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EA had to re-record the narrator's voice for the C&C remaster due to the loss of the original recordings

Posted on 12.12.201918.02.2020

During the work on the remaster of the popular strategy Command & Conquer, Electronic Arts discovered that it had lost the original voice recordings of the narrator from the first game in the franchise. As a result, all dialogues had to be re-recorded. For authenticity, the publisher involved Kia Huntzinger, who provided the voice in the first Command & Conquer. It was her voice that commented on the in-game events. […]

The Data Privacy Issue in Active Directory

Posted on 12.12.201918.02.2020

I conducted penetration testing using PowerView and utilized it to extract user information from Active Directory (AD). At that time, I focused on collecting information about group membership, and then used that information to navigate through the network. In any case, AD contains sensitive employee data, some […]

Another 'first in the world' SuperApp

Posted on 12.12.201918.02.2020

Once again, everyone is discussing the 'first in Russia' SuperApp, this time from Tinkoff. Recently marked the anniversary of one of the first SuperApps—the 'Gosuslugi Moscow' application, where you can pay for parking and fines, submit utility readings, make a doctor’s appointment, and check your child's homework and grades. Following their lead, federal government services added the word 'super' (super-services […]

How to assess your level of English proficiency

Posted on 12.12.201918.02.2020

There are many articles on Habr about how to independently study English. But here's the question: how do you assess your level when learning on your own? It's clear that there are IELTS and TOEFL, but almost no one takes these tests without additional preparation, and these tests, as they say, evaluate not so much the level of language proficiency, but rather the ability to pass […]

Vulnerability in ld.so OpenBSD

Posted on 12.12.201918.02.2020

The dynamic loader ld.so, included in OpenBSD, under certain conditions may leave the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable for SUID/SGID applications, thus allowing third-party code to be loaded in the context of a process running with elevated privileges. Patches fixing this vulnerability are available for versions 6.5 and 6.6. Binary patches (syspatch) for amd64, i386, and arm64 platforms have already been released into production and […]

Chrome 79 Release

Posted on 12.12.201918.02.2020

Google has released version 79 of the Chrome web browser. At the same time, a stable release of the free project Chromium, which serves as the foundation for Chrome, is available. The Chrome browser is distinguished by its use of Google logos, a crash notification system, the ability to load the Flash module on demand, modules for playing protected video content (DRM), an automatic update system, and RLZ parameters transmission during searches. The next version, Chrome 80 […]

Release of Virtualization System VirtualBox 6.1

Posted on 12.12.201918.02.2020

After a year of development, Oracle has released VirtualBox 6.1, a virtualization system. The installation packages are available for Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, Debian, SLES, RHEL for AMD64 architecture), Solaris, macOS, and Windows. Key changes include: Support for hardware features introduced in the fifth generation of Intel Core i processors (Broadwell) for nested virtualization; removal of the old […]

The free demo of Detroit: Become Human is now available on EGS

Posted on 12.12.201918.02.2020

Developers from Quantic Dream have released a free demo version of the game Detroit: Become Human on the Epic Games Store. This allows interested players to try the new title on their own hardware before purchasing, as David Cage's studio recently revealed the system requirements for the computer port of the game — they turned out to be quite high for interactive cinema. You can try the free demo of Detroit: Become Human right now by downloading […]

Google is preparing a new Chromebook with the yet-to-be-announced Core i7-10610U

Posted on 12.12.201918.02.2020

Intel appears to have not yet introduced all of its mobile Comet Lake-U processors. A record of testing the Google Hatch system with the unreleased Core i7-10610U processor was discovered in the Geekbench 5 performance testing database. This processor features four cores and eight threads. The test indicated a base frequency of 4.9 GHz, but it is much more likely that […]

Protect Your Dongles: Security Research on Logitech Keyboard Receivers

Posted on 11.12.201918.02.2020

Historically, most employees use wireless keyboards and mice from Logitech. Once again, while entering our passwords, we – the Raccoon Security team – wondered: how difficult is it to bypass the security mechanisms of wireless keyboards? Our research revealed architectural flaws and software bugs that allow access to the entered data. Below is what we […]

CrossOver 19.0 release for Linux and macOS

Posted on 11.12.201918.02.2020

CodeWeavers has released Crossover 19.0, a package based on Wine's code that allows you to run applications and games written for the Windows platform. CodeWeavers is one of the key contributors to the Wine project, sponsoring its development and contributing innovations made for its commercial products back to the project. The source code for the open components of Crossover 19.0 can be downloaded from this page. […]

Published Ubuntu Server 19.10.1 builds for Raspberry Pi

Posted on 11.12.201918.02.2020

Canonical has released server builds of Ubuntu 19.10.1 for Raspberry Pi devices. The 32-bit builds are available for Raspberry Pi 2, 3, and 4, while the 64-bit builds are for Raspberry Pi 3 and 4. In the proposed builds, the support for USB on Raspberry Pi 4 boards with 4GB of RAM has been made operational (previously, due to a kernel bug, it was supported only […]

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