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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.

Tor Project and Tails distribution announced their merger

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The developers of the Tor anonymous network and the Tails distribution have announced the merger of their projects. Further development of the Tails distribution will be carried out as part of the Tor project, simplifying collaboration, enhancing viability, reducing overhead, and expanding capabilities to counter digital threats. The Tails distribution (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) is based on a Debian package base, comes with the GNOME desktop, and is intended […]

Release of PostgreSQL 17

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After a year of development, a new stable branch of the PostgreSQL database system, PostgreSQL 17, has been released. Updates for the new branch will be available for five years until November 2029. Support for PostgreSQL 12.x, the oldest supported branch, will end on November 14. Key new features: A new data structure is used during the VACUUM operation (garbage collection, cleanup, and disk storage packing), consuming up to […]

RSS Guard 4.7.4

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The release of version 4.7.4 of the cross-platform RSS client RSS Guard, written in C++ using the Qt framework (5 or 6) and distributed under the GPL 3.0 license, has been announced. Change log: the priority of worker threads for fetching feeds is now lowered to low. This is likely to improve the interface responsiveness during feed retrieval; the user-agent can now be set in the settings; improved appearance […]

Memory safety methods significantly reduced the number of vulnerabilities in Android

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Google has summarized the results of its Safe Coding initiative for Android, which includes the use of programming languages that ensure safe memory management, application of static analysis tools, and designing APIs with security in mind. These changes have reduced the share of memory-related vulnerabilities in Android from 76% in 2019 to 24% in 2024, which […]

ELKS 0.8 is now available, a Linux kernel variant for older 16-bit Intel processors.

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The release of ELKS 0.8 (Embeddable Linux Kernel Subset) has been published, which develops a Linux-like operating system for 16-bit Intel processors 8086, 8088, 80188, 80186, 80286, and NEC V20/V30. The OS can be used on old IBM-PC XT/AT class computers, the domestic MK-88 computer, the vintage Monotech NuXT 2.0 board, and on SBC/SoC/FPGA that replicate the IA16 architecture. The project […]

OpenBSD has prohibited the use of null characters in shell scripts.

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Theo de Raadt has introduced a change that prohibits the use of null characters in shell scripts processed by the default command interpreter, ksh. The presence of null characters in scripts will now lead to a termination with an error message, except for when they are placed among data attached at the end of the file following the code. This change is included as part of […]

Valve has launched the Frog project to accelerate the advancement of new Wayland protocols.

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Developers at Valve have presented the frog-protocols project, aimed at developing an additional set of protocols for Wayland, complementing the protocols from the wayland-protocols set that supplies Wayland extensions for building composite servers and user environments. The creation of a separate set of protocols for Wayland is explained by the sluggish process and endless discussions surrounding the adoption of new protocols in wayland-protocols, which can take […]

OpenWrt 23.05.5 update

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An update to the OpenWrt 23.05.5 distribution has been released, designed for use in various networking devices such as routers, switches, and access points. OpenWrt supports a wide range of platforms and architectures and features a build system that enables easy cross-compilation, allowing the inclusion of various components to easily create customized firmware or disk images for specific tasks […]

The GNU toolchain build with GCC 14.2.0 for Symbian has been released

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After extensive effort, GCC 14.2.0 has been released with fixes for build errors and a number of improvements. It also includes Binutils 2.29.1 and GDB 10.2. Windows users can access it in executable format, while a bash script is provided for building on Linux systems. Improvements include support for C++11 and later in the SDK; a default macro defined for Symbian: […]

MPV 0.39.0

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After five months of development, version 0.39.0 of the popular open-source media player MPV has been released. Major updates include added support for scaling using the D3D11VA filter for NVIDIA RTX and Intel VSR graphics cards. Multi-touch support has been introduced for enhanced user interaction. The track selection system for multilingual components has been improved. Compatibility with dmabuf-wayland has been enhanced for Wayland users. A new script has been added […]

Vulnerabilities in PCP and Nix that allow privilege escalation in the system

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Two vulnerabilities have been identified in the PCP (Performance Co-Pilot) toolkit, which is used for collecting system performance statistics (for example, in the Cockpit interface). The first vulnerability (CVE-2024-45770) exists in the pmpost utility, which is designed to send messages to the log and can be launched with elevated privileges under certain conditions. Exploiting this vulnerability allows for code execution with root privileges, but an attack requires […]

The CentOS project has started the development of a console Live build of CentOS Stream MIN.

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The CentOS distribution developers have released a new "MIN" build, which includes a bootable Live environment of CentOS Stream that operates solely in console mode. For installing the loaded system onto a disk, the utility "install_to_hard_drive" is offered, providing a text interface. The size of the build is 1.2 GB. In addition to MIN, the project is also creating Live builds for Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE, MATE, XFce, and MAX (a collection of different desktop environments). Source: opennet.ru

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