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Details have been revealed about a new class of attacks LVI (Load Value Injection, CVE-2020-0551) targeting speculative execution in Intel CPUs, which can be exploited to leak keys and sensitive data from Intel SGX enclaves and other processes. This new class of attacks is based on manipulations of the same microarchitectural structures as those found in MDS (Microarchitectural Data Sampling), Spectre […]
On March 11, 2020, after nearly nine months of development, a significant new release of the HestiaCP control panel for VPS servers has been launched. Notable features of this release include: Support for custom themes (yes, we now have a dark theme too); read-only/demo mode support; a compact (one-click) installer for popular web applications: WordPress, Laravel, OpenCart, Symfony Framework; complete support for multiple […]
PostgreSQL Anonymizer is a plugin for the PostgreSQL database management system that allows the hiding or alteration of confidential data or information that constitutes commercial secrets. Data is hidden on the fly, using user lists for anonymization and configured rule templates. The tool can be used to grant third parties access to the database (e.g., analytical services), automatically removing personal data from queries, such as phone numbers […]
On March 9, the mobile browser Firefox Preview version 4.0 was released. The browser is developed under the codename Fenix and is expected to replace the current Firefox browser for Android. It is based on the GeckoView engine, which is constructed on Firefox Quantum, along with a set of Mozilla Android Components libraries. GeckoView is a version of the Gecko engine packaged as a separate library with […]
Have you heard about the achievements in machine learning, neural networks, and AI? Want to work in this field but don’t know where to start? Consider the field of Data Science! Big data offers an endless array of opportunities — helping to determine the likelihood of disease progression, identifying tumors on scans, displaying personalized advertisements, detecting fraudulent transactions, and much more. Here […]
Microsoft, along with partners from 35 countries, has begun implementing a plan to disrupt one of the world's largest botnet networks, Necurs, which comprises over 9 million infected computers. Company experts have monitored the network for about 8 years and planned actions to ensure that criminals can no longer use key elements of the botnet's infrastructure for […]
The release of the web browser Firefox 74 has taken place, along with the mobile version Firefox 68.6 for the Android platform. Additionally, an update for the long-term support branch 68.6.0 has been created. The Firefox 75 branch will soon enter beta testing, with the release scheduled for April 7 (the project has switched to a 4-5 week development cycle). Builds for the beta branch of Firefox 75 have begun to be developed for Linux […]
Firefox 74 is now available. The password manager has learned to sort entries in reverse order (Z-A). Global add-ons (for all users in the system, such as in %ProgramFiles%Mozilla Firefoxextensions) are now a thing of the past. This method of distribution is used for pre-installation in distributions, as well as for imposing add-ons when installing third-party software. Developers deemed this practice flawed, as it deprives users of the ability to remove such add-ons […]
On March 4, Hobbits 0.21 was released — a tool for visualizing binary files during reverse engineering. The tool is developed using the Qt framework and C++, and is distributed under the MIT license. Hobbits allows the use of a set of plugins that can be enabled or disabled depending on the current task — analysis, processing, or visualization of the binary file. There are plugins available for searching […]
In an interview with WIRED, actor Norman Reedus talked about how he got involved in Death Stranding and whether he plans to collaborate with Kojima in the future. "It all started when Guillermo del Toro called me and said, 'A guy named Hideo Kojima will call you soon. Just say 'yes.' I asked, 'Who is that?' He said, 'It's […]
RU AdList is a popular subscription in Runet that contains filters for blocking ads in browser extensions like AdBlock Plus, uBlock Origin, and others. Support for the subscription and modifications to the blocking rules are currently handled by contributors under the nicknames 'Lain_13' and 'dimisa.' The second author is particularly active, as can be judged by the official forum and the history […]
A release of the experimental Firefox Preview 4.0 browser for the Android platform has been published, developed under the codename Fenix as a replacement for the Firefox version for Android. Firefox Preview uses the GeckoView engine, built on the Firefox Quantum technologies, and a set of Mozilla Android Components libraries already used for building the Firefox Focus and Firefox Lite browsers. GeckoView is a variant of the Gecko engine, […]
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