The Nintendo Switch is being emulated on PCs faster than previous Nintendo platforms like the Wii U and 3DS. Less than a year after the console's release, the emulator Yuzu was introduced (created by the same team behind Citra, the Nintendo 3DS emulator). This is mainly thanks to the NVIDIA Tegra platform, whose architecture is well-known to programmers and is quite […]
The Openwall project has released version 0.7 of the LKRG (Linux Kernel Runtime Guard) kernel module, providing detection of unauthorized changes to the running kernel (integrity checking) or attempts to alter the privileges of user processes (exploitation detection). This module is suitable for protecting against already known exploits for the Linux kernel (for example, in situations where updating the kernel is problematic), as well as […]
Recently, from July 8 to 12, two significant events took place simultaneously — the Hydra conference and the SPTDC school. In this post, we would like to highlight a few features we noticed during the conference. The greatest pride of Hydra and the School lies in their speakers. Three Dijkstra Award laureates: Leslie Lamport, Maurice Herlihy, and Michael Scott. Moreover, Maurice received […]
The number of attacks in the corporate sector is increasing every year: for example, in 2017, there was a 13% increase in unique incidents compared to 2016, and by the end of 2018, a 27% rise in incidents compared to the previous period. This includes those where the primary working tool is the Windows operating system. In 2017-2018, APT Dragonfly groups […]
Estonian developers of the infamous DeepNude application, which allows users to "undress" a person using neural networks, have initiated the sale of the service and its associated assets. This was reported on their official Twitter account. Among the items for sale are an account on a social network, the actual codes and algorithms of DeepNude, the application, and its database, as well as the domain deepnude.com. The starting price is set at $30,000, and the sale […]
Perfect World Entertainment and Panic Button Games have announced pre-order bonuses for the upcoming console version of Torchlight II. You can already pre-order Torchlight II from the PlayStation Store and Microsoft Store, while the game’s page on Nintendo eShop will appear later. Bonuses for purchasing the game before its release include one universal and one exclusive for […]
The unedited version of the article was originally published on haydenjames.io and is published here with the author's permission. I'll briefly explain how to best configure PHP-FPM to increase throughput, reduce latency, and more reliably utilize CPU and memory resources. By default, the PM (process manager) line in PHP-FPM is set to dynamic, and if […]
The release of Slackel 7.2 has been announced, built on the developments from the Slackware and Salix projects, and is fully compatible with the repositories offered in them. A key feature of Slackel is the use of the constantly updated Slackware-Current branch. The graphical environment is based on the Openbox window manager. The size of the bootable image, which can operate in Live mode, is 1.5 GB (32 and 64 bit). The distribution can be used on systems with […]
(Image by Computerizer from Pixabay) Hello! My name is Evgeny Cherkin, I am a programmer on the development team at the mining company Polymetal. When embarking on any large project, you start to think: 'What software is best to use for its maintenance?'. An IT project goes through a series of stages before releasing the next version. It's great when the chain of these stages is automated. The automated process itself for releasing a new version […]
The Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 enables the streamlined creation of hosts for deploying containers, including in the infrastructure of cloud service providers, on virtualization platforms, or in bare-metal systems. To create a truly cloud-based platform, we had to strictly control all utilized components and thus enhance the reliability of this complex automation process. […]
The release of the cross-platform open-source build script generator CMake 3.15 has taken place, serving as an alternative to Autotools and utilized in projects such as KDE, LLVM/Clang, MySQL, MariaDB, ReactOS, and Blender. The CMake code is written in C++ and is distributed under the BSD license. CMake is notable for offering a simple scripting language, functionality extension through modules, and minimal dependencies (no binding to […]
The release of the Deepin 15.11 distribution, based on the Debian package base, has been presented, but developing its own Deepin Desktop Environment and around 30 custom applications, including the DMusic music player, DMovie video player, DTalk messaging system, and Deepin Software Center installation and app management center. The project is started by a group of developers from China but has transformed into an international project. The distribution supports […]