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Google removes restrictions on participation in the Summer of Code program only for students

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Google has announced Google Summer of Code 2022 (GSoC), an annual event aimed at encouraging newcomers to work on open source projects. The event is being held for the seventeenth time, but differs from previous programs by removing restrictions on the participation of only undergraduate and graduate students. From now on, any adult over 18 years old can become a GSoC participant, but with the condition that […]

Release of turn-based computer game Rusted Ruins 0.11

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Version 0.11 of Rusted Ruins, a cross-platform roguelike computer game, has been released. The game uses pixel art and game interaction mechanisms typical of the Rogue-like genre. According to the plot, the player finds himself on an unknown continent filled with the ruins of a civilization that has ceased to exist, and, collecting artifacts and fighting enemies, piece by piece he collects information about the secret of the lost civilization. The code is distributed under the GPLv3 license. Ready […]

CentOS project moves to development using GitLab

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The CentOS project announced the launch of a collaborative development service based on the GitLab platform. The decision to use GitLab as the primary hosting platform for CentOS and Fedora projects was made last year. It is noteworthy that the infrastructure was not built on its own servers, but on the basis of the gitlab.com service, which provides a section gitlab.com/CentOS for CentOS-related projects. […]

MuditaOS, a mobile platform that supports e-paper screens, has been open sourced

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Mudita has published the source code for the MuditaOS mobile platform, based on the real-time FreeRTOS operating system and optimized for devices with screens built using electronic paper technology (e-ink). The MuditaOS code is written in C/C++ and published under the GPLv3 license. The platform was originally designed for use on minimalist phones with e-paper screens, […]

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 […]

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