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In 2017, more than a hundred countries were targeted by the WannaCry virus. Most of all it affected Russia and Ukraine. Then computers running Windows 7 and server versions were affected. On Windows 8, 8.1 and 10, the standard antivirus was able to neutralize WannaCry. The malware itself was an encryptor and ransomware that demanded a ransom for access to data. Currently […]
Network delays have a significant impact on the performance of applications or services that interact with the network. The lower the delay, the better the performance. This is true for any network service, from a regular website to a database or network storage. A good example is the Domain Name System (DNS). The DNS is, by its very nature, a distributed system whose root nodes are […]
The open beta for competitive arena shooter Splitgate: Arena Warfare appears to have gone well. Because recently the developers from the independent studio 1047 Games presented a trailer announcing the release date of the final version of this interesting game, characterized by a neon environment and the ability to create portals similar to the Portal series from Valve. The launch on Steam is scheduled for May 22, and the game will be distributed […]
Network sources report that the Chinese company Meizu is preparing to introduce a new version of the 16X smartphone. Presumably, the device should compete with the Xiaomi Mi 9 SE, which has gained considerable popularity in China and some other countries. Despite the fact that the official name of the device has not been announced, it is assumed that the smartphone will be called Meizu 16Xs. The message also states […]
Today, a Russian-language replica of the open source social network HumHub has been launched on the I2P network. There are two ways to connect to the network - through the use of I2P or through the clearnet. You can also use your nearest Medium provider to connect. Source: www.habr.com
Daedalic Entertainment and studios FakeFish and Undertow Games have announced that the multiplayer sci-fi submarine simulator Barotrauma will be released on Steam Early Access on June 5th. In Barotrauma, up to 16 players will take an underwater journey beneath the surface of one of Jupiter's moons, Europa. There they will discover many alien wonders and horrors. Players will have to control their ship […]
Earlier this month, on May 3, a major release of the "control system for distributed data storage in Kubernetes" - Rook 1.0.0 was announced. Over a year ago, we already published a general review of Rook. At the same time, we were asked to talk about the experience of using it in practice - and now, just in time for such a significant milestone in the history of the project, we […]
Once I faced the task of giving one of the clients the right to edit the PTR records of the /28 subnet given to him. I don't have automation for editing BIND settings from the outside. Therefore, I decided to go the other way - to delegate to the client a piece of the /24 subnet PTR zone. It would seem - what could be easier? We just write the subnet in the right way and direct it to the […]
Disappointed by the final season, Game of Thrones fans could not forgive the writers for their shattered expectations. They decided to explicitly communicate their opinion to the creators of the series using Google. Using a fairly popular technique called “Google bombing,” also known as “search bombing,” Reddit members from the /r/Freefolk community decided to associate the query “bad writers” with a photo of the show’s writers. IN […]
The Rostelecom company, according to the network publication RIA Novosti, has selected three suppliers of cellular devices running the Sailfish Mobile OS RUS operating system. Let us recall that in the first quarter of last year, Rostelecom announced a deal to purchase the Sailfish OS mobile platform, which can be used on smartphones and tablet computers. It is assumed that mobile devices based on Sailfish Mobile […]
DJI is believed to be unveiling its first sports camera, the DJI Osmo Action, at a special event on Wednesday. This product was first rumored in early May, when it was speculated that the camera would be a special version of the DJI Osmo Pocket - which is now clear that this is not the case. On the eve of the event, photographs, technical specifications and other details about the device have already […]
Information security experts have discovered a new vulnerability in Intel chips that can be used to steal sensitive information directly from the processor. The researchers called it "ZombieLoad". ZombieLoad is a side-by-side attack targeting Intel chips that allows hackers to effectively exploit a flaw in their architecture to obtain arbitrary data, but does not allow […]
