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Record number of hacker attacks on Direct Line recorded in 2019

The number of hacker attacks on the website and other resources of the “Direct Line” with Russian President Vladimir Putin turned out to be a record for all the years of this event. This was reported by representatives of the press service of Rostelecom. The exact number of attacks, as well as from which countries they were carried out, was not said. Representatives of the press service noted that hacker attacks on the main website of the event and related […]

Apple to quintuple the number of employees in Seattle by 2024

Apple plans to significantly increase the number of employees it will work at its new facility in Seattle. The company said at a news conference Monday that it would add 2024 new jobs by 2000, double the number previously announced. The new positions will focus on software and hardware. Apple currently has […]

Categories instead of directories, or the Semantic File System for Linux

Data classification itself is an interesting topic for research. I love to collect information that seems necessary, and I always tried to make logical directory hierarchies for my files, and one day in a dream I saw a beautiful and convenient program for assigning tags to files, and decided that I couldn’t live like this anymore. The problem of hierarchical file systems Users often face the […]

PC case SilverStone RL08: metal and tempered glass

SilverStone has announced the RL08 computer case, suitable for creating a gaming desktop system with a spectacular appearance. The new product is made of steel, and the right side wall is made of tempered glass. There are two versions available: black with red left side and black with white left side. Installation of Micro-ATX, Mini-DTX and Mini-ITX motherboards is allowed. Inside there is space for [...]

Futurology Congress: a selection of accounts of evangelists of the future

In ancient times, one person could see no more than 1000 people in his entire life, and communicated with only a dozen fellow tribesmen. Today, we are forced to keep in mind information about a large number of acquaintances who may be offended if you do not greet them by name when you meet. The number of incoming information flows has increased significantly. For example, everyone we know constantly generates […]

History of the Internet: ARPANET - Birth

Other articles in the cycle: History of the relay The method of "rapid transmission of information", or the birth of the relay Long-ranger Galvanism Entrepreneurs And finally, the relay The talking telegraph Simply connect The forgotten generation of relay computers The electronic era The history of electronic computers Prologue ENIAC Colossus The electronic revolution The history of the transistor darkness From the crucible of war Repeated reinvention The history of the Internet The backbone […]

The Salmon Project: How to Effectively Counter Internet Censorship Using Proxies with User Trust Levels

The governments of many countries in one way or another restrict citizens' access to information and services on the Internet. Fighting such censorship is an important and difficult task. Usually simple solutions cannot boast of high reliability or long-term efficiency. More complex lock traversal methods have downsides in terms of usability, slow performance, or fail to maintain […]

When you want to quit

I constantly see young developers who, after taking programming courses, lose faith in themselves and think that this job is not for them. When I first started my journey, I thought about changing my profession several times, but, fortunately, I never did. You shouldn't give up either. When you're a beginner, every task seems difficult, and programming […]

The History of the Internet: Expanding Interactivity

Other articles in the cycle: History of the relay The method of "rapid transmission of information", or the birth of the relay Long-ranger Galvanism Entrepreneurs And finally, the relay The talking telegraph Simply connect The forgotten generation of relay computers The electronic era The history of electronic computers Prologue ENIAC Colossus The electronic revolution The history of the transistor darkness From the crucible of war Repeated reinvention The history of the Internet The backbone […]

Reversing and hacking Aigo self-encrypting external HDD. Part 2: Dumping the Cypress PSoC

This is the second and final part of the article about hacking external self-encrypting drives. I remind you that a colleague recently brought me a Patriot (Aigo) SK8671 hard drive, and I decided to reverse it, and now I'm sharing what happened. Before reading further, be sure to read the first part of the article. 4. We begin to dump from the internal PSoC flash drive 5. ISSP protocol - […]

Catch Me If You Can. Prophet Version

I am not the Prophet you might be thinking about. I am that prophet who is not in his own country. I don't play the popular game "catch me if you can". You don’t need to catch me, I’m always at hand. I'm always busy. I don’t just work, carry out duties and follow directions like most people, but I try to improve at least [...]