Author: ProHoster

Exploits for 2 new vulnerabilities demonstrated at Pwn58Own competition in Toronto

The results of four days of the Pwn2Own Toronto 2023 competition have been summed up, at which 58 previously unknown vulnerabilities (0-day) in mobile devices, printers, smart speakers, storage systems and routers were demonstrated. The attacks used the latest firmware and operating systems with all available updates and in the default configuration. The total amount of remuneration paid exceeded US$1 million […]

The Genode Project has published the Sculpt 23.10 General Purpose OS release

The release of the Sculpt 23.10 project is presented, within the framework of which, based on the technologies of the Genode OS Framework, a general-purpose operating system is being developed that can be used by ordinary users to perform everyday tasks. The source texts of the project are distributed under the AGPLv3 license. A LiveUSB image is offered for download, 28 MB in size. Work is supported on systems with Intel processors and graphics subsystem with […]

Work has begun on adapting Cinnamon for Wayland

The developers of the Linux Mint distribution announced the start of work on adapting the Cinnamon graphical environment for Wayland. Experimental support for Wayland will appear in the release of Cinnamon 6.0, which will be included in the release of LinuxMint 21.3 (based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS + the latest software from Ubuntu 23.10). Linux Mint 21.3 will be released in December. Linux Mint will have the ability to […]

iLeakage is a method of exploiting a vulnerability in the Apple CPU through browsers based on the WebKit engine.

Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Michigan and the Ruhr University have developed the iLeakage attack technique, which allows exploiting a vulnerability in Apple A- and M-series ARM processors by opening a specially designed page in the browser. Exploit prototypes prepared by researchers allow, when running JavaScript code in a browser, to find out the contents of sites opened in other tabs; for example, they demonstrated the ability to determine the text of a letter opened […]

Simply Linux 10.2

The Simply Linux 10.2 operating system was released for x86_64, AArch64, i586 on platform 10 (p10 Aronia branch). Simply Linux is an operating system for home use and everyday tasks. Download the release image Changes Linux kernel versions 5.10 and 6.1. XFCE 4.18 desktop environment. Web browser Chromium 117.0. Messenger Pidgin 2.14. Interface interaction has been improved. Added new […]

IBM's QXNUMX revenue and earnings beat analysts' expectations

IBM announced financial results for the third quarter of 2023. The company's revenue rose 4,6% to $14,75 billion, above the $14,73 billion consensus of analysts surveyed by LSEG (formerly Refinitiv). Revenue growth was driven by its software development and consulting divisions, which increased revenue by 7,8 and 6% respectively. However, the infrastructure division decreased revenue by 2,4%. […]