The experimental branch of the open implementation of WinAPI — Wine 6.12 has been released. Since the release of version 6.11, 42 bug reports have been closed and 354 changes made. The most important changes include: The inclusion of two new themes "Blue" and "Classic Blue." An initial implementation of the NSI (Network Store Interface) service, which stores and transmits information about networks to other services has been proposed […]
The release of the OpenZFS 2.1 project has been published, continuing the implementation of the ZFS file system for Linux and FreeBSD. The project gained fame as "ZFS on Linux" and was previously limited to developing a module for the Linux kernel, but after the transfer of support to FreeBSD, it was recognized as the main implementation of OpenZFS and was relieved of the mention of Linux in its name. The functionality of OpenZFS has been verified with Linux kernels starting from 3.10 […]
Avast has published the results of an investigation into the compromise of the Mongolian certification authority MonPass's server, which led to the insertion of a backdoor into the application offered for client installation. The analysis revealed that the infrastructure was compromised through the hacking of one of MonPass's public web servers running on Windows. The identified server showed traces of eight different hacks, resulting in the installation of eight webshells […]
Google has released an update to the Lyra audio codec 0.0.2, optimized for achieving the best quality voice transmission over very slow communication channels. The codec was opened in early April but was initially tied to a proprietary mathematical library. The version 0.0.2 addresses this issue and an open replacement called sparse_matmul has been created for the specified library, which is distributed just like the codec itself […]
The Linux-Hardware.org project, based on telemetry data collected over a year, has determined that the rare releases of the most popular Linux distributions, and consequently the use of outdated kernels, causes hardware compatibility issues for 13% of new users. For example, most new Ubuntu users over the past year have been offered the Linux kernel 5.4 as part of release 20.04, which is currently outdated […]
The first significant release of the Venus project is available, which develops a reference implementation of software for creating nodes in the decentralized FileCoin storage system based on the IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) protocol. Version 1.0 is notable for completing a full code audit conducted by Least Authority, a company specializing in the security verification of decentralized systems and cryptocurrencies, known for developing the distributed file system Tahoe-LAFS. The Venus code is written […]
The release of the graphic editor for children's creativity — Tux Paint 0.9.26 has been published. The program is designed for teaching drawing to children aged 3 to 12. Binary builds have been created for RHEL/Fedora, Android, Haiku, macOS, and Windows. In this new release: The fill tool now features an option for filling an area with a linear or circular gradient with a smooth transition from one color [...]
The release of the web browser qutebrowser 2.3 has been announced, providing a minimal graphical interface that does not distract from content viewing, and a navigation system styled after the Vim text editor, built entirely on keyboard shortcuts. The code is written in Python using PyQt5 and QtWebEngine. The source code is distributed under the GPLv3 license. The use of Python does not affect performance, as rendering and content parsing [...]
The AlmaLinux 8.4 distribution, initially released for x86_64 systems, now supports the ARM/AArch64 architecture. Three types of ISO images are available for download: bootable (650 MB), minimal (1.6 GB), and full (7 GB). This distribution is fully binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 and can be used as a transparent replacement for CentOS 8. The changes are limited to rebranding and the removal of specific [...]
The Open Information Security Foundation (OISF) has released corrective updates for the Suricata 6.0.3 and 5.0.7 network intrusion detection and prevention system, which fix the vulnerability CVE-2021-35063, deemed critically severe. The issue allows bypassing any Suricata analyzers and checks. The vulnerability is caused by disabling flow analysis for packets with a non-zero ACK value but no ACK bit set, which allowed [...]
Researchers from Google Project Zero discovered a vulnerability (CVE-2021-29657) in the KVM hypervisor included in the Linux kernel, which allows bypassing guest system isolation and executing code on the host environment. The issue affects code used on systems with AMD processors (kvm-amd.ko module) and does not manifest for Intel processors. A working exploit prototype has been developed by researchers, allowing execution from the guest […]
The release of SeaMonkey 2.53.8, a suite of internet applications that combines a web browser, email client, RSS/Atom feed aggregator, and WYSIWYG HTML page editor Composer, has been announced. Pre-installed add-ons include the IRC client Chatzilla, the DOM Inspector for web developers, and the Lightning calendar/planner. This release incorporates fixes and changes from the current Firefox codebase (SeaMonkey 2.53 is based on […]