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Author: Yuri Gagarin

A technical specialist at ProHoster with over six years of experience in server administration, VPN solutions, and network security. I manage infrastructure setup and support, monitor service stability, and implement solutions to protect client data. I also contribute to performance optimization and compliance with modern security and privacy requirements.

Firefox 131.0.2 and Tor Browser 13.5.7 updates addressing a critical vulnerability.

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Corrective releases for Firefox 131.0.2, Firefox ESR 115.16.1, Firefox ESR 128.3.1, and Tor Browser 13.5.7 have been published, addressing a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-9680) that allows for code execution at the content processing level when opening specially crafted pages. The vulnerability is caused by accessing already freed memory (use-after-free) in the implementation of the AnimationTimeline API, used for synchronizing and precisely controlling animated effects […]

hack of the Internet Archive led to the leak of 31 million accounts

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Troy Hunt, the creator of the compromised password checking service 'Have I Been Pwned' (haveibeenpwned.com), received information about a leak of the user database from the Internet Archive (archive.org), which maintains an archive of website states and the largest library of digitized content. The attackers provided Troy with a SQL dump that includes accounts of 31 million users from archive.org. Additionally, JavaScript code has been injected into the site archive.org, displaying a popup […]

The MAME 0.270 emulator set adds support for a greater number of retro machines.

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On September 26, developers announced the release of version 0.270 of the free software package MAME. MAME is primarily aimed at running arcade games, but it also supports the emulation of older devices of various classes. Specifically, the release 0.270 adds support for one of the first PDA devices released to the market. The Zoomer PDA was designed by Casio and was released under various names. The device was equipped with […]

Release of XCP-ng 8.3, the free variant of XenServer

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After four years of development, the release of XCP-ng 8.3 has been published, advancing a free and open-source alternative to the proprietary XenServer platform for deploying cloud infrastructure and managing its operations. XCP-ng recreates the functionality that Citrix removed from the free version of Citrix Hypervisor/XenServer starting with version 7.3, allowing for the quick deployment of server and workstation virtualization systems, offering tools for centralized […]

The GNOME Foundation is reducing its staff to cut costs.

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The GNOME Foundation has announced cost optimization efforts to balance income and expenses. In recent years, the organization has experienced significant overspending; for example, in the 2023 fiscal year, the organization received $556,000 and spent $676,000 (overspending of $120,000), while in 2022, the project received $363,000 and spent $649,000 (overspending of $286 […]

Libreboot 20241008 has been released.

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The release of the free boot firmware Libreboot 20241008 has been published, which holds the status of an experimental release focused on enhancing functionality (stable releases generally contain fixes and are published approximately once a year, with the last stable release being in June). The project develops a ready-made build from the Coreboot project, providing a replacement for proprietary UEFI and BIOS firmware that is responsible for initializing CPU, memory, peripherals, and […]

Python 3.13

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After a year of development, a new stable version of the interpreted programming language Python 3.13 has been released. The release includes changes to the language itself and its standard library. Major changes include the use of a new interactive interpreter by default, experimental support for free-threaded mode (i.e., with the global interpreter lock disabled) (PEP 703), and a JIT compiler (PEP 744). Since this release, […]

Release OpenBSD 7.6

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The release of the free UNIX-like operating system OpenBSD 7.6 has been presented. The OpenBSD project was founded by Theo de Raadt in 1995 after a conflict with the developers of NetBSD, during which Theo lost access to the NetBSD CVS repository. Following this, Theo de Raadt and a group of like-minded individuals created a new open-source […] from the NetBSD source tree.

Snapekit: a new rootkit targeting Arch Linux systems.

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Researchers from Gen Threat Labs have identified a new sophisticated rootkit called Snapekit, targeting the Arch Linux system version 6.10.2-arch1-1 on x86_64 architecture. Snapekit allows attackers to gain unauthorized access to the system and control it while remaining undetected. The rootkit integrates into the operation of the operating system by intercepting and modifying 21 system calls — the communication mechanism between applications and the kernel […]

LSP Plugins 1.2.18

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A new version 1.2.18 of the LSP Plugins effects package has been released. The plugins are designed for sound processing in audio recording mixing and mastering, live performances, as well as broadcasting and podcasting. The package is compatible with LADSPA, LV2, VST2 (LinuxVST), VST3, CLAP, and GStreamer formats, and also provides standalone versions with JACK support. In this version: Send Mono plugins have been implemented […]

Release of Tails 6.8

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The release of the specialized distribution Tails 6.8 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) has been announced, based on the Debian 12 package base, featuring the GNOME 43 desktop and designed for anonymous internet access. Anonymous access in Tails is facilitated by the Tor network. By default, all connections except traffic through the Tor network are blocked by the packet filter. User data storage is handled in […]

OpenBSD 7.6

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On a quiet autumn evening, OpenBSD 7.6 was released. As always, there are many changes. The main ones include: initial support for the Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 Elite system on a chip (SoC); additional mitigations for the Spectre-V4 vulnerability for the ARM64 architecture; implementation of AVX-512 instruction set support for the AMD64 architecture; mitigation of the Register File Data Sampling (RFDS) vulnerability on Intel Atom processors; and the start of work on […]

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