Author: ProHoster

I am root. Understanding Linux OS Privilege Escalation

I spent the first quarter of 2020 preparing for the OSCP exam. Searching for information on Google and a lot of "blind" attempts took up all my free time. It turned out to be especially difficult to understand the mechanisms for escalating privileges. The PWK course pays great attention to this topic, but methodological materials are always not enough. There are a lot of manuals on the Internet with useful commands, but I […]

CI/CD in Github Actions for a Flask+Angular project

In this article, I will share my experience of setting up CI/CD using the Plesk Control Panel and Github Actions. Today we will learn how to deploy a simple project with the uncomplicated name "Helloworld". It is written in the Flask Python framework, with Celery workers and Angular 8 frontend. Repository links: backend, frontend. In the first part of the article, we will look at our project […]

VxLAN factory. Part 2

Hey Habr. I continue the series of articles on VxLAN EVPN technology, which were written specifically for the launch of the Network Engineer course from OTUS. And today we will consider an interesting part of the tasks - routing. No matter how trite it may sound, however, as part of the work of a network factory, everything can be not so simple. Part 1 of the cycle - L2 connectivity between servers In […]

Red and Black: Gothic Tactics Othercide Coming July 28, But Not on Switch

Developers from the French-Swedish studio Lightbulb Crew, together with the publisher Focus Home Interactive, announced the release date of their tactical game Othercide via Twitter. Othercide will go on sale on July 28 this year for PC (Steam), PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The version for Nintendo Switch will be delayed indefinitely - the reason for this is not specified. At the moment […]

The creators of the updated Destroy All Humans! talked about the philosophy of the remake and showed 12 minutes of gameplay

Producer Dennis Schiefer and Black Forest Games assistant creative director Stefan Schmitz spoke to IGN about what a remake of Destroy All Humans is doing! special, and showed 12 minutes of gameplay. According to the developers, during the production of an updated version of Destroy All Humans! Black Forest Games was faced with the task of recreating not the original game, but the remaining […]

Ubisoft asked users about how they want to see games with open worlds

French publisher Ubisoft sent out a letter to individuals containing a survey about open world games. The company stated that it is working on a new project with this concept and wants to know users' opinions on this matter. The publisher's initiative became known thanks to a post on the Reddit forum from Kieran293. The letter from Ubisoft said: “We would like to know more […]

Resident Evil 2, Batman: Arkham and Crash Bandicoot: PS Store Launches Remastered & Retro Sale with up to 85% off

The PlayStation Store has launched its “Remasters and Retros” sale. As the name implies, it involves all sorts of re-releases, updated versions of games and full-fledged remakes. Discounts on projects from this category reach 85%. The promotion will end on July 2, at 01:59 Moscow time. In total, 139 products are participating in the sale, including collections. For example, as part of [...]

VKontakte and Mail.ru will unite ecosystems - a single VK Connect account will appear

VKontakte and Mail.ru Group will unite their ecosystems. This was reported in the press service of the social network. Users will have a single VK Connect account, with which they can use the services of any of the company’s services. VK Connect is developed based on social network technologies. The company says the update will improve information security and make it easier for users to manage passwords and data that […]

Abkoncore B719M headset delivers virtual 7.1 audio

The Abkoncore brand has announced the B719M gaming-grade headset, which can be used with personal computers and mobile devices. The new product is of the overhead type. 50 mm emitters are used, and the reproduced frequency range extends from 20 Hz to 20 kHz. The headset provides virtual 7.1 sound. There is a microphone with a noise reduction system mounted on an adjustable boom. On the outside of the cups there is […]

Xiaomi introduced a 27-inch gaming monitor with a refresh rate of 165 Hz

The Chinese company Xiaomi has announced the Gaming Monitor panel, designed for use as part of gaming-grade desktop systems. The new product measures 27 inches diagonally. An IPS matrix with a resolution of 2560 × 1440 pixels is used, which corresponds to the QHD format. The refresh rate reaches 165 Hz. It speaks of 95 percent coverage of the DCI-P3 color space. In addition, DisplayHDR 400 certification is mentioned. The monitor implements […]

Single-board computer Advantech MIO-5393 is equipped with an Intel processor

Advantech has announced the MIO-5393 single-board computer, designed for creating various embedded devices. The new product is made on the Intel hardware platform. In particular, the equipment may include an Intel Xeon E-2276ME processor, Intel Core i7-9850HE or Intel Core i7-9850HL. Each of these chips contains six computing cores with the ability to simultaneously process up to twelve instruction threads. The nominal clock frequency varies […]

GNOME 3.36.3 and KDE 5.19.1 update

A maintenance release of GNOME 3.36.3 is available, which includes bug fixes, updated documentation, improved translations, and minor improvements to improve stability. Among the changes that stand out: In the Epiphany browser, the search for bookmark tags in the URL field has been resumed. In the Boxes virtual machine manager, the creation of VMs with EFI firmware is disabled. Gnome-control-center provides a display of the add user button and […]