Author: Yuri Gagarin

Due to a breach, Cloudflare had to completely replace equipment in one of its data centers.

American company Cloudflare has reported a hacker intrusion into its IT infrastructure. Security specialists from CrowdStrike were engaged in investigating the incident: it is alleged that government hackers from an unspecified country may have been involved in the cyber attack. As a result of the investigation, the company decided to upgrade its data center in Brazil. It is said that the attackers used an access token and account […]

A vulnerability in runc allows escaping from Docker and Kubernetes containers.

A vulnerability CVE-2024-21626 has been found in the toolset for launching isolated containers runc, used in Docker and Kubernetes, allowing access to the host environment's file system from an isolated container. During the attack, an attacker can overwrite certain executable files in the host environment and thus achieve code execution outside the container. In the runtime crun and youki, which use runc, as well as in […]

A GitHub token for internal repositories of Mercedes has been found in public code.

During a scan of leaked sensitive data in GitHub repositories conducted by RedHunt Labs, a publication was identified in a public repository of an API token that allows unlimited access to the internal repositories of Mercedes-Benz hosted on an internal server based on the GitHub Enterprise Server platform. It is believed that the token was accidentally published by one of the Mercedes-Benz employees among the code posted in the public repository […]

Cloudflare has disclosed information about the breach of one of its servers.

Cloudflare, a content delivery network serving approximately 20% of internet traffic, has published a report on the breach of one of its servers in its infrastructure, which hosted an internal wiki site based on the Atlassian Confluence platform, the Atlassian Jira bug tracking system, and the Bitbucket code management system. The investigation revealed that the attacker was able to access the server using tokens obtained as a result of the October […]

The first stable release of the GNU libmicrohttpd library.

The GNU project has released version 1.0.0 of the libmicrohttpd library, which is marked as the first stable release in the 16 years of the project's existence. The library is written in C and provides a simple API for incorporating HTTP server functionality into applications. Supported platforms include GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, Android, macOS, Win32, and z/OS. The code is distributed under the LGPL 2.1+ license. When built […]

Release of the multimedia library SDL 2.30.0.

After seven months of development, the release of library SDL 2.30.0 (Simple DirectMedia Layer) has been published, aimed at simplifying the writing of games and multimedia applications. The SDL library provides features such as hardware-accelerated output of 2D and 3D graphics, input processing, sound playback, output of 3D through OpenGL/OpenGL ES/Vulkan, and many other accompanying operations. The library is written in C and is distributed under the Zlib license. […]

litehtml v0.9

The release of litehtml, a lightweight HTML/CSS rendering engine, has taken place. The main goal of the litehtml library is to provide developers with a simple way to display HTML pages in their applications. For example, it can be used in dictionary applications as an alternative to WebEngine. Qt Assistant uses this library to show help documentation. The library does not handle text or image rendering, so it has no ties to any toolkit. In addition to numerous improvements, the release […]

ONLYOFFICE 8.0

A new version of ONLYOFFICE DocumentServer 8.0.0 has been released, which includes a server for the ONLYOFFICE online editors and support for collaboration. The project's code is distributed under the open AGPLv3 license. ONLYOFFICE DesktopEditors 8.0 has also been released, based on the same codebase as the online editors. The desktop editors are presented as desktop applications written in JavaScript using web technologies. They combine client-side and […]

After a 12-year hiatus, the Damn Small Linux 2024 distribution has been published.

After 12 years since the last test version and 16 years since the formation of the last stable release, the Damn Small Linux 2024 distribution has been released, designed for use on low-powered systems and outdated hardware. The new release is of alpha quality and is prepared in builds for the i386 architecture. The size of the bootable build is 665 MB (for comparison, the previous version had […]

The ONLYOFFICE 8.0 office suite has been released.

The release of ONLYOFFICE DocumentServer 8.0.0 has been published, implementing a server for ONLYOFFICE online editors and enabling collaborative work. The editors can be used for working with text documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. The project's code is distributed under the free AGPLv3 license. Simultaneously, the release of ONLYOFFICE DesktopEditors 8.0, built on a shared codebase with the online editors, has been formed. The desktop editors are available as desktop applications, […]

Cygwin 3.5.0 released, a GNU environment for Windows

Red Hat has released a stable version of Cygwin 3.5.0, which includes a DLL library for emulating the basic Linux API on Windows, allowing Linux applications to be compiled with minimal changes. The package also includes standard Unix utilities, server applications, compilers, libraries, and header files, compiled directly for use in Windows. This release is notable for the discontinuation of support for Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows […]

Google has opened its first cloud region in South Africa.

Google has announced the launch of its first cloud region in the Republic of South Africa, located in Johannesburg in Gauteng province. It is stated that clients of all sizes across the continent can benefit from "high-performance and secure cloud services with low latency." Google claims that the cloud region in Johannesburg will accelerate the development of the African technology ecosystem by providing organizations with the necessary resources […]

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