combines an anti-virus package, a network intrusion detection system, a mechanism for protecting against exploitation of vulnerabilities (including 0-day), tools for extended isolation, additional […]

Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition laptop unveiled with Ubuntu 20.04 preinstalled

Dell has begun pre-installing the Ubuntu 20.04 distribution on the XPS 13 Developer Edition laptop model, designed with an eye on the daily use of software developers. The Dell XPS 13 is equipped with a 13.4-inch Corning Gorilla Glass 6 1920×1200 screen (can be replaced with an InfinityEdge 3840×2400 touch screen), a 10 Gen Intel Core i5-1035G1 processor (4 cores, 6MB Cache, 3.6 GHz), […]

Breaking a Kubernetes Cluster with Helm v2 tiller

Helm is a package manager for Kubernetes, sort of like apt-get for Ubuntu. In this note, we will see the previous version of helm (v2) with the tiller service installed by default, through which we will access the cluster. Let's prepare the cluster, to do this, run the command: kubectl run --rm --restart=Never -it --image=madhuakula/k8s-goat-helm-tiller --bash Demo If nothing else is configured, helm v2 starts […]