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ClamAV free antivirus package update 0.101.3

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Cisco has introduced a corrective release of the free antivirus package ClamAV 0.101.3, which eliminates a vulnerability that allows a denial of service to be initiated through the transmission of a specially designed zip archive attachment. The problem is a variant of a non-recursive zip bomb, which requires a lot of time and resources to unpack. The essence of the method is to place data in the archive, allowing to achieve the maximum degree of compression for the zip format - [...]

Sberbank's new service allows you to pay for purchases using a QR code

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Sberbank announced the launch of a new service that will give users the opportunity to pay for purchases using a smartphone in a new way - using a QR code. The system is called “Pay QR”. To work with it, it is enough to have a cellular device with the Sberbank Online application installed. An NFC module is not required. Payment using a QR code allows Sberbank clients to make non-cash payments [...]

Found a method to detect incognito browsing in Chrome 76

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In Chrome 76, a loophole in the implementation of the FileSystem API was closed, which allows you to determine the use of incognito mode from a web application. Starting with Chrome 76, instead of blocking access to the FileSystem API, which was used as a sign of Incognito mode activity, the browser no longer restricts the FileSystem API, but cleans up changes made after the session. As it turned out, the new implementation has shortcomings that allow, as before, [...]

NVIDIA Highly Recommends GPU Driver Update Due to Vulnerabilities

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NVIDIA has warned Windows users to update their GPU drivers as soon as possible as the latest versions fix five serious security vulnerabilities. At least five vulnerabilities were discovered in drivers for NVIDIA GeForce, NVS, Quadro and Tesla accelerators under Windows, three of which are high-risk and, if the update is not installed, […]

FFmpeg 4.2 multimedia package release

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After nine months of development, the FFmpeg 4.2 multimedia package is available, which includes a set of applications and a collection of libraries for operations on various multimedia formats (recording, converting and decoding audio and video formats). The package is distributed under LGPL and GPL licenses, FFmpeg development is carried out adjacent to the MPlayer project. Among the changes added in FFmpeg 4.2, we can highlight: Added the ability to use Clang to compile […]

New Fire Emblem leads UK retail sales for second week

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Fire Emblem: Three Houses ranks first among physical game sales in UK retail for the second week after its release. This is an amazing result for a Japanese role-playing strategy. As a rule, games in this style and genre quickly fall out of the rankings after an initial surge of consumer interest. The Nintendo Switch exclusive saw a 60% drop in sales in its second week, […]

In the EU, they took up arms against the Like button on Facebook

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Last week, on July 30, the EU's High Court ruled that companies that integrate Facebook's Like button on their websites must seek users' consent to transfer their personal data to the United States. This follows from EU legislation. It is noted that at the moment, data transfer occurs without additional confirmation of the decision by the user and even without […]

Tekken 3 season 7 trailer is dedicated to fighters Zafina, Leroy Smith and other innovations

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For the grand finale of the EVO 2019 event, Tekken 7 director Katsuhiro Harada presented a trailer announcing the third season for the game. The video showed that Zafina will return in Tekken 7. Endowed with superpowers and guarding the royal crypt since childhood, Zafina made her debut in Tekken 6. This fighter is proficient in the Indian martial art of kalaripayattu. After the attack on the crypt […]

FSB received powers for division of domains

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More and more Russian government agencies are gaining access to pre-trial blocking of websites. In addition to Kaspersky Lab, Group-IB, Roskomnadzor and the Central Bank, the FSB now also has the rights to do this. It is noted that the separation procedure is not enshrined in Russian legislation, but it can significantly speed up blocking. The National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents (NKTsKI) of the FSB was included in the list of competent organizations of the Coordination […]

A fan of Duke Nukem 3D released a remake of the first episode on the Serious Sam 3 engine

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Steam user with the nickname Syndroid has released a remake of the first episode of Duke Nukem 3D based on Serious Sam 3. The developer published the relevant information on the Steam blog. “The main idea behind the remake of the first episode of Duke Nukem 3D is to recreate the experience from the classic game. There are some expanded elements added here, such as redesigned levels, random enemy waves, and more. Also […]

Video: The first 14 minutes of Borderlands 3 gameplay

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Not long ago, Gearbox Software announced that the expected co-op shooter Borderlands 3 was going to press. On the occasion of the imminent launch, a recording of the first minutes of the upcoming project, built around joint shootings and collecting various weapons and other items, was published. The shooter begins in the same way as Borderlands or Borderlands 2 - the Zhelezyaka robot introduces the player to the […]

Apple shows no interest in releasing smartphones for 5G networks

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Yesterday's quarterly report from Apple showed that the company not only received less than half of its total revenue from smartphone sales for the first time in seven years, but also reduced this part of its revenue by 12% year-on-year. Such dynamics have been observed for more than the first quarter in a row, so the company even stopped indicating in its statistics the number of smartphones sold during the period, everything is now […]

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