Author: ProHoster

Recreating Cryptographic Keys Based on Video Analysis with Power LED

A group of researchers from David Ben-Gurion University (Israel) has developed a new method of third-party attacks that allows you to remotely recover the values ​​of encryption keys based on the ECDSA and SIKE algorithms through video analysis from a camera that captures the LED indicator of a smart card reader or a device connected to one USB hub with a smartphone that performs operations with the dongle. The method is based on the […]

nginx 1.25.1 release

The release of the main branch nginx 1.25.1 has been formed, within which the development of new features continues. In the 1.24.x stable branch, which is maintained in parallel, only changes related to the elimination of serious bugs and vulnerabilities are made. In the future, on the basis of the main branch 1.25.x, a stable branch 1.26 will be formed. Among the changes: Added a separate "http2" directive to selectively enable the HTTP/2 protocol in […]

Release of Tor Browser 12.0.7 and Tails 5.14 distribution

The release of Tails 5.14 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), a specialized distribution kit based on the Debian package base and designed for anonymous access to the network, has been released. Anonymous exit to Tails is provided by the Tor system. All connections, except traffic through the Tor network, are blocked by default by the packet filter. Encryption is used to store user data in the save user data between runs mode. […]

Ninth ALT p10 starter pack update

The ninth release of starter kits on the Tenth ALT platform has been published. Builds based on the stable repository are for advanced users. Most starter kits are live builds that differ in the graphical desktop environments and window managers (DE/WM) available for ALT operating systems. If necessary, the system can be installed from these live builds. The next scheduled update is scheduled for September 12, 2023. […]

WebRTC support added to OBS Studio with the ability to broadcast in P2P mode

The code base of OBS Studio, a package for streaming, compositing and recording video, has been changed to support WebRTC technology, which can be used instead of the RTMP protocol for streaming video without an intermediate server, in which P2P content is directly transmitted to the user's browser. The implementation of WebRTC is based on the use of the libdatachannel library written in C++. In the current […]

Debian GNU/Hurd Release 2023

The Debian GNU/Hurd 2023 distribution is released, combining the Debian software environment with the GNU/Hurd kernel. The Debian GNU/Hurd repository contains approximately 65% ​​of the packages of the total size of the Debian archive, including ports of Firefox and Xfce. Installation builds are generated (364MB) for i386 architecture only. To get acquainted with the distribution kit without installation, ready-made images (4.9GB) for virtual machines have been prepared. Debian GNU/Hurd […]

Release of Tinygo 0.28, LLVM-based Go compiler

A release of the Tinygo 0.28 project is available, which develops a Go compiler for areas that require a compact representation of the resulting code and low resource consumption, such as microcontrollers and compact single-processor systems. Compilation for various target platforms is implemented using LLVM, and libraries used in the main toolkit from the Go project are used to support the language. The code is distributed under license […]

Release of Nuitka 1.6, a compiler for the Python language

A release of the Nuitka 1.6 project is available, which develops a compiler for translating Python scripts into a C representation, which can then be compiled into an executable file using libpython for maximum compatibility with CPython (using native CPython tools for managing objects). Provided full compatibility with current releases of Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.3 - 3.11. Compared with […]

Release of EasyOS 5.4, the original distribution from the creator of Puppy Linux

Barry Kauler, founder of the Puppy Linux project, has published the EasyOS 5.4 distribution, which combines Puppy Linux technologies with container isolation to run system components. The distribution kit is managed through a set of graphical configurators developed by the project. The size of the boot image is 860 MB. Distribution features: Each application, as well as the desktop itself, can be run in separate containers, to isolate […]

Compromise of Barracuda ESG gateways requiring hardware replacement

Barracuda Networks announced the need to physically replace ESG (Email Security Gateway) devices affected by malware as a result of a 0-day vulnerability in the email attachment handling module. It is reported that previously released patches are not enough to block the installation problem. Details were not given, but the decision to replace the hardware is believed to be due to an attack that installed malware on […]

The Kera Desktop project develops a web-based user environment

After 10 years of development, the first alpha release of the Kera Desktop user environment developed using web technologies has been published. The environment provides generic windowing, panel, menu, and virtual desktop capabilities. The initial release is limited to running web applications (PWAs) only, but plans are underway to add the ability to run regular programs and create a customized Kera desktop distribution based on […]

Debian 12 "Bookworm" release

After nearly two years of development, Debian GNU/Linux 12.0 (Bookworm) is now available for nine officially supported architectures: Intel IA-32/x86 (i686), AMD64/x86-64, ARM EABI (armel), ARM64, ARMv7 (armhf ), mipsel, mips64el, PowerPC 64 (ppc64el), and IBM System z (s390x). Updates for Debian 12 will be released for 5 years. Installation images are available for download and can be downloaded […]