Author: ProHoster

Release of OpenSSH 9.6 with elimination of vulnerabilities

The release of OpenSSH 9.6 has been published, an open implementation of a client and server for working using the SSH 2.0 and SFTP protocols. The new version fixes three security issues: A vulnerability in the SSH protocol (CVE-2023-48795, “Terrapin” attack), which allows a MITM attack to roll back the connection to use less secure authentication algorithms and disable protection against side-channel attacks that recreate input via […]

Terrapin - a vulnerability in the SSH protocol that allows you to reduce connection security

A group of researchers from the Ruhr University in Bochum (Germany) presented a new MITM attack technique on SSH - Terrapin, which exploits a vulnerability (CVE-2023-48795) in the protocol. An attacker capable of organizing a MITM attack has the ability, during the connection negotiation process, to block the sending of a message by configuring protocol extensions to reduce the connection security level. A prototype of the attack toolkit has been published on GitHub. In the context of OpenSSH, a vulnerability […]

LG announced a pair of smart monitors with 4K and WebOS platform

LG has announced the imminent release of LG MyView smart monitors - they will appear in South Korea at the end of December. The devices will have 32-inch displays with 4K resolution (3840 × 2160 pixels) and will run the WebOS 23 operating system. Supported functions include Apple AirPlay 2 and streaming from Netflix or Apple TV. Except […]

Blue Origin fails to complete first New Shepard space launch in 15 months

Blue Origin on Monday, December 18, celebrated the first space launch of a rocket with the New Shepard spacecraft in the last 15 months. The launch was originally scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (17:30 p.m. Moscow time). However, after an hour-long delay due to adverse weather conditions near Blue Origin's launch site in West Texas, the suborbital launch was cancelled. Source […]

Windows 11 December update broke wireless Wi-Fi connections on some PCs and laptops

The recently released Windows 11 December Update (KB5033375), which contains a mandatory OS security update, fixes a number of operating system bugs. However, installing the mentioned update entails problems for some users, writes Windows Latest. As it turned out, the KB5033375 package can “break” the Wi-Fi wireless connection on some PCs and laptops. Image source: Windows LatestSource: 3dnews.ru

The Linux 6.8 kernel is scheduled to include the first network driver in the Rust language

The net-next branch, which develops changes for the Linux kernel 6.8, includes changes that add to the kernel the initial Rust wrapper above the phylib abstraction level and the ax88796b_rust driver that uses this wrapper, providing support for the PHY interface of the Asix AX88772A (100MBit) Ethernet controller. . The driver includes 135 lines of code and is positioned as a simple working example for creating network drivers in Rust, ready […]