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Author: Yuri Gagarin

A technical specialist at ProHoster with over six years of experience in server administration, VPN solutions, and network security. I manage infrastructure setup and support, monitor service stability, and implement solutions to protect client data. I also contribute to performance optimization and compliance with modern security and privacy requirements.

GPUHammer — a Rowhammer attack variant on GPU memory

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Researchers from the University of Toronto have presented the first Rowhammer-class attack used to distort graphics memory content. The ability to execute an attack that results in the substitution of up to 8 bits of data has been demonstrated on the discrete NVIDIA A6000 GPU with GDDR6 memory. A practical example shows how such distortion can be used to interfere with the execution of machine learning models and substantially (from 80% to […]

A version of the Lossless Scalings Frame Generation utility for Linux has been created

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The lsfg-vk project has prepared an unofficial port of the Lossless Scalings Frame Generation (LSFG) utility for the Linux platform, utilizing DXVK and the Vulkan graphics API. The project code is written in C++ and released under the MIT license. This development was carried out by an independent enthusiast who recreated the functionality of the proprietary LSFG through reverse engineering of Windows libraries. The application allows scaling the output of gaming applications designed to run in a separate window, […]

The launch platform for server applications NethServer 8.5 has been released

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The release of the NethServer 8.5 project has been announced, which develops a platform for deploying the infrastructure for running server applications in isolated containers using a cluster of local or cloud servers. NethServer is positioned as a simple container orchestration platform for system administrators of small offices and medium-sized enterprises that do not want to deal with complicated tools like Kubernetes. Up until the 8.x branch, the project developed its own distribution […]

NixOS maintainers have ceased support for XLibre.

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During the discussion of the potential addition of XLibre support in NixOS, maintainers found the proposals for providing alternative packages with the X server impractical. The reasons mentioned include possible changes to the XLibre ABI, increased workload on NixOS maintainers who would be required to test two server options, as well as difficulties in interacting with those responsible for XLibre, whose political views become apparent […]

Release labwc 0.9.0, a composite server for Wayland

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The release of the labwc project 0.9.0 (Lab Wayland Compositor) has been announced. This project develops a compositing server for Wayland with features reminiscent of the Openbox window manager, positioning itself as an alternative to Openbox for Wayland. Notable features of labwc include minimalism, compact implementation, extensive customization options, and high performance. Animated effects, gradients, and icons, except for window buttons, are not fundamentally supported. Code […]

Release of Wine 10.12

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An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API — Wine 10.11 has been published. Since the release of 10.11, 17 bug reports have been closed, and 210 changes have been made. The most significant updates include: an option added to the X11 driver (winex11) for rendering with the new OpenGL backend using EGL. Support for Bluetooth Low Energy services has been introduced. Updates to the Interface Description Language WIDL […]

Release of the Alt Virtualization 11.0 distribution.

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The release of the Alt Virtualization 11.0 distribution has occurred, built on the 11th ALT platform (p11). This distribution is intended for use on servers and for implementing virtualization functions in corporate infrastructure. Builds have been prepared for x86_64 and AArch64 platforms. The product is provided under a License Agreement that allows free use by individuals, but legal entities are permitted only for testing, while usage […]

Browser extensions engage in building a distributed scraping network for AI bots.

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Security researchers from Secure Annex have noted the increasing popularity of a new method for monetizing browser extensions, which forms a distributed network of extension users utilized for scraping (indexing website content). User systems operate as web bots and proxies to download site content — the installed browser extension receives instructions from an external server for indexing sites, after […]

Google has replaced Android Developer Preview with a continuously updated Canary branch.

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Google has announced a change in the organization of testing for upcoming versions of the Android platform under development. The publication of individual Android Developer Previews has been discontinued, replaced by a separate, continuously existing Android Canary branch that allows application developers to test API changes and improvements in the early stages. The formation of Android beta releases focuses not on familiarization with […]

The release of the Apache HTTP server 2.4.64 addresses 8 vulnerabilities.

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The release of the Apache HTTP Server 2.4.64 has been presented, which addresses 8 vulnerabilities and includes 19 changes. The fixed vulnerabilities (the first 4 have a moderate level of severity, while the rest are low): CVE-2024-42516 — the possibility of an HTTP response splitting attack on frontend-backend systems, allowing for the header Content-Type in the response to be split to interject into the content of responses handled by other users […]

Performance comparison of KDE Plasma sessions based on X11 and Wayland

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Igor Ljubuncic, who until 2024 was responsible at Canonical for products related to high-performance computing, conducted performance and energy consumption testing of KDE Plasma 6.4 sessions based on X11 and Wayland. At the end of June, Igor published a review of KDE Plasma 6.4 capabilities, where he concluded that the Wayland-based session lags behind in performance and […]

The Suricata 8.0 attack detection system is now available.

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After two years of development, the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) has released the Suricata 8.0 network intrusion detection and prevention system, which provides means for inspecting various types of traffic. In Suricata configurations, it is permissible to use a signature database developed by the Snort project, as well as the Emerging Threats and Emerging Threats Pro rule sets. The project's source code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. The main […]

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