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It was pouring outside like from a bucket. All the channels were buzzing about the superstorm gathering strength. It was supposed to pass a hundred kilometers to the north. We would have a regular storm with flooded streets, downed power lines, and fallen trees. I was occupied with everyday tasks. I worked in the morning and then spent the whole day flying over the desert on a military drone. I shot down an enemy […]
Innovations have become commonplace. And it's not about modern “innovations” like ray tracing technology in Nvidia's RTX graphics cards or the 50x zoom in Huawei's new smartphone. These things are more useful to marketers than to users. We're talking about real innovations that have fundamentally changed our approach and outlook on life. For the past 500 years, especially […]
Carbon nanotubes have found yet another application. A few days ago, a paper was published in Nature Scientific Reports that for the first time discusses the possibility of using multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) in magnetic recording on hard drives. These are various complex CNT structures in the form of “matryoshkas,” “bundles,” and other configurations. The task in all cases comes down to one—filling […]
In this post, we will discuss how the cybergroup OceanLotus (APT32 and APT-C-00) recently exploited one of the publicly available exploits for CVE-2017-11882, a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Office, and how the group's malware ensures persistence in compromised systems without leaving traces. We will further describe how since the beginning of 2019, the group has been using self-extracting archives to execute code. OceanLotus specializes in cyber espionage, prioritizing […]
A task has come in to set up IP address distribution for subscribers. Task conditions: No separate server for authorization will be provided—you’ll manage just fine 😉 Subscribers must receive network settings via DHCP. The network is heterogeneous, including PON equipment, regular switches with Option 82 configured, and WiFi bases with access points. If none of the IP assignment conditions are met— […]
Video communication is the primary means of interaction between teachers and students on the Vimbox platform. We long ago abandoned Skype, tried several third-party solutions, and ultimately settled on the WebRTC - Janus-gateway combination. For a while, everything was satisfactory, but some negative aspects continued to emerge. As a result, a separate video direction was created. I asked Kirill Rogovoy, the head of […]
One of the most conservative human activities is beekeeping! Since the invention of the frame hive and honey extractor about 200 years ago, progress in this area has been minimal. This has manifested in the electrification of certain honey extraction processes and the use of winter heating for hives. Meanwhile, the bee population worldwide is declining significantly due to climate change and the widespread use of chemicals in […]
It all started with a giveaway... a hive giveaway among beekeepers in exchange for a fun story about why they needed it. Here, the little thoughts in my head took over, and quickly crafted a message that I needed this hive not for bees, but to set up a monitoring server 😉 Then the imagination pictured Raspberry blades instead of frames […]
Hello! My name is Dmitry Pavlov, I work at GridGain, and I am a committer and member of the PMC in Apache Ignite and a contributor to Apache Training. Recently, I gave a talk about the work of a committer at Sberbank's open-source meetup. With the growth of the open-source community, many have increasingly begun to ask questions: how to become a committer, what tasks to take on, and […]
The section of the company JSC 'MCST' dedicated to the 'Elbrus' operating system has been updated. This OS is based on various versions of the Linux kernel with built-in information security features. The page features: OP 'Elbrus' - general software based on Linux kernels version 2.6.14, 2.6.33, and 3.14; OS 'Elbrus' - a ported version of Debian 8.11 based on the Linux kernel version 4.9; […]
According to online sources, Google has initiated the process of shutting down its social network, which involves deleting all user accounts. This means the developer has abandoned attempts to compete with Facebook, Twitter, and others. The Google+ social network had a relatively low popularity among users. There are also reports of several major data breaches resulting in information about […]
User Cody Darr, also known as Sonic Ether, has released an update for his shader pack for Minecraft, introducing a rendering technology called "path tracing." Visually, it appears almost like the trendy ray tracing featured in Battlefield V and Shadow of the Tomb Raider, but it's implemented differently. Path tracing implies that light is emitted from a virtual […]