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OpenSSH 8.8 release with rsa-sha digital signature support disabled

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The release of OpenSSH 8.8 has been published, an open implementation of a client and server for working using the SSH 2.0 and SFTP protocols. The release is notable for disabling by default the ability to use digital signatures based on RSA keys with a SHA-1 hash (“ssh-rsa”). The cessation of support for “ssh-rsa” signatures is due to the increased efficiency of collision attacks with a given prefix (the cost of selecting a collision is estimated at approximately $50 thousand). For […]

Google will move to the development of innovations for Android in the main Linux kernel

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At the Linux Plumbers 2021 conference, Google talked about the success of its initiative to transition the Android platform to use a regular Linux kernel instead of using its own version of the kernel, which includes changes specific to the Android platform. The most important change in development was the decision to transition after 2023 to the “Upstream First” model, which implies the development of all new kernel capabilities required […]

The elk project develops a compact JavaScript engine for microcontrollers

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A new release of the elk 2.0.9 JavaScript engine is available, aimed at use on resource-constrained systems such as microcontrollers, including ESP32 and Arduino Nano boards with 2KB RAM and 30KB Flash. To operate the provided virtual machine, 100 bytes of memory and 20 KB of storage space are sufficient. The project code is written in C and is distributed under the […]

Wine 6.18 release and Wine staging 6.18

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An experimental branch of the open implementation of WinAPI, Wine 6.18, was released. Since the release of version 6.17, 19 bug reports have been closed and 485 changes have been made. The most important changes: The Shell32 and WineBus libraries have been converted to PE (Portable Executable) format. Unicode data updated to version 14. Mono engine updated to version 6.4.0. Additional work has been carried out to support [...]

Release of the GNU Coreutils 9.0 set of core system utilities

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A stable version of the GNU Coreutils 9.0 set of basic system utilities is available, which includes programs such as sort, cat, chmod, chown, chroot, cp, date, dd, echo, hostname, id, ln, ls, etc. The significant change in version number is due to changes in the behavior of some utilities. Key changes: In the cp and install utilities, […]

HackerOne has implemented the payment of rewards for identifying vulnerabilities in open source software

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HackerOne, a platform that allows security researchers to inform companies and software developers about identifying vulnerabilities and receive rewards for doing so, announced that it is including open source software in the scope of the Internet Bug Bounty project. Payments of rewards can now be made not only for identifying vulnerabilities in corporate systems and services, but for reporting problems in […]

GitHub Adds Support for Vulnerability Tracking in Rust Projects

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GitHub announced the addition of support for the Rust language to the GitHub Advisory Database, which publishes information about vulnerabilities affecting projects hosted on GitHub and also tracks issues in packages that have dependencies on vulnerable code. A new section has been added to the catalog that allows you to track the emergence of vulnerabilities in packages containing code in the Rust language. Currently […]

Google has released a plan to end support for the second version of the Chrome manifest

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Google has unveiled a timeline for deprecating version XNUMX of the Chrome manifest in favor of version XNUMX, which has been criticized for breaking many of its content-blocking and security add-ons. In particular, the popular ad blocker uBlock Origin is attached to the second version of the manifesto, which cannot be transferred to the third version of the manifesto due to the end of support […]

Ubuntu 21.10 beta release

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The beta release of the Ubuntu 21.10 “Impish Indri” distribution was presented, after the formation of which the package database was completely frozen, and the developers moved on to final testing and bug fixes. The release is scheduled for October 14. Ready-made test images were created for Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu and UbuntuKylin (Chinese edition). Main changes: The transition […]

Release of the MidnightBSD 2.1 operating system

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The desktop-oriented operating system MidnightBSD 2.1 was released, based on FreeBSD with elements ported from DragonFly BSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD. The base desktop environment is built on top of GNUstep, but users have the option of installing WindowMaker, GNOME, Xfce or Lumina. An installation image of 743 MB in size (x86, amd64) has been prepared for download. Unlike other desktop builds of FreeBSD, MidnightBSD OS was originally developed […]

Firefox 92.0.1 update fixes sound issue

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A patch release of Firefox 92.0.1 is available that fixes an issue that causes audio to stop playing on the Linux platform. The problem was caused by a bug in the PulseAudio backend written in Rust. Also in the new release, a bug due to which the button to close the search bar (CTRL + F) disappeared was fixed. Source: opennet.ru

Criticism of enabling the Idle Detection API in Chrome 94. Experimenting with Rust in Chrome

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The default inclusion of the Idle Detection API in Chrome 94 has led to a wave of criticism, citing objections from Firefox and WebKit/Safari developers. The Idle Detection API allows sites to detect the time when a user is inactive, i.e. Does not interact with keyboard/mouse or perform work on another monitor. The API also allows you to find out whether a screen saver is running on the system or not. Informing […]

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