Author: ProHoster

LazPaint 7.0.5 graphics editor release

After almost three years of development, the release of the program for manipulating images LazPaint 7.0.5 is available, in functionality reminiscent of the graphic editors PaintBrush and Paint.NET. The project was originally developed to demonstrate the capabilities of the BGRABitmap graphics library, which provides advanced drawing functions in the Lazarus development environment. The application is written in Pascal using the Lazarus (Free Pascal) platform and is distributed under the […]

Exim Critical Vulnerability Revealed

A corrective release of Exim 4.92.2 has been published to fix a critical vulnerability (CVE-2019-15846), which in the default configuration can lead to remote code execution by an attacker with root rights. The problem only appears when TLS support is enabled and is exploited by passing a specially designed client certificate or modified value to SNI. The vulnerability was identified by Qualys. The problem is present in the special character escaping handler [...]

Mozilla moves to enable DNS-over-HTTPS by default in Firefox

Firefox developers have announced the completion of testing support for DNS over HTTPS (DoH, DNS over HTTPS) and their intention to enable this technology by default for US users at the end of September. The activation will be carried out progressively, initially for a few percent of users, and if there are no problems, gradually increasing to 100%. Once the US is covered, the possibility of including DoH and […]

GNU Wget 2 testing has begun

A test release of GNU Wget 2, a completely redesigned program for automating the recursive downloading of GNU Wget content, is now available. GNU Wget 2 was designed and rewritten from scratch and is notable for moving the basic functionality of the web client into the libwget library, which can be used separately in applications. The utility is licensed under GPLv3+, and the library is licensed under LGPLv3+. Wget 2 has been upgraded to a multi-threaded architecture, [...]

Librem 5 launch date announced

Purism has published a release schedule for the Librem 5 smartphone, which includes a number of software and hardware measures to block attempts to track and collect user information. The smartphone is planned to be certified by the Free Software Foundation under the “Respects Your Freedom” program, confirming that the user is given full control over the device and is equipped only with free software, including drivers and firmware. The smartphone will be delivered […]

Focus Home Interactive showed Greedfall release trailer

Publisher Focus Home Interactive, together with developers from the Spiders studio, published a release trailer for the role-playing game Greedfall, and also announced the system requirements. It is not specified what specific graphics settings the configurations below are designed for. The minimum required hardware is as follows: operating system: 64-bit Windows 7, 8 or 10; processor: Intel Core i5-3450 3,1 GHz or AMD FX-6300 X6 3,5 […]

First public version of PowerToys for Windows 10 released

Microsoft previously announced that the PowerToys set of utilities is returning to Windows 10. This set first appeared during Windows XP. Now the developers have released two small programs for the “ten”. The first is the Windows Keyboard Shortcut Guide, which is a program with dynamic keyboard shortcuts for each active window or application. When you press the button [...]

The Association for the Development of Interactive Advertising wants to create a replacement for Cookies

The most common technology for tracking users on Internet resources today is Cookies. It is “cookies” that are used on all large and small websites, allowing them to remember visitors, show them targeted advertising, and so on. But the other day a build of the Firefox 69 browser from Mozilla was released, which by default increased security and blocked the ability to track users. And that's why […]

Wikipedia crashed due to hacker attack

A message appeared on the website of the non-profit organization Wikimedia Foundation, which supports the infrastructure of several crowdsourcing wiki projects, including Wikipedia, saying that the failure of the Internet encyclopedia was due to a targeted hacker attack. Earlier it became known that in a number of countries Wikipedia temporarily switched to offline operation. According to available data, access to […]

New Hearthstone Adventure Tombs of Terror Begins September 17th

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that the new Hearthstone expansion, Tombs of Terror, will be released on September 17th. On September 17, the continuation of the events of “The Heist of Dalaran” in the first chapter of “Tombs of Terror” starts for one player as part of the “Saviors of Uldum” storyline. Players can already pre-order the Premium Adventure Pack for RUB 1099 and receive bonus rewards. In "Tombs of Terror" […]

Video: Tekken 10 will receive the 7rd season pass and free upgrades on September 3

During the EVO 2019 event, Tekken 7 director Katsuhiro Harada announced the third season of the game. Now the company has presented a detailed trailer dedicated to the new season of the fighting game, and announced that the subscription will go on sale on September 10 in versions for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. It will include four characters, an arena and many other new features […]

Apple accuses Google of creating 'massive threat illusion' after recent iOS vulnerability report

Apple responded to Google's recent announcement that malicious sites could exploit vulnerabilities in different versions of the iOS platform to hack iPhones to steal sensitive data, including text messages, photos and other content. Apple said in a statement that the attacks were carried out through websites associated with Uyghurs, an ethnic minority of Muslims who […]