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Release of an alternative build of KchmViewer, a program for viewing chm and epub files

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An alternative release of KchmViewer 8.1, a program for viewing files in chm and epub formats, is available. The alternative branch is distinguished by the inclusion of some improvements that did not and most likely will not make it into the upstream. The KchmViewer program is written in C++ using the Qt library and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. The release focuses on improving the translation of the user interface (the translation initially worked […]

Samba fixed 8 dangerous vulnerabilities

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Corrective releases of the Samba package 4.15.2, 4.14.10 and 4.13.14 have been published with the elimination of 8 vulnerabilities, most of which can lead to complete compromise of the Active Directory domain. It is noteworthy that one of the problems has been fixed since 2016, and five since 2020, however, one fix resulted in the inability to start winbindd with the “allow trusted domains” setting […]

Using invisible unicode characters to hide actions in JavaScript code

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Following the Trojan Source attack method, which is based on the use of Unicode characters that change the display order of bidirectional text, another technique for introducing hidden actions has been published, applicable to JavaScript code. The new method is based on the use of the unicode character “ㅤ” (code 0x3164, “HANGUL FILLER”), which belongs to the category of letters, but has no visible content. The Unicode category that the character belongs to […]

Deno JavaScript Platform Release 1.16

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The Deno 1.16 JavaScript platform was released, designed for standalone execution (without using a browser) of applications written in JavaScript and TypeScript. The project is developed by Node.js author Ryan Dahl. The platform code is written in the Rust programming language and is distributed under the MIT license. Ready-made builds are prepared for Linux, Windows and macOS. The project is similar to the Node.js platform and, like it, […]

Chromium adds the ability to locally block the viewing of web page code

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The ability to block the opening of the browser's built-in interface to view the source text of the current page has been added to the Chromium codebase. Blocking is performed at the level of local policies set by the administrator by adding the “view-source:*” mask to the list of blocked URLs, configured using the URLBlocklist parameter. The change complements the previously present DeveloperToolsDisabled option, which allows you to block access to tools for web developers. The need to disable the interface […]

BusyBox Security Analysis Reveals 14 Minor Vulnerabilities

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Researchers from Claroty and JFrog have published the results of a security audit of the BusyBox package, widely used in embedded devices and offering a set of standard UNIX utilities packaged in a single executable file. During the scan, 14 vulnerabilities were identified, which have already been fixed in the August release of BusyBox 1.34. Almost all problems are harmless and questionable from the point of view of application in real […]

ncurses 6.3 console library release

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After a year and a half of development, the ncurses 6.3 library has been released, designed for creating multi-platform interactive console user interfaces and supporting emulation of the curses programming interface from System V Release 4.0 (SVr4). The ncurses 6.3 release is source compatible with the ncurses 5.x and 6.0 branches, but extends the ABI. Popular applications built using ncurses include […]

Tor Browser 11.0 is available with a redesigned interface

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A significant release of the specialized browser Tor Browser 11.0 has been formed, in which the transition to the ESR branch of Firefox 91 has been made. The browser is focused on providing anonymity, security and privacy, all traffic is redirected only through the Tor network. It is impossible to contact directly through the regular network connection of the current system, which does not allow tracking the real IP address of the user (in the case of a browser hack, attackers can […]

New release of Raspberry Pi OS distribution updated to Debian 11

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The developers of the Raspberry Pi project have published the autumn update of the Raspberry Pi OS (Raspbian) distribution, based on the Debian package base. Three assemblies have been prepared for download - a shortened one (463 MB) for server systems, with a desktop (1.1 GB) and a full one with an additional set of applications (3 GB). The distribution comes with the PIXEL user environment (a fork of LXDE). To install from repositories […]

.NET 6 platform open platform release

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Microsoft has unveiled a major new release of the open platform .NET 6, created by unifying the .NET Framework, .NET Core and Mono products. With .NET 6, you can build multi-platform applications for the browser, cloud, desktop, IoT devices, and mobile platforms using common libraries and a common build process that is independent of application type. .NET SDK 6, .NET […]

Release of the Godot 3.4 open source game engine

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After 6 months of development, Godot 3.4, a free game engine suitable for creating 2D and 3D games, has been released. The engine supports an easy-to-learn game logic language, a graphical environment for game design, a one-click game deployment system, extensive animation and simulation capabilities for physical processes, a built-in debugger, and a system for identifying performance bottlenecks. Game code […]

Release of rav1e 0.5, AV1 encoder

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The release of rav1e 0.5.0, an encoder for the AV1 video coding format, has taken place. The product is developed by the Mozilla and Xiph communities and differs from the libaom reference implementation, written in C/C++, by increasing coding speed and increased attention to security (compression efficiency still lags behind). The product is written in the Rust programming language with assembly optimizations (72.2% - assembler, 27.5% - Rust), the code is distributed […]

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