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Hello, Habr! We have previously published 3 out of 5 articles in our series featuring interesting training courses from Microsoft. Today is the fourth part, and in it, we will discuss the latest courses on Azure cloud. By the way! All courses are free (you can even try paid products for free); 5/6 are in Russian; You can start learning instantly; […]
Andrey Konovalov from Google has published a report on the identification of another 15 vulnerabilities (CVE-2019-19523 — CVE-2019-19537) in USB drivers offered in the Linux kernel. This is the third batch of issues found during fuzz testing of the USB stack in the syzkaller package — previously this researcher already reported the existence of 29 vulnerabilities. This time, the list includes only vulnerabilities caused by accessing already […]
Malicious packages "python3-dateutil" and "jeIlyfish" have been discovered in the Python Package Index (PyPI), uploaded by a single author olgired2017 and masquerading as popular packages "dateutil" and "jellyfish" (differentiated by the use of the character "I" (i) instead of "l" (L) in the name). After the installation of these packages, encryption keys and user confidential data found on the server were sent to the attacker. In […]
After 3 months of development, the release of the decentralized social network building platform Hubzilla 4.6 has been announced. The project provides a communication server that can be integrated with web publishing systems, equipped with a transparent identification system and access management tools in decentralized Fediverse networks. The project's code is written in PHP and JavaScript and is distributed under the MIT license. Hubzilla supports a unified authentication system to work as […]
PowerShell is a widely-used automation tool that is often employed by both malware developers and information security specialists. This article will discuss the use of PowerShell for remote data collection from endpoint devices in response to cybersecurity incidents. For this, a script will need to be written that will execute on the endpoint device, followed by a detailed description of this […]
Recently, two completely different worlds converged in our lab: the world of inexpensive radio transceivers and the world of costly wideband radio signal recording systems. At first, our good friends approached us to develop software for recording signals with a bandwidth of 500 MHz. Naturally, we couldn't refuse. After all, it was necessary to do this on the board of 'Instrumental Systems,' which I've known for a long time. In […]
A comprehensive review of the portable thermal imager Seek Thermal SHOT — a thermal imager that helps detect and eliminate heat or cold leaks, identify wiring issues, spot areas of localized heating or overheating of equipment, find game while hunting, and more. Seek Thermal has managed to create an affordable and compact standalone device that encompasses the full functionality of 'adult' professional models. […]
The release of I2P 0.9.44 has been announced, featuring a multilayered anonymous distributed network that operates over the regular internet, actively utilizing end-to-end encryption, ensuring anonymity and isolation. Within the I2P network, users can anonymously create websites and blogs, send instant messages and emails, exchange files, and organize P2P networks. The basic I2P client is written in Java and can run on a wide range of platforms, […]
A year ago, our beloved HR department approached us with a request: to write a chatbot that would assist in the onboarding of newcomers to the company. Let's clarify that we do not develop our own products, but we provide a full range of development services to our clients. This story will be about our internal project, for which the client is not an outside company but our own HR. The main task is to […]
The Lutris development team announced on their Patreon page that they received a monetary donation of $25,000 from Epic MegaGrants. Through Epic MegaGrants, Epic Games allocates funds to various gaming and 3D graphics-related projects to develop the associated ecosystems. Lutris is an open-source gaming platform for Linux that establishes […]
The Firefox 71 release is now available. Key changes include: The Lockwise password manager can now suggest autofill for passwords saved for the main domain on subdomains. Notifications of password compromises can now be read by screen readers. Native MP3 decoding is now used across all major platforms (Linux, macOS, Windows). A kiosk mode has been implemented. The about:config service page has been rewritten from XUL to standard web technologies HTML5, […]
The release of the web browser Firefox 71 and the mobile version Firefox 68.3 for the Android platform has taken place. Additionally, an update for the long-term support branch 68.3.0 has been formed. Soon, the Firefox 72 branch will enter beta testing, with release scheduled for January 7 (the project is moving to a new 4-week development cycle). Key innovations: A new interface for the "about:config" page has been proposed […]