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Kali Linux 2023.2 Security Research Distribution Released

The release of the distribution kit Kali Linux 2023.2, based on the Debian package base and designed for testing systems for vulnerabilities, auditing, analyzing residual information and identifying the consequences of intruder attacks, has been presented. All original developments created within the distribution are distributed under the GPL license and are available through a public Git repository. Several variants of iso images have been prepared for download, 443 MB in size, […]

TrueNAS CORE 13.0-U5 Distribution Kit Released

The release of TrueNAS CORE 13.0-U5, a distribution kit for the rapid deployment of network storage (NAS, Network-Attached Storage), continues the development of the FreeNAS project. TrueNAS CORE 13 is based on the FreeBSD 13 code base, featuring integrated ZFS support and web-based management built using the Django Python framework. To organize storage access, FTP, NFS, Samba, AFP, rsync and iSCSI are supported, […]

Git 2.41 source control system available

After three months of development, the release of the distributed source control system Git 2.41 has been published. Git is one of the most popular, reliable, and high-performance version control systems that provides flexible non-linear development tools based on branching and merging branches. To ensure the integrity of the history and resistance to changes "backdating", implicit hashing of the entire previous history in each commit is used, […]

Introduced Crab, a fork of the Rust language, freed from bureaucracy

As part of the Crab (CrabLang) project, the development of a fork of the Rust language and the Cargo package manager began (the fork is supplied under the name Сrabgo). Travis A. Wagner, who is not on the list of the 100 most active Rust developers, was named the leader of the fork. The reason for creating the fork is cited as dissatisfaction with the increasing influence of corporations on the Rust language and the questionable policy of the Rust […]

After a ten-year break, GoldenDict 1.5.0 has been published

The release of GoldenDict 1.5.0, a dictionary data application that supports various formats of dictionaries and encyclopedias, and can display HTML documents using the WebKit engine, has been released. The project code is written in C++ using the Qt library and distributed under the GPLv3+ license. Build for Windows, Linux and macOS platforms is supported. Features include graphic […]

The Moscow government launched a platform for joint development of Mos.Hub

The Department of Information Technologies of the Government of Moscow launched a domestic platform for joint software development - Mos.Hub, positioned as "the Russian community of software code developers." The platform is based on the Moscow city software repository, which has been developing for over 10 years. The platform will provide an opportunity to share their own developments and reuse individual elements of Moscow's urban digital services. After registration, you can […]

Release of Pharo 11, a dialect of the Smalltalk language

After more than a year of development, the release of the Pharo 11 project, which develops a dialect of the Smalltalk programming language, has been published. Pharo is an offshoot of the Squeak project, which was co-developed by Alan Kay, author of Smalltalk. In addition to implementing a programming language, Pharo also provides a virtual machine for executing code, an integrated development environment, a debugger, and a set of libraries, including libraries for GUI development. Code […]

Release of the GNU libmicrohttpd 0.9.77 library

The GNU Project has released the libmicrohttpd 0.9.77 release, which is a simple API for embedding HTTP server functionality into applications. Supported platforms include GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, Android, macOS, Win32, and z/OS. The library is distributed under the LGPL 2.1+ license. When assembled, the library takes about 32 KB. The library supports HTTP 1.1 protocol, TLS, incremental processing of POST requests, basic and […]

Two vulnerabilities in LibreOffice

Disclosed information about two vulnerabilities in the free office suite LibreOffice, the most dangerous of which potentially allows the execution of code when opening a specially designed document. The first vulnerability was fixed without too much publicity in the March releases of 7.4.6 and 7.5.1, and the second in the May updates of LibreOffice 7.4.7 and 7.5.3. The first vulnerability (CVE-2023-0950) potentially allows your code to execute in […]

LibreSSL 3.8.0 Cryptographic Library Release

The developers of the OpenBSD project have released LibreSSL 3.8.0 portable edition, which develops a fork of OpenSSL aimed at providing a higher level of security. The LibreSSL project is focused on high-quality support for SSL / TLS protocols with the removal of unnecessary functionality, the addition of additional security features and a significant cleaning and reworking of the code base. The release of LibreSSL 3.8.0 is considered experimental, […]

Lighttpd http server release 1.4.71

The lighttpd 1.4.71 lightweight http server has been released, trying to combine high performance, security, standards compliance and customization flexibility. Lighttpd is suitable for use on highly loaded systems and aims for low memory and CPU consumption. The project code is written in C language and distributed under the BSD license. In the new version, the transition from the implementation of HTTP / 2 built into the main server […]

Oracle Linux 8.8 and 9.2 distribution release

Oracle has published releases of the Oracle Linux 9.2 and 8.8 distribution, based on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 and 8.8 package databases, respectively, and fully binary compatible with them. Installation iso images are offered for download without restrictions, 9.8 GB and 880 MB in size, prepared for x86_64 and ARM64 (aarch64) architectures. Unlimited and […]