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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.

LogoFAIL — an attack on UEFI firmware through the substitution of malicious logos

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Researchers from Binarly have uncovered a series of vulnerabilities in the image parsing code used in UEFI firmware from various manufacturers. These vulnerabilities allow for the execution of arbitrary code during boot by placing specially crafted images in the ESP (EFI System Partition) or in parts of the firmware update that lack a valid digital signature. The proposed attack method can be used to bypass the verified boot mechanism […]

The Proxmox Backup Server 3.1 distribution is now available.

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Proxmox, known for developing Proxmox Virtual Environment and Proxmox Mail Gateway products, has released Proxmox Backup Server 3.1, presented as a ready solution for backing up and restoring virtual environments, containers, and server components. The installation ISO image is available for free download. Distribution-specific components are open under the AGPLv3 license. Paid […] is available for installing updates.

Update OpenZFS 2.1.14 and 2.2.2 addresses a bug leading to file corruption

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Corrective releases for OpenZFS 2.1.14 and 2.2.2 have been finalized, advancing the implementation of the ZFS file system for Linux and FreeBSD. The updates address an issue in the dnode cache consistency check code that led to data corruption in files containing empty areas when copied after modifications. The problem was initially attempted to be fixed in version 2.2.1, but the solution proved ineffective. The error persisted […]

Telegram has been updated to version 10.3: similar channels, story re-shares, voice message transcription for everyone, and more.

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An update for the Telegram messenger has been released, now version 10.3. It is now easier to find similar channels, users can repost stories from friends and channels, add video messages to stories, customize personal profile colors, and much more. Free users are now provided with transcriptions of voice and video messages, but with limitations. Now, when subscribing to a new channel, the user will see […]

Release of NixOS 23.11 distribution, which uses the Nix package manager

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The release of NixOS 23.11 has been announced, based on the Nix package manager and offering a range of custom developments to simplify the configuration and maintenance of the system. For instance, in NixOS, all system configuration is done through a single system configuration file (configuration.nix), enabling quick rollback to a previous version of the configuration, supporting the ability to switch between different system states, and allowing individual users to install packages separately, […]

Corrective Updates for Firefox 120.0.1 and Chrome 119.0.6045.199

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A corrective release of Firefox 120.0.1 is available, which includes the following fixes: Resolved an issue that caused slow startup processes. Fixed a problem that led to 100% CPU load when opening certain websites, including Google Maps. Fixed a problem that resulted in a green screen when attempting to watch videos on YouTube if hardware acceleration for video decoding was enabled in the system. […]

The First Release of Mozilla's Llamafile Tool

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Developers from Mozilla have released the first version of the llamafile utility, allowing the creation of universal executable files for running large language models (LLM). With llamafile, you can take a machine learning model parameter file in GGUF format and convert it into an executable file that can run on six different operating systems on AMD64 processor hardware. […]

The Traffic Optimization Platform LibreQoS 1.4 is Available

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The release of the LibreQoS 1.4 platform has been published, designed for fair bandwidth distribution among users and reducing the negative effects caused by intermediate packet buffering (Bufferbloat) on network equipment. The platform can be used by providers or administrators of private networks to optimize traffic streams, maintain minimal latency, and distribute bandwidth according to priorities. The project code is written in […]

The release of the Cinnamon 6.0 user environment with initial support for Wayland.

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After six months of development, the Cinnamon 6.0 user environment has been released. Within this framework, the Linux Mint distribution community develops a fork of the GNOME Shell, Nautilus file manager, and Mutter window manager, aimed at providing a classic GNOME 2 style environment while incorporating successful interaction elements from GNOME Shell. Cinnamon is based on GNOME components, but these components […]

Release of CRIU 3.19, a system for saving and restoring process states in Linux.

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The release of the CRIU 3.19 toolkit (Checkpoint and Restore In Userspace) has been published, designed for saving and restoring processes in user space. The toolkit allows you to save the state of one or a group of processes, and then resume work from the saved position, even after a system reboot or on another server without breaking already established network connections. The project's code is distributed under the license […]

Release of Armbian 23.11

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The release of the Armbian 23.11 Linux distribution has been announced, providing a compact system environment for various single-board computers with processors based on ARM, RISC-V, and x86 architectures, including various models of Raspberry Pi, Odroid, Orange Pi, Banana Pi, Helios64, pine64, Nanopi, and Cubieboard based on Allwinner, Amlogic, Actionsemi, Freescale / NXP, Marvell Armada, Rockchip, Radxa, and Samsung Exynos processors. To form […]

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