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Currently, many projects are being launched aimed at replacing existing information security tools. This is unsurprising, as attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated, and many security measures can no longer provide an adequate level of protection. Throughout these projects, various challenges arise—finding suitable solutions, trying to stay within budget, procurement, and the actual migration to new solutions. Within […]
Last time we touched on educational issues such as the scholastic approach to learning, and we also briefly discussed the detrimental practice of prioritizing skill training at the expense of knowledge acquisition. Now it’s time to delve deeper into these two fundamental categories and understand the key differences between them. So, both definitions: skills and knowledge, along with much […]
The creator of the Python language, who has spent the last six and a half years at Dropbox, is retiring. During these 6.5 years, Guido worked on Python and fostered Dropbox's development culture, which was undergoing a transition from a startup to a large company: he was a mentor, guiding developers to write clear code and to adequately test it. He also laid out a plan for migrating the codebase […]
A corrective release of the package for creating OpenVPN 2.4.8 virtual private networks has been generated. The new version restores the ability to build with the LibreSSL cryptographic library and provides support for building with OpenSSL 1.1 without deprecated APIs. PSS (Probabilistic Signature Scheme) padding processing has been implemented in cryptoapicert (necessary for TLS 1.2 and 1.3). The size of the incoming connection queue awaiting processing (backlog in […]
Due to an error in organizing caching in the content delivery system, an early build was distributed when attempting to download one of the releases of the recently published Python 3.5.8 corrective update, which did not include all the fixes. The issue affected only the Python-3.5.8.tar.xz archive; the Python-3.5.8.tgz build was distributed correctly. All users who downloaded the 'Python-3.5.8.tar.xz' file within the first 12 hours after the release are advised to verify the integrity of the downloaded data using the checksum […]
The ability to downgrade devices running RouterOS (Mikrotik) remotely poses a threat to hundreds of thousands of network devices. The vulnerability is related to DNS cache poisoning of the Winbox protocol and allows for loading outdated (with the password reset to 'default') or modified firmware onto the device. Details of the vulnerability The RouterOS terminal supports the resolution command for DNS queries. This request is processed by a binary file named resolver. The resolver is […]
1. A Bit of Background 2. Technical Specifications of Phicomm K3C 3. OpenWRT Firmware 4. Localizing the Interface 5. Adding Dark Themes The Chinese company Phicomm offers a device named K3C AC1900 Smart WLAN Router within its Wi-Fi router lineup. This device utilizes an Intel AnyWAN SoC GRX350 combined with an Intel Home Wi-Fi Chipset WAV500 (by the way, the same hardware is used […]
Hackers celebrate another victory over Denuvo. The Codex group has cracked the latest version of the DRM protection in Borderlands 3. The game is already available on related resources. The same anti-piracy protection is used in Mortal Kombat 11, Anno 1800, and several other games that have not yet appeared on torrent trackers. The hackers did not state whether they would release the rest of the projects to the public […]
The release of the IWD 1.0 (iNet Wireless Daemon) Wi-Fi daemon, developed by Intel as an alternative to wpa_supplicant for connecting Linux systems to wireless networks, is now available. IWD can serve as a backend for network configurators such as Network Manager and ConnMan. The key goal of developing the new Wi-Fi daemon is to optimize resource consumption, such as memory and disk size. IWD […]
The developers of the Android-x86 project, which aims to port the Android platform to x86 architecture by an independent community, have released the first stable version of the build based on Android 8.1, which includes fixes and enhancements that ensure seamless operation on x86 architecture platforms. Universal Live builds of Android-x86 8.1-r3 for x86 32-bit (656 MB) and x86_64 architectures are prepared for download […]
Many foreign authors agree that the era of Big Data has come to an end. In this context, Big Data refers to technologies based on Hadoop. Many authors can even confidently name the date when Big Data left this world, and that date is June 5, 2019. What happened on that significant day? On that day, […]
In IT, there is a superstition: "If it works, don't touch it." This can also be said about our monitoring system. At Southbridge, we use Zabbix — when we chose it, it was very good. Essentially, there were no alternatives. Over time, our ecosystem developed documentation, additional bindings, and integration with Redmine. Zabbix acquired a powerful competitor, […]