| Thousands of websites distribute macOS malware - Shlayer, reports Kaspersky
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| Kaspersky prevented at least one attack carried out by Shlayer on every 10th system using Kaspersky solutions for Mac, said the global cybersecurity provider in a press release.Shlayer is a smart malware distribution system that spreads through entertainment websites, partner network and information websites like Wikipedia which indicates that users that only visit legal online sites need additional protection.Although macOS traditionally is considered as a secure and safer system, cybercriminals still try their hands on to profit from macOS users'.According to the statistics of Shlayer - the most widespread macOS threat in 2019 - is an example to explain the same.It specialises in the installation of adware - programs that are known to terrorise users by feeding them illicit ads, intercepting and gathering users' browser queries, and modifying search results to distribute even more advertising messages.According to Kaspersky's data, the share of Shalyer in all attacks on macOS ...
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| Fiat Chrysler's next-generation Uconnect is faster, built on Android
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 Filed under: Alfa Romeo,Chrysler,Dodge,Fiat,Maserati,RAM Continue reading Fiat Chrysler's next-generation Uconnect is faster, built on Android Fiat Chrysler's next-generation Uconnect is faster, built on Android originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 27 Jan 2020 00:01:00 EST.
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| 'Rocket League' To Drop Linux and Mac Support
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| Long-time Slashdot reader Motor writes: Rocket League — a very popular multiplayer game — will no longer "be patched" for Linux and the Mac after March — say the publisher, Psyonix... The publishers say it's motivated by the need to support unspecified "new technologies". Thanks Psyonix. The announcement says their final patch "will disable online functionality (such as in-game purchases) for players on macOS and Linux, but offline features including Local Matches, and splitscreen play will still be accessible." "Players on Mac can try running Rocket League on Windows with Apple's Boot ...
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| Is PHP Still a Worthwhile Language To Learn?
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| mbadolato (Slashdot reader #105,588) shares this post from Belgium-based programmer Brent Roose: It's no secret among web developers and programmers in general: PHP doesn't have the best reputation. Despite still being one of the most used languages to build web applications; over the years PHP has managed to get itself a reputation of messy codebases, inexperienced developers, insecure code, an inconsistent core library, and what not. While many of the arguments against PHP still stand today, there's also a bright side: you can write clean and maintainable, fast and reliable applications ...
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| JetBrains to Reimagine IntelliJ as Text Editor, Add Machine Learning
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| From a report: JetBrains has added further destinations to the IntelliJ-based roadmap it sketched out last year, promising more localization, machine learning and Git integration amongst a range of other goodies for the Java IDE... The Prague-based firm's CTO Dimitry Jemerov said users had long asked to be able to use its IDEs for "general purpose text editing". While this is possible to some degree currently, in some situations it created a temporary project file, leading to disk clutter and "other inconveniences". However, recent performance improvements mean "the possibility of using ...
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| Ask Slashdot: How Can You Refresh Your Linux and Sysadmin Skills?
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| Slashdot reader PrimeGoat has used Linux for 20 years, "10 of which were during my career as a Linux sysadmin..." "However, there's more to being a sysadmin than just knowing how to use Linux." There are best practices that evolve, new methods of doing things and new software that constantly comes out and evolves. This is where my challenge comes. In 2012 I stopped my career as a Linux sysadmin... There's a lot of stuff that I missed out on. I'm wondering what I should do to refresh my skills and to catch up on what I've missed? An obvious solution would be to get a job as a sysadmin ...
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