Oracle has released the virtualization system VirtualBox 7.2. Ready-to-use installation packages are available for RHEL 8/9/10, Fedora 36-42, openSUSE 15.6, Ubuntu 22.04/24.04/24.10, Debian 11/12, macOS, and Windows. Key changes: In the graphical interface, global operations have been moved from the dropdown menu to a sidebar located on the left, and tools for virtual machines have been moved to separate tabs shown above the area with […]
A new type of attack against HTTP/2 protocol implementations has been introduced, simplifying the execution of denial of service attacks through server resource exhaustion. The vulnerability has been codenamed MadeYouReset and allows the flooding of the server with a large number of requests circumventing established limits through manipulation of HTTP/2 control frames. The essence of the problem is that a client can create a very large number of simultaneously processed streams, […]
The release of the main nginx branch 1.29.1 has been published, continuing the development of new features. The stable branch 1.28.x, which is being supported in parallel, only receives changes related to fixing serious bugs and vulnerabilities. In the future, a stable branch 1.30 will be formed based on the main branch 1.29.x. The project code is written in C and distributed under the BSD license. In the new release: Fixed […]
The release of the file synchronization system Syncthing 2.0 has been introduced, where synchronized data is not uploaded to cloud storage, but is directly replicated between user systems when they appear online simultaneously, using the protocol BEP (Block Exchange Protocol) developed by the project. The Syncthing code is written in Go and is distributed under the MPL open source license. Ready-made builds are prepared for Linux, Windows, […]
NVIDIA has released the proprietary driver NVIDIA 580.76.05 (the first stable release of the new 580.76 branch). The driver is available for Linux (ARM64, x86_64), FreeBSD (x86_64), and Solaris (x86_64). NVIDIA 580.x became the eleventh stable branch after NVIDIA opened the components working at the kernel level. The source code of the kernel modules nvidia.ko, nvidia-drm.ko (Direct Rendering Manager), nvidia-modeset.ko, and nvidia-uvm.ko (Unified Video Memory) […]
The release of Whonix 17.4 is now available, aimed at providing guaranteed anonymity, security, and privacy protection. The distribution is based on Debian GNU/Linux and uses Tor for anonymity. The project's builds are distributed under the GPLv3 license. Virtual machine images in ova format for VirtualBox (2.3 GB with Xfce and 1.5 GB console) are prepared for download, which can be converted […]
CodeWeavers has released Crossover 25.1, a package based on Wine code designed to run programs and games written for the Windows platform. CodeWeavers is one of the key contributors to the Wine project, sponsoring its development and returning innovations made for its commercial products back to the project. The source code for the open components of CrossOver 25.1 can be downloaded on this page. […]
The Bcachefs file system will be removed from the mainline Linux kernel. Despite its technical merits and active development, the project's fate has been complicated by a prolonged conflict between its author Kent Overstreet and the leading maintainers of the virtual memory (VM) and file system (FS) subsystems. Bcachefs is one of the Linux file systems competing with Btrfs and ZFS, and using […]
The AOUSD Alliance (Alliance for OpenUSD) and ASWF (Academy Software Foundation) have prepared new guidelines for using inclusive terminology. The AOUSD Alliance promotes the OpenUSD (Universal Scene Description) technology and operates under a foundation overseen by the Linux Foundation. The ASWF organization was established by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts (USA) and the Linux Foundation to advance the use of open […]
Thomas Dohmke has announced his decision to step down as CEO of GitHub to create a new startup. Microsoft plans not to appoint a new leader in his place, but to change the management model of the division, which will no longer be independent. Financial and engineering operations at GitHub will be overseen by Julia Liuson, Microsoft President of Development. Mario Rodriguez […]
Security researchers from Google have identified a vulnerability (CVE-2025-38236) in the Linux kernel that allows privilege escalation within the system. Among other issues, this vulnerability enables bypassing the sandbox isolation mechanism used in Google Chrome, potentially allowing for code execution at the kernel level when running code within the context of an isolated Chrome rendering process (for instance, when exploiting another vulnerability in Chrome). The issue manifests starting […]
The release of Redis 8.2, a NoSQL database system, has been published. Redis offers functions for storing data in a key/value format, further enhanced by support for structured data formats such as lists, hashes, and sets, as well as the capability to run Lua scripts on the server side. The project code is written in C and is distributed under the AGPLv3 license. Redis supports transactions, […]