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Chinese hackers have been caught bypassing two-factor authentication, though this is unconfirmed. Below are the assumptions of the Dutch company Fox-IT, which specializes in cybersecurity consulting services. It is suggested, albeit without direct evidence, that a group of hackers known as APT20 works for Chinese government entities. The hacking activity attributed to APT20 was first discovered in 2011. In 2016-2017, the group […]
In our last article, we discussed the features of the new Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) standard. Since then, quite some time has passed, and the standard has been finalized, manufacturers are releasing equipment, and the WiFi Alliance is actively engaged in its certification. In the new year, many will have new projects to update or build wireless infrastructure from scratch, so the question of the existing offerings […]
The New Year is approaching, and itās hard to think about serious work. Everyone is trying to decorate something for the holiday: their home, office, workspaceā¦ Letās decorate something too! For example, the command line. In a way, the command line is also a workspace. In some distributions, itās already 'decorated'; in others, itās gray and unremarkable. But we can make it, […]
Following the material on developer salaries in Armenia, we would like to address the topic of benefits packagesāhow, besides salaries, companies attract and retain specialists. We gathered information on compensation from 50 Armenian IT companies: startups, local companies, offices of international corporations, in product, and outsourcing. The list of bonuses does not include perks such as coffee, cookies, fruits, etc.; […]
One of the major scientific challenges of our time is the race to create the first useful quantum computer. Thousands of physicists and engineers are participating in this endeavor. Concepts are being developed by IBM, Google, Alibaba, Microsoft, and Intel. How will this powerful computing device change our world, and why is it so important? Imagine for a moment: a fully functioning quantum computer has been created. It has become a normal and integral part of everyday life […]
The latest version of Windows 10, numbered 1909, has a problem that dates back to the days of Windows XP. The issue is that the context menu of some programs, such as the Pidgin messenger, gets partially obscured by the taskbar. As a result, some options are inaccessible. It is noted that the problem was fixed in the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, but it persists in the current version of Windows 10 […]
Clearly, embarking on the development of a new communication standard without considering security mechanisms is extraordinarily questionable and pointless. The security architecture of 5G is a set of security mechanisms and procedures implemented in fifth-generation networks, encompassing all network components from the core to radio interfaces. Fifth-generation networks are essentially an evolution of fourth-generation networks […]
There are many articles about Jenkins on Habr, but few describe examples of working with Jenkins and Docker agents. All popular project build tools like Drone.io, Bitbucket Pipeline, GitLab, GitHub Actions, and others can build everything in containers. But what about Jenkins? Today, there is a solution to the problem: Jenkins 2 works wonderfully with Docker agents. In this article […]
Last time, we began telling the story of DNS ā recalling how the project started and what problems it was meant to solve in the ARPANET. Today, we will talk about the first DNS server, BIND. Photo ā John Markos OāNeill ā CC BY-SA The First DNS Servers After Paul Mockapetris and Jon Postel proposed the concept of domain names in 1983, […]
In the end, as always, there is a brief summary. Do you remember the story about a guy? He recently came over and told a funny story. I think youāll find it interesting. Itās not about the story itself, but about how, well, these things happen. I reflected on my own experiences and spotted several similar situations. Back in the mid-2000s […]
A release of the lightweight Live distribution AntiX 19.1 has been published, built on a Debian package base and aimed at installation on outdated hardware. The release is based on Debian 10 (Buster) but comes without the system manager systemd and uses eudev instead of udev. The default user environment is formed using the IceWM window manager, though fluxbox, jwm, and other alternatives are also offered […]
Security researchers from the Chinese company Tencent have presented a new variant of the Magellan vulnerability (CVE-2019-13734), which allows for code execution when processing SQL constructs formatted in a specific way in the SQLite database. A similar vulnerability was published by the same researchers a year ago. The vulnerability is notable as it enables remote attacks on the Chrome browser and permits control over the user's system when opening web pages controlled by the attacker. […]