The release of the open platform webOS Open Source Edition 2.15 has been published, which can be used on various portable devices, boards, and automotive infotainment systems. The reference hardware platform considers Raspberry Pi 4 boards. The platform is being developed in a public repository under the Apache 2.0 license, and the development is managed by the community following a collaborative model. The webOS platform was originally developed by […]
The UBports project, which has taken over the development of the mobile platform Ubuntu Touch after Canonical stepped back, has released the OTA-22 firmware update (over-the-air). The project is also developing an experimental port of the Unity 8 desktop, which has been renamed to Lomiri. The Ubuntu Touch OTA-22 update is designed for smartphones BQ E4.5/E5/M10/U Plus, Cosmo Communicator, F(x)tec Pro1, Fairphone 2/3, Google […]
A warning has appeared in the support section of the Mozilla website indicating that some users will experience a change in the default search engine in the upcoming release of Firefox 98, scheduled for March 8. It is stated that the change will affect users from all countries, but the specific search engines that will be removed have not been disclosed (the list is not defined in the code, search engine handlers are loaded […]
The GNOME project has designated the Clutter graphics library as obsolete, ceasing its development. Starting with GNOME 42, the Clutter library and its related components Cogl, Clutter-GTK, and Clutter-GStreamer will be removed from the GNOME SDK, and the related code will be moved to archived repositories. To ensure compatibility with existing extensions, internal […] will remain in GNOME Shell.
GitHub has announced the addition of an experimental machine learning system for detecting common types of vulnerabilities in code to its Code scanning service. In the testing phase, this new functionality is currently available only for repositories with code in JavaScript and TypeScript. It is noted that the use of the machine learning system has significantly expanded the range of issues detected, as the system no longer limits itself to […]
Qualys has identified two vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-44731, CVE-2021-44730) in the snap-confine utility, shipped with the SUID root flag and called by the snapd process to create an execution environment for applications delivered in self-contained snap packages. The vulnerabilities allow a local unprivileged user to execute code with root privileges on the system. The issues have been fixed in today's snapd package update for Ubuntu 21.10, […]
A corrective release of Firefox 97.0.1 is available, which resolves several issues: Fixed a problem that caused crashes when attempting to download videos from TikTok selected on the user profile page. Fixed an error preventing videos from the Hulu service from being viewed in picture-in-picture mode. Resolved a crash that caused rendering issues when using WebRoot SecureAnywhere antivirus. Fixed the problem with […]
The release of KaOS 2022.02 has been announced, a distribution with a rolling update model aimed at providing a desktop based on the latest KDE releases and applications using Qt. Among the distribution-specific design features is the placement of a vertical panel on the right side of the screen. The distribution develops with an eye on Arch Linux but maintains its own independent repository with over 1500 packages, and […]
A critical vulnerability (CVE-2022-24086) has been discovered in the open-source e-commerce platform Magento, which accounts for about 10% of the market for online store creation systems, allowing code execution on the server through the submission of a specific request without going through authentication. The vulnerability has been assigned a severity level of 9.8 out of 10. The issue arises from improper validation of user-supplied parameters in the order processing handler. Details on exploiting the vulnerability […]
Google has announced an expansion of its initiative to pay monetary rewards for identifying security issues in the Linux kernel, the container orchestration platform Kubernetes, the GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine), and the environment for vulnerability hunting competitions kCTF (Kubernetes Capture the Flag). The rewards program has introduced additional bonus payments of $20,000 for 0-day vulnerabilities, […]
The Unredacter tool has been introduced, allowing the recovery of original text after it has been obscured using pixelation filters. For example, the program can be used to identify confidential data and passwords that have been pixelated in screenshots or document images. It is claimed that the algorithm implemented in Unredacter outperforms previously available similar utilities, such as Depix, and has even been successfully used to pass the test […]
XWayland 21.2.0 has been released, a DDX component (Device-Dependent X) that enables the operation of the X.Org Server for running X11 applications in Wayland-based environments. Key changes include the addition of support for the DRM Lease protocol, which allows the X server to function as a DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) controller, providing DRM resources to clients. Practically, the protocol is used to form stereo images with different buffers for the left and right […]