We cover our tracks. How to make Windows forget everything

Date: 04/06/2025

Lists of open files and USB devices, browser history, DNS cache – all this helps to find out what the user was doing. We have compiled step-by-step instructions on how to remove traces of your activity in different versions of Windows, Office and popular browsers. At the end of the article you will find several scripts that will help you automatically keep your machine clean.
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From the Dead in 80 seconds. Bringing the bricked smartphone back to life

Date: 04/06/2025

Most of the articles in the X-Mobile section are devoted to hacks and tweaks that require rooting, modifying the firmware, or replacing it with a custom one. However, not every reader is ready to subject their smartphone to such operations, fearing that they can turn the device into a brick or lead to instability in operation. Today I will debunk these myths and show that even in the most stalemate situation, it is not so difficult to bring a smartphone back to life.
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A darknet trip. Take the greenest places .onion

Date: 04/06/2025

The word “darknet” has almost become a cliché for everything that is taboo, difficult to access, and potentially dangerous. But what is a real darknet? We’re offering you another study sharing everything we’ve been able to dig up lately. This time – with a focus on Russian dark resources.
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Linux in 30 minutes. A Beginner’s Guide to Choosing and Using Linux

Date: 02/06/2025

It doesn’t matter which operating system you prefer to have on your desktop, Linux is literally everywhere today: on servers, on hardware like Raspberry Pi, on smart devices, on computers in government institutions… Well, even in Windows, you can now run LinuxLinux to make it easier, for example, to test server software. A hacker just needs to navigate Linux.
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Python from absolute zero. Learning to work with strings, files, and the Internet

Date: 31/05/2025

One day, Crocodile Gena and Cheburashka were asked to write an essay on the topic ’How I spent my summer.’ The problem was that the friends drank beer all summer. Gena, who can’t lie, wrote it that way, so Cheburashka had to replace some words. And since Cheburashka was a Python coder, he did this using a string function. In this article, I’ll show you how to keep up with Cheburashka and learn how to work with strings, files, and make requests to websites in Python.
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