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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.

Release of AROS One 2.5, a distribution of the AROS OS compatible with AmigaOS.

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The release of the AROS One 2.5 project has been published, developing a distribution of the AROS operating system that allows you to run a desktop environment in the style of AmigaOS on your system. An ISO image and boot environment for writing to a USB drive have been prepared for installation on x86 systems. The AROS operating system has been under development since 1995 and is distributed under the AROS Public License, based on the Mozilla Public License 1.1. […]

Mozilla has begun blocking access from Russia to extensions for bypassing restrictions.

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Firefox users have encountered the inability to download extensions from the addons.mozilla.org (AMO) catalog that help bypass restrictions from Roskomnadzor. When attempting to access the pages of four popular extensions that provided bypassing capabilities from Russia, a page appears with information about the denial of access from the user's region. The developer of one of the blocked extensions has asked Mozilla representatives to state the reason for the block, especially since […]

Release of Parrot 6.1 distribution with a collection of security testing tools.

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The release of the Parrot 6.1 distribution is available, based on the Debian 12 package base and including a collection of tools for system security assessment, forensic analysis, and reverse engineering. Several ISO images with a MATE environment are offered for download, aimed at everyday use, security testing, installation on Raspberry Pi boards, and creating specialized installations, for example, for use in cloud environments. Additionally, […]

Release T2 SDE 24.6, a platform for creating distributions

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The release of the T2 SDE 24.6 meta-distribution has been published, providing an environment for building custom distributions, cross-compiling, and maintaining package versions up to date. Initially, the platform focuses on creating builds based on the Linux kernel, but separate prototypes are being developed to allow the building of packages for various operating systems, including macOS, Haiku, and BSD systems. Planned support for creating environments based on other kernels, for example, […]

A massive and prolonged outage occurred in Telegram's service.

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The Telegram messenger faced a major technical failure that led to service disruptions worldwide. Users experienced issues sending messages, uploading media files, and updating information on channels. The outage lasted about one and a half hours. Image source: Rubaitul Azad/Unsplash Source: 3dnews.ru

Analysis of the Popularity of Linux Distributions

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Lansweeper is anticipating the end of support for CentOS 7, which expires on June 30. The company analyzed distributions used on 200,000 scanned Linux systems (the method of selecting these systems for review is not specified; it is likely that statistics were gathered from systems in corporate clients' networks using Lansweeper's inventory platform). The most popular distribution was Ubuntu, accounting for 32.24%. The second place went to […]

In Fedora 41, there is a proposal to switch the installer to Wayland and remove X11 packages from the builds with GNOME.

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In the release of Fedora 41, it has been proposed to transition the Anaconda installer to the Wayland protocol. Currently, Anaconda uses the X11 protocol, which prevents the removal of dependencies that support X11 from installation media. Since migrating Anaconda to Wayland is not a trivial task, it is expected that this change will affect the capabilities of the installer. For instance, a revision of the remote installation process will be required, which […]

Release of the GNU Taler payment system 0.11, developed by the GNU project

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The GNU Project has introduced the release of the free electronic payment system GNU Taler 0.11, which provides anonymity for buyers while preserving the ability to identify sellers to ensure transparency in tax reporting. The system does not allow tracking information about where the user spends money, but provides means for tracking incoming funds (the sender remains anonymous), addressing issues related to tax audits faced by BitCoin. The code […]

A vulnerability in PHP allows for code execution when operating in CGI mode.

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A vulnerability has been identified in PHP (CVE-2024-4577) that allows code execution on the server or viewing the source code of PHP scripts when PHP is used in CGI mode on Windows platforms (configurations with mod_php, php-fpm, and FastCGI are not vulnerable). The issue has been resolved in PHP releases 8.3.8, 8.2.20, and 8.1.29. This vulnerability is a specific case of an issue fixed in 2012, CVE-2012-1823, […]

OpenSSH has added built-in protection against password guessing attacks.

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The OpenSSH codebase has added built-in protection against automated brute-force attacks, where bots attempt to guess the user's password by trying various common combinations. To block such attacks, the sshd_config configuration file now includes the PerSourcePenalties parameter, which allows you to set a blocking threshold that triggers after a large number of failed connection attempts from a single IP address. This new protection mechanism will be included in […]

The nxs-data-anonymizer 1.6.0 tool for database anonymization is available.

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Nxs-data-anonymizer 1.6.0 has been released — a tool for anonymizing dumps of PostgreSQL and MySQL/MariaDB/Percona databases. This tool is written in Go and released under the Apache License 2.0. The utility supports data anonymization based on templates and functions from the Sprig library. Nxs-data-anonymizer can be used via unnamed pipes in the command line to redirect the dump from the source database directly to the target […]

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