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19.4% of the 1000 most popular Docker containers have an empty root password

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Jerry Gamblin decided to investigate how widespread a recently identified issue is in the Docker images of the Alpine distribution, related to setting an empty password for the root user. Analysis of a thousand of the most popular containers from the Docker Hub catalog showed that in 194 of them (19.4%), the root user has an empty password without the account being locked ("root:::0:::::" instead of "root:!::0:::::"). In case of usage in […]

Release of Memcached 1.5.15 with support for authentication for the ASCII protocol.

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The release of the in-memory data caching system Memcached 1.5.15 has taken place, which operates with data in key/value format and is characterized by its ease of use. Memcached is commonly used as a lightweight solution to speed up the performance of high-load websites by caching access to databases and intermediate data. The code is distributed under the BSD license. The new version features experimental support for authentication with the ASCII protocol. Authentication is enabled […]

AMD announced the safety and invulnerability of its CPUs to new attacks on the eve of the Zen 2 launch.

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It has been over a year since the discovery of Spectre and Meltdown, and the processor market has been in turmoil due to the discovery of new vulnerabilities related to speculative execution. The most affected were Intel chips, including the latest ZombieLoad. Of course, AMD seized the opportunity to emphasize the security of its CPUs. On the page dedicated to Spectre-like vulnerabilities, the company proudly stated: “We at AMD […]

What else is being heard on the radio waves? Broadcasting on HF (DXing)

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This publication complements the series of articles "What’s currently in the airwaves?" with a topic about broadcasting on short waves. The mass amateur radio movement in our country began with the assembly of simple radios for listening to transmissions from broadcasting stations. The first design of a crystal receiver was published in the magazine "Radio Amateur," No. 7, 1924. Mass broadcasting in the USSR began in 1922 on the "three thousand wave" […]

QA: Hackathons

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The final part of the trilogy about hackathons. In the first part, I discussed the motivation to participate in such events. The second part focused on the mistakes of the organizers and their outcomes. The final part will answer questions that did not fit into the first two parts. Share how you started participating in hackathons. I was studying for my master's degree at Lappeenranta University while simultaneously participating in competitions on […]

How we attempted teamwork and what came of it

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Let's take it step by step. What this illustration means will be explained later, but for now, allow me to begin with an introduction. On a cold February day, nothing foreshadowed trouble. A group of innocent students came for their first class on a subject they decided to call 'Methodology of Designing and Developing Information Systems.' It was just an ordinary lecture, the instructor was discussing agile […]

Vulnerabilities can make AMD processors perform better than competing chips.

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The recent disclosure of yet another vulnerability in Intel processors, known as MDS (or Zombieload), has sparked renewed debates about the performance degradation users will have to accept when opting for the proposed hardware fixes. Intel published its own performance tests, demonstrating that the fixes have minimal impact on performance, even with Hyper-Threading disabled. […]

Who are data engineers, and how do you become one?

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After the relentless testing of graphics cards with real-time ray tracing, which seemed to leave all previous generation GPUs with no chance for a happy retirement, it's nice to remember that there are popular games with quite reasonable system requirements. Projects that focus entirely on network battles prioritize gameplay mechanics and often stand out from single-player blockbusters with their modest demands on […]

The first builds of the cooperative modification Skyrim Together are available to everyone.

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There has been a lot of controversy recently surrounding the cooperative modification Skyrim Together for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Initially, the developers were accused of code theft, and later there was information suggesting that they might never release their creation. Meanwhile, they continue to earn $30,000 a month thanks to subscribers on Patreon. To clear their reputation, the creators of Skyrim Together shared […]

Release IPFire 2.23

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The new version of the IPFire 2.23 firewall distribution has been released. In this version: SSH agent forwarding can be enabled in the IPFire SSH service, allowing administrators to connect to the firewall and use SSH agent authentication when using IPFire as a bastion host for subsequent connections to an internal server. When creating multiple hosts to rewrite the local DNS zone, a record was automatically created […]

Release of the Peppermint 10 distribution

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A new version of the Linux distribution Peppermint 10 has been released. Among the main features of the distribution are: Based on the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS package base. Available in both x32 and x64-bit versions. The desktop is a blend of LXDE and Xfce. Support for Site Specific Browsers and Ice Application technologies for web application integration into the OS and launching them as standalone programs. Repositories […]

The preliminary release of the Xfce 4.14 desktop environment has been presented.

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After more than four years since the release of the Xfce 4.12 branch, the first preliminary release of the Xfce 4.14 desktop environment has been introduced, marking the project's transition to a soft freeze stage. The second testing release and full codebase freeze are scheduled for June 30. Depending on the testing results, a third testing release may be formed on July 28. The final release is expected on 11 […]

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