Microsoft has listened to the community and returned the Hot Reload feature implementation code to the .NET SDK repository, which was removed from the codebase a few days ago despite already being open and part of the .NET 6 preview releases. Company representatives have apologized to the community and acknowledged that they made a mistake in removing code that was already added […]
Intel has released developments related to the research project ControlFlag, aimed at creating a machine learning system to improve code quality. The toolkit prepared by the project allows the detection of various errors and anomalies in source texts written in high-level languages, such as C/C++, based on a model trained on a large volume of existing code. The system is suitable for identifying various types of issues in the code […]
The story of the removal of three malicious packages from the NPM repository, which copied code from the UAParser.js library, has taken an unexpected turn — unknown attackers seized control of the author's account for the UAParser.js project and released updates containing code for stealing passwords and mining cryptocurrency. The problem is that the UAParser.js library, which offers functions for parsing the User-Agent HTTP header, has around 8 million […]
The experimental branch of the open implementation of the WinAPI — Wine 6.20 — has been released. Since the release of version 6.19, 29 bug reports have been closed and 399 changes have been made. The most important changes include the conversion of MSXml, XAudio, DInput, and some other modules to the PE (Portable Executable) format. Some system libraries have been included to support builds based on the PE format. In […]
Researchers from the National University of Defense Technology of the People's Liberation Army of China, the National University of Singapore, and ETH Zurich have developed a new attack method on Intel SGX (Software Guard Extensions) isolated enclaves. The attack, named SmashEx, is triggered by reentrancy issues when handling exceptional situations during the operation of runtime components for Intel SGX. The proposed attack method provides an opportunity to […]
Daniel Kolesa from Igalia, involved in the development of Void Linux, WebKit, and Enlightenment projects, is advancing a new Chimera Linux distribution. The project uses the Linux kernel, but instead of GNU tools, it forms the user environment based on the core system of FreeBSD, and uses LLVM for building. The distribution is initially being developed as cross-platform and supports x86_64, ppc64le, aarch64 architectures, […]
The lightweight distribution MX Linux 21 has been released, created as a result of collaboration among communities formed around the antiX and MEPIS projects. The release is based on the Debian package base with enhancements from the antiX project and packages from its own repository. The distribution uses the sysVinit initialization system and its own tools for configuring and deploying the system. 32-bit and 64-bit versions are available for download […]
SiFive, founded by the creators of the RISC-V instruction set architecture and which previously prepared the first RISC-V-based processor prototype, has introduced a new RISC-V CPU core in the SiFive Performance line, which is 50% faster than the previous flagship P550 core and outperforms the ARM Cortex-A78, the most powerful processor based on the ARM architecture. SoCs based on the new core are targeted […]
The release of the Bareflank 3.0 hypervisor has occurred, providing tools for quickly developing specialized hypervisors. Bareflank is written in C++, supports C++ STL, and its modular architecture allows easy expansion of existing hypervisor capabilities and the creation of custom hypervisor variants, both running on hardware (like Xen) and those operating within an existing software environment (like VirtualBox). There is the possibility of running the host environment operating system […]
Researchers from Google Project Zero have published a method for exploiting a vulnerability (CVE-2020-29661) in the implementation of the ioctl handler TIOCSPGRP from the Linux kernel's tty subsystem, as well as a detailed examination of the protective mechanisms that could block such vulnerabilities. The problematic error was fixed in the Linux kernel as early as December 3 of last year. The issue appears in kernels prior to version 5.9.13, but most distributions have eliminated […]
The release of Redcore Linux 2102 is now available, which aims to combine the functionalities of Gentoo with user-friendliness for average users. The distribution provides a simple installer that allows for the quick deployment of a working system without requiring the recompilation of components from source code. Users are offered a repository with ready-made binary packages, supported by a rolling update model. A proprietary package manager, Sisyphus, is used for package management. […]
Google has released the web browser Chrome 95. At the same time, a stable release of the open-source project Chromium, which underpins Chrome, is available. The Chrome browser is distinguished by the use of Google logos, a notification system for crash reports, modules for playing protected video content (DRM), an automatic update installation system, and the transmission of RLZ parameters during searches. In accordance with the new 4-week development cycle, the next release of Chrome […]