Category: Blog

Intel explained how the 7nm technology process will help it survive.

New technological processes will first be implemented in the production of server products. The discrete graphics processor from 2021 will be unique in many ways: the use of EUV lithography, spatial layout with multiple chips, and Intel's first experience in releasing a serial product using a 7 nm technology. Intel remains hopeful of mastering the 5 nm technology. Following the successful implementation of 7 nm technology, the revenues for investors and the company itself should rise. In […]

Relocating to France for work: salaries, visas, and resumes

Below is a brief overview of how to move to France for work in IT: what kind of visa to expect, what salary is required for this visa, and how to adapt your resume to local traditions. The current political situation. Not out of butthurt, but purely for factual purposes. (c) The situation now is that all non-EU immigrants, regardless of their level […]

The Turla cyber group backdoor allows for the takeover of Microsoft Exchange servers.

ESET conducted an analysis of the LightNeuron malware, which is used by members of the infamous cybercriminal group Turla. The Turla hacker team gained notoriety back in 2008 after hacking the network of the Central Command of the U.S. Armed Forces. The goal of these cybercriminals is to steal confidential data of strategic importance. In recent years, hundreds of users in more than 45 […]

LINSTOR Storage and Its Integration with OpenNebula

Not long ago, the team at LINBIT introduced their new SDS solution — Linstor. This is a completely open storage solution based on proven technologies: DRBD, LVM, ZFS. Linstor combines simplicity with a well-thought-out architecture, which allows for stability and quite impressive results. Today, I would like to talk about it in more detail and show how simple […]

GDB 8.3

The release of debugger GDB version 8.3 has taken place. New features include: Support for the RISC-V architecture as both the native and target architecture for Linux and FreeBSD systems. Also, support for CSKY and OpenRISC architectures as targets. The ability to access the PPR, DSCR, TAR, EBB/PMU, and HTM registers in Linux-based systems on PowerPC architecture. Output […]

A more efficient method for determining collision prefixes for SHA-1 has been presented

Researchers from the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (INRIA) and Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) have developed an advanced attack method on the SHA-1 algorithm, significantly simplifying the creation of two different documents with the same SHA-1 hashes. The essence of the method is to reduce the operation of full collision search in SHA-1 to a collision attack with a given prefix, where a collision occurs with […]

Google Reveals First Details About Fuchsia OS

Google has finally lifted the veil on the Fuchsia OS project—a mysterious operating system that has been around for about three years but has yet to be made publicly available. It first came to light in August 2016 without any official announcement. Initial data appeared on GitHub, and around that time, theories emerged that it could be a universal OS that would replace […]

‘Good enough’: What cloud providers are not disclosing about personal data

We received a request for cloud services. We estimated what would be required from us and sent back a list of questions for clarification. After analyzing the answers, we realized that the client wants to store personal data classified as level two protection in the cloud. We responded: "You have second-level personal data; sorry, we can only create a private cloud." A […]

Accelerating exploratory data analysis using the pandas-profiling library.

First of all, when starting to work with a new dataset, it is important to understand it. For this, it is necessary to determine, for example, the range of values that the variables can take, their types, and to find out about the number of missing values. The pandas library provides us with many useful tools for conducting exploratory data analysis (EDA). However, before using them, it is usually […]

Google Chrome will change the behavior of the 'Back' button

As the world's number one browser, Chrome is constantly evolving, with Google always seeking ways to enhance the user experience. The security and performance levels of the application are also improving across all platforms. Recently, the company started working on a new feature that will prevent websites from blocking the 'Back' button. As is well known, there are pages that make it difficult to return in the browser […]

Today, many popular add-ons for Firefox have stopped working due to certificate issues

Hello, dear Habr users! I want to warn you that this is my first publication, so please let me know about any issues, typos, or anything else that you notice. This morning, as usual, I turned on my laptop and started leisurely surfing in my favorite Firefox (release 66.0.3 x64). Suddenly, the morning ceased to be leisurely—at one unfortunate moment, a message popped up stating […]

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