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A leak of over 2 million passport data records has been detected on trading platforms in the Russian Federation.

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Approximately 2.24 million records containing passport data, employment information of Russian citizens, and SNILS numbers are publicly available. This conclusion was drawn by Ivan Begtin, chairman of the Data Market Participants Association, based on a study titled 'Leaks of Personal Data from Open Sources. Electronic Trading Platforms.' The study examined data from the largest electronic trading platforms in the Russian Federation, focusing on […]

Shipments of Dead or Alive 6 reached 350,000 copies in a month

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Koei Tecmo reported in its financial statement that shipments of the fighting game Dead or Alive 6 totaled 350,000 copies as of March 31, 2019. This figure includes versions for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Dead or Alive 6 was released on March 1, 2019, achieving this number in just one month. Not […]

What will happen with authentication and passwords? Translation of the Javelin report "The State of Strong Authentication" with comments

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Spoiler from the report title: "The number of strong authentication use cases has increased due to threats from new risks and regulatory requirements." The research company "Javelin Strategy & Research" published the report "The State of Strong Authentication 2019" (the original pdf can be downloaded here). This report details the percentage of American and European companies using passwords (and why passwords are currently […]

Windows 10 has expanded support for smartphones.

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A new version of the Windows 10 operating system — May 2019 Update, version 1904 — will be released soon. Developers from Redmond are already preparing fresh Insider builds for 2020. It has been reported that Windows 10 Build 18 885 (20H1), which is available to testers and early access participants, now supports several new smartphones based on the Android operating system. […]

A simple method for organizing phishing attacks has been discovered in the mobile version of Google Chrome.

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A number of industry publications report on a new phishing attack method targeting Chrome browser users on mobile devices. Developer James Fisher has found a relatively simple exploit for the web browser, capable of tricking the user or compelling them to forcefully navigate to a fake page. And very little is needed for this. The essence is that in the mobile version of Chrome, when scrolling […]

Clonezilla Live 2.6.1 Distribution Update

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The release of the Linux distribution Clonezilla Live 2.6.1 is available, designed for fast disk cloning (only used blocks are copied). The tasks performed by the distribution are similar to the proprietary product Norton Ghost. The size of the ISO image of the distribution is 260 MB (i686, amd64). The distribution is based on Debian GNU/Linux and uses code from projects such as DRBL, Partition Image, ntfsclone, partclone, and udpcast. Booting from […]

Release of the Deepin 15.10 distribution, which develops its own graphical environment.

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The release of the Deepin 15.10 distribution has been presented, which is based on the Debian package base but develops its own Deepin Desktop Environment and around 30 user applications, including the music player DMusic, the video player DMovie, the messaging system DTalk, the installer, and the Deepin Software Center. The project is founded by a group of developers from China but has transformed into an international project. The distribution supports […]

The Internet will reach all settlements in Russia with a population of 100 or more.

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The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation reports that the government has approved proposals to reform universal communication services (UCS). Let’s remember that our country is currently implementing a large-scale project to eliminate digital inequality. The initiative initially aimed to organize high-speed Internet access using collective access methods (in settlements with a population of 500 […]

Release of the virtualization platform XenServer (Citrix Hypervisor) 8.0

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After three years since the release of version 7.x, Citrix has launched XenServer 8 (Citrix Hypervisor), designed for managing server virtualization infrastructure based on the Xen hypervisor. XenServer enables rapid deployment of server and workstation virtualization systems, providing tools for centralized management of an unlimited number of servers and virtual machines. Prior to the release of 7.4, XenServer was distributed […]

Cable television networks for the youngest. Part 2: Composition and form of the signal

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The signal transmitted through the cable television network consists of a broadband, frequency-divided spectrum. The parameters of the signal, including frequencies and channel numbers in Russia, are regulated by GOST 7845-92 and GOST R 52023-2003, but the content of each channel is at the operator's discretion. Content series Articles Part 1: General Architecture of the CATV Network Part 2: Composition and […]

Microsoft has seen signs of the end of the Intel processor shortage.

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The shortage of processors, which severely impacted the entire computer market in the second half of last year, is easing, according to Microsoft based on observations of sales of Windows operating systems and Surface devices. During yesterday's report for the third quarter of the 2019 financial year, Microsoft CFO Amy Hood stated that the market […]

Microsoft Edge on Android has been updated to synchronize data with the desktop version

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The new Microsoft Edge browser for PC has not even been released in beta status yet (only Canary and Dev versions are available), but the developers have already added the ability to synchronize favorites in the Android build. In version 42.0.2.3420 for the mobile OS, this feature is now enabled for all users, whereas it was previously available only for a select few. So far, this feature only supports synchronization of […]

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