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Author: Erik Peterson

A ProHoster specialist with over seven years of experience in hosting, network infrastructure, and internet security. I participate in the development and maintenance of server solutions, VPN services, and client platforms. I specialize in stability, data protection, and service optimization for clients. I regularly monitor updates in industry standards and best practices.

OpenBSD 7.9

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On May 19, the anniversary 60th release of the OpenBSD operating system was quietly and unobtrusively launched. Among the changes: improved support for arm64, luna88k, riscv64 architectures, and others; a fix for the FP-DSS vulnerability on amd64; the sysctl hw.smt mechanism has been deprecated, replaced by hw.blockcpu to exclude certain types of cores from the scheduler (useful for Intel processors); the delayed hibernation mechanism, known in systemd as suspend-then-hibernate, has been implemented; […]

GNOME Commander 2.0 is available, rewritten in Rust and licensed under GPLv3

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The release of the two-panel file manager GNOME Commander 2.0 has taken place, optimized for use in the GNOME desktop environment. GNOME Commander offers features such as tabs, command line access, bookmarks, customizable color schemes, directory skipping mode when selecting files, access to external data via SFTP and SAMBA, extensible context menus, automatic mounting of external drives, access to navigation history, […]

The release of the TileOS 2.0 distribution

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The release of the TileOS 2.0 'Sauropod' distribution is available, built on a Debian package base and offering a desktop that utilizes tiled window managers. TileOS aims for the same goals as the Ubuntu Sway Remix distribution (developed by the same author), providing a ready-to-use interface that requires no additional configuration and is designed for both experienced Linux users and newcomers looking for […]

The release of StartWine-Launcher 422, a program for launching Windows applications and games on Linux

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The release of the Startwine-Launcher 422 application, developed for launching programs and games compiled for the Windows platform in Linux systems, has been published. The main goal of developing StartWine-Launcher was to simplify the process for beginners in creating Wine prefixes — sets of libraries and dependencies required for Windows applications to run on Linux. The StartWine-Launcher code is written in Python and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. The interface is based on […]

GRO Frag — the seventh vulnerability in the Copy Fail class, granting root privileges in Linux

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An exploit for the seventh vulnerability (1, 2-3, 4, 5, 6) in the Linux kernel, which allows a non-privileged local user to gain root privileges by overwriting data in the page cache, has been made publicly available. No CVE identifier has yet been assigned, and aside from the exploit code, no further information about the issue is currently available. A patch was released on May 20, and was accepted on May 21 […]

A second remotely exploitable vulnerability in nginx has been identified in just 10 days

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Corrective releases of nginx 1.31.1 and 1.30.2 have been formed, addressing a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-9256) that allows remote code execution with nginx worker process privileges through specially crafted HTTP requests. Researchers who uncovered the issue demonstrated a working exploit, which will be published along with a full description 30 days after the fix. The vulnerability has been code-named nginx-poolslip. The issue has been present since […]

Zero-copy is being removed from AF_ALG in Linux for security reasons.

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Support for zero-copy is set to be removed from the AF_ALG interface for SKCIPHER and AEAD algorithm types in the Linux cryptography subsystem. The change is already in the cryptodev tree and is expected to be sent to the Linux 7.2 merge window, which is scheduled to open in June. This decision follows growing security concerns surrounding zero-copy mechanisms in the kernel, especially after recent vulnerabilities in Linux cryptographic code. AF_ALG […]

FreeBSD has addressed 4 vulnerabilities that allow privilege escalation, along with one remote root vulnerability.

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Seven vulnerabilities have been addressed in FreeBSD, one of which allows for remote code execution with root privileges, and four can escalate privileges within the system. These vulnerabilities have been fixed in updates FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE-p9, 14.4-RELEASE-p5, and 14.3-RELEASE-p14. CVE-2026-45255 – there was a lack of escaping for special characters in the shell script of the bsdinstall installer and bsdconfig configurator, which displayed a list of available wireless networks to connect to, identified as a result of […]

Flipper One — a multi-tool device for hackers with an AI engine, Wi-Fi router, and network analyzer.

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The Flipper One project has been introduced, developing a portable computer for network engineers, enthusiasts, and security researchers. The device is designed like a gaming console and contains a computer that can be used independently for security system checks, diagnosing network issues, and traffic analysis, or as a portable workstation connected to a monitor, keyboard, and mouse. The project is being developed in collaboration with the community and […]

Firefox 151

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Firefox 151 is now available, notable for enhanced protection against digital fingerprinting, support for the Web Serial API, as well as allowing websites to capture keyboard input in full-screen mode. Local profile backup is available on Linux (in macOS, activation is postponed until the next release). The design of the new tab has been revamped to prepare for future changes, such as widgets and […]

Proxmox VE 9.2 has been released, a distribution for managing virtual servers

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The Proxmox Virtual Environment 9.2 release has been published, a specialized Linux distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux, aimed at deploying and maintaining virtual servers using LXC and KVM, and capable of serving as a replacement for products like VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Citrix Hypervisor. The size of the installation ISO image is 1.7 GB. Proxmox VE provides tools for deploying a fully functional virtual system […]

Release of the Composite Server Wayland Maker 0.8

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The release of the Composite Server Wayland Maker 0.8 has been published, implementing a user environment styled like Window Maker, built using the Wayland protocol. Supported features include: a stacked window layout mode, the use of virtual desktops, a sidebar, NeXTSTEP-style appearance, application pinning to the screen, focus on lightweight design and high performance, and the ability to run X11 applications via XWayland. The project supports […]

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