Author: ProHoster

Chrome update 81.0.4044.113 fixes critical vulnerability

An update to the Chrome browser 81.0.4044.113 has been published, which fixes a vulnerability that has the status of a critical problem, which allows you to bypass all levels of browser protection and execute code on the system, outside the sandbox environment. Details about the vulnerability (CVE-2020-6457) have not yet been disclosed, it is only known that it is caused by accessing an already freed memory block in the speech recognition component (by the way, a previous critical vulnerability […]

ProtonMail Bridge Open Source

The Swiss company Proton Technologies AG announced in its blog that the ProtonMail Bridge application is open source for all supported platforms (Linux, MacOS, Windows). The code is distributed under the GPLv3 license. Additionally, the application security model has been published. Interested experts are invited to join the bug bounty program. ProtonMail Bridge is designed to work with the ProtonMail secure email service using your preferred […]

GNU Guix 1.1 package manager and distribution based on it available

The GNU Guix 1.1 package manager and the GNU/Linux distribution built on its basis were released. For downloading, images have been generated for installation on USB Flash (241 MB) and use in virtualization systems (479 MB). Supports operation on i686, x86_64, armv7 and aarch64 architectures. The distribution allows installation both as a standalone OS in virtualization systems, in containers and on […]

Slurm Night School by Kubernetes

On April 7, the “Slurm Evening School: Basic Course on Kubernetes” starts - free webinars on theory and paid practice. The course is designed for 4 months, 1 theoretical webinar and 1 practical lesson per week (+ stands for independent work). The first introductory webinar of the Slurm Evening School will be held on April 7 at 20:00. Participation, as in the entire theoretical cycle, [...]

openITCOCKPIT 4.0 (Beta) released

openITCOCKPIT is a multi-client interface developed in PHP for managing Nagios and Naemon monitoring systems. The goal of the system is to create the simplest possible interface for monitoring complex IT infrastructures. Moreover, openITCOCKPIT offers a solution for monitoring remote systems (Distributed Monitoring) managed from one centralized point. Main changes: New backend, new design and new features. Own monitoring agent - […]

KwinFT - a fork of Kwin with an eye to more active development and optimization

Roman Gilg, one of the active developers of Kwin and Xwayland, introduced a fork of the Kwin window manager called KwinFT (Fast Track), as well as a completely redesigned version of the Kwayland library called Wrapland, freed from bindings to Qt. The purpose of the fork is to allow more active development of Kwin, increasing the functionality required for Wayland, as well as optimizing rendering. Classic Kwin suffers from […]

Video @Databases Meetup: DBMS security, Tarantool in IoT, Greenplum for Big Data analytics

On February 28, the @Databases meetup was organized by Mail.ru Cloud Solutions. More than 300 participants gathered at Mail.ru Group to discuss topical issues of modern productive databases. Under the cut of the video of speeches: how Gazinformservice prepares secure DBMS without loss of performance; Arenadata explains what is at the heart of Greenplum, a powerful massively parallel DBMS for analytical tasks; and Mail.ru Cloud Solutions […]

Launching Jupyter into LXD Orbit

Have you ever experimented with code or system utilities on Linux in a way that doesn't shake the base system and tear it all apart when a code error occurs that should run with root privileges? But what about the fact that, say, you need to test or run a whole cluster of various microservices on one machine? A hundred or even a thousand? […]

Processing network data on the fly

The translation of the article was prepared on the eve of the start of the course “Pentest. Penetration Testing Practice. Abstract A variety of security assessments, ranging from regular penetration testing and Red Team operations to hacking IoT / ICS devices and SCADA, involve working with binary network protocols, that is, in fact, intercepting and modifying network data between the client and the target . Network sniffing […]

Clutch or fail: students of a Russian university are assessed by success in eSports

The transition of universities to distance learning, recommended by the Ministry of Education and Science in mid-March due to the situation with coronavirus in Russia, is not a reason to abandon activities such as physical education. St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO) has become the first and so far the only Russian university where students receive points for success in various e-sports disciplines during the isolation period […]

Intel Launches Virtual Internship Program Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

Intel has announced the launch of the Virtual 2020 Intern Program. Sandra Rivera, executive vice president and chief human resources officer at Intel, noted in a company blog that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most Intel employees have switched to virtual work to limit the spread of the virus. Despite this, the company is embracing new ways of working, collaborating and maintaining social connections among […]

CD Projekt RED talks about "Arasaka" - one of the most influential corporations in the world of Cyberpunk 2077

The official Cyberpunk 2077 Twitter account posted a post dedicated to the Arasaka Corporation, one of the leading organizations in the world of the upcoming RPG from CD Projekt RED. It provides services in many areas of human life, and also provides all necessary means to the police and other security services. Arasaka Corp. is a family firm from Japan. They're known for […]