Kali 2019.4 supported by the Linux 5.3.9 kernel has some interesting new updates.

Kali 2019.4 supported by the Linux 5.3.9 kernel has some interesting new updates.

Kali is a Linux distribution based on Debian. Kali uses Debian repositories, thanks to which the software base is very extensive. The distribution has tools for monitoring individual programs and downloads their new versions.

Kali has an updated release of NetHunter, i.e. a platform that carries out security tests of devices such as: Android including Nexus 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, OpePlus One CM11, CM12.

https://thehackernews.com/2019/11/kali-linux-undercover-mode.html?

Researchers have discovered a new malicious domain ‘payment-mastercard [.] Com’.

Researchers have discovered a new malicious domain ‘payment-mastercard [.] Com’.

The risk of attacks increases. Cybercriminals are developing their knowledge to get as much as possible for themselves. It is likely that the cybercriminal group with the skills of phishing templates and web browsers turns payment processing pages into fake ones.

https://cyware.com/news/hackers-target-third-party-payment-processing-page-to-phish-victims-b15b55c0

The A64FX processors

The A64FX processors

Japanese research center Riken and Fujitsu announced in May this year that they were working together on a post-K supercomputer that will likely be operational in mid-2021. This decision may change the balance of power on the market of high-speed “exascale” computers. Belonging to HPE for several months, Cray announces that it has entered into an agreement with Fujitsu providing that it will install its A64FX line processors in its supercomputers. It will be the first commercial supercomputer based on innovative CPU systems. The A64FX processors are almost one hundred percent based on Arm8 architecture and have a very interesting and unusual appearance. They contain 48 basic computing cores and four additional cores. Cray announces that supercomputers based on this system have been designed with scientific institutions in mind. So they support specific technologies such as HMB (High-Bandwidth Memory, a memory interface that supports 3D DRAMs). As I mentioned above, Fujitsu and the Japanese research center Riken are working on a supercomputer and A64FX will be installed in it. It is worth knowing that Post-K is the successor of the well-known K supercomputer (based on Sparc64 VIIIfx processors), which was once designed by Fujitsu together with the now defunct Sun.

The first magnetic tapes

The first magnetic tapes

Computer trivia: The first magnetic tapes that appeared on the market were seven-track IBM tapes dedicated to IBM 701 and IBM 702 computers in 1952. However, there was a problem with the first mainframes their use was limited. With the introduction of IBM System / 360, the size of the tape used also changed – this time it was already ½ inch (12.7 mm). Thus, nine-track (9-track) drives were introduced for use.

Almost 50 different tape formats appeared on the market, one of them presented quite recently in December 2017 – LTO8 tape. A common feature of all these formats is that the data is stored linearly on a tape containing a magnetized layer of particles. To this day, carriers are used – although it is often heard that someone “announces their death”. With proper storage of the tape, producers promise their durability up to 30 years, although most experts say they can last about 50 years.

Internet of things is entering space.

Internet of things is entering space.

At the beginning of the year, the American company Swarm Technologies will introduce a data transmission service from loT networks using satellites orbiting the earth. We can safely say that internet is entering space. By the end of the year, 150 satellites will be launched by the company. The Federal Communications Commission has agreed to deploy 150 satellites in space to orbit the earth, but the condition is that the satellites will be used to transmit data, not voice. This information should make us aware of one thing – in front of our eyes the race for telecommunications companies to take over space begins, in offers that will certainly appear soon, new generation satellite Internet services will be offered.