Author: Yuri Gagarin

The first quarterly update for openSUSE Leap 15.3-2 is now available.

The openSUSE project has released the first update of the installation images for the openSUSE Leap 15.3 QU1 (15.3 Quarterly Update 1 or 15.3-2). The proposed builds include all package updates accumulated over the four months since the release of openSUSE Leap 15.3, as well as fixes for issues in the installer. Systems installed previously and kept up to date received updates through the standard update installation system. In […]

Release of Firefox 94.

The release of the web browser Firefox 94 has occurred. In addition, an update for the long-term support branch — 91.3.0 has been formed. The Firefox 95 branch has entered beta testing, with its release scheduled for December 7. Key innovations: A new service page 'about:unloads' has been implemented, allowing users to forcibly unload the most resource-intensive tabs from memory to reduce memory consumption without closing them (content […]

Release of Fedora Linux 35 distribution

The release of Fedora Linux 35 has been announced. Products like Fedora Workstation, Fedora Server, CoreOS, Fedora IoT Edition, and a set of 'spins' with Live builds of desktop environments such as KDE Plasma 5, Xfce, i3, MATE, Cinnamon, LXDE, and LXQt are prepared for download. Builds have been created for x86_64, Power64, ARM64 (AArch64), and various devices with 32-bit ARM processors. The publication of Fedora Silverblue builds is delayed. […]

Release of PHPStan 1.0, a static code analyzer for PHP.

After six years of development, the first stable release of the static analysis tool PHPStan 1.0 has taken place, allowing developers to find errors in PHP code without executing it or using unit tests. The project code is written in PHP and is distributed under the MIT license. The analyzer provides 10 levels of checks, where each subsequent level expands on the capabilities of the previous one and offers stricter validations: […]

The MangoDB project develops the implementation of the MongoDB database protocol on top of PostgreSQL.

The first public release of the MangoDB project is available, offering a layer implementing the document-oriented database protocol MongoDB that operates on top of the PostgreSQL database. The project aims to enable migration of applications using MongoDB to PostgreSQL, providing a fully open software stack. The code is written in Go and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. The program operates as a proxy, translating requests to MangoDB […]

Trojan Source attack to embed changes in code that are imperceptible to the developer

Researchers from the University of Cambridge have published a technique for invisibly injecting malicious code into reviewed source texts. The prepared attack method (CVE-2021-42574) is presented under the name Trojan Source and is based on generating text that looks different to the compiler/interpreter and the human reviewing the code. Examples of how this method can be applied have been demonstrated for various compilers and interpreters provided for the C, C++ (gcc and clang), C#, […]

A new release of the lightweight distribution antiX 21.

The release of the lightweight Live distribution AntiX 21 has been announced, optimized for installation on outdated hardware. This release is based on the Debian 11 package base but comes without the system manager systemd and includes eudev instead of udev. For initialization, either runit or sysvinit can be used. The default user environment is created using the IceWM window manager. File management is supported by zzzFM […]

Release of Linux kernel 5.15

After two months of development, Linus Torvalds announced the release of the Linux 5.15 kernel. Among the most notable changes are a new NTFS driver with write support, the ksmbd module implementing an SMB server, the DAMON subsystem for monitoring memory access, locking primitives for real-time mode, fs-verity support in Btrfs, the process_mrelease system call for out-of-memory handling, and a remote attestation module […]

An extension is being developed for Wayland to restart the desktop environment without stopping applications.

The Wayland developers are working on extending the protocol to allow applications to continue functioning during the crash and restart of the window compositor. This extension will address the long-standing issue of application termination when there is a failure in the window environment. The necessary changes to keep the socket active during restarts have already been prepared for the KWin window manager and are included in the KDE […]

Release of Vaultwarden 1.23, an alternative server for the Bitwarden password manager

The release of Vaultwarden 1.23.0 (formerly bitwarden_rs) has taken place, developing an alternative server side for the Bitwarden password manager, compatible at the API level and able to work with the official Bitwarden clients. The project's goal is to provide a cross-platform implementation that allows running Bitwarden servers on private infrastructure while consuming significantly fewer resources than the official Bitwarden server. The Vaultwarden project code is written in […]

A vulnerability that allows JavaScript code injection via the OptinMonster WordPress plugin.

A vulnerability (CVE-2021-39341) has been identified in the WordPress plugin OptinMonster, which has over a million active installations and is used for pop-up notifications and offers. This vulnerability allows an attacker to place their JavaScript code on a site using the plugin. The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.6.5. To block access via compromised keys after the update, the OptinMonster developers have revoked all previously created API access keys and added […]

Release of Tokio 1.13.0, a platform for creating asynchronous applications in Rust

The release of version 1.13.0 of the Tokio platform has taken place, designed for creating high-performance applications in Rust based on an event-driven architecture that supports multithreading and asynchronous network request handling. The project is written in Rust and is licensed under the MIT license. The new version features an expansion of the documentation, several fixes in the networking subsystem, and the synchronization system. Tokio includes […]

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