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Update of the Suricata attack detection system with the elimination of a critical vulnerability

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The OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) has published corrective releases of the Suricata network intrusion detection and prevention system 6.0.3 and 5.0.7, which eliminate the critical vulnerability CVE-2021-35063. The problem makes it possible to bypass 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, allowing […]

Vulnerability in AMD CPU-Specific KVM Code that Allows Code to be Executed Outside the Guest

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Researchers from the Google Project Zero team have identified a vulnerability (CVE-2021-29657) in the KVM hypervisor supplied as part of the Linux kernel, which allows them to bypass the isolation of the guest system and execute their code on the side of the host environment. The problem is present in the code used on systems with AMD processors (kvm-amd.ko module) and does not appear on Intel processors. Researchers have prepared a working prototype of an exploit that allows […]

SeaMonkey Integrated Internet Application Suite 2.53.8 Released

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The SeaMonkey 2.53.8 set of Internet applications has been released, which combines a web browser, an email client, a news feed aggregation system (RSS / Atom) and a WYSIWYG html page editor Composer within one product. The Chatzilla IRC client, the DOM Inspector web development toolkit, and the Lightning calendar scheduler are offered as preinstalled add-ons. The new release carries over fixes and changes from the current Firefox codebase (SeaMonkey 2.53 is […]

GitHub started testing an AI assistant to help you write code

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GitHub introduced the GitHub Copilot project, within which an intelligent assistant is being developed that can generate standard constructs when writing code. The system was developed jointly with the OpenAI project and uses the OpenAI Codex machine learning platform, trained on a large array of source codes hosted in public GitHub repositories. GitHub Copilot differs from traditional code completion systems in its ability to generate quite complex blocks […]

Pop!_OS 21.04 releases new COSMIC desktop

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System76, a company specializing in the production of laptops, PCs and servers supplied with Linux, has published the release of the Pop!_OS 21.04 distribution. Pop!_OS is based on the Ubuntu 21.04 package base and comes with its own COSMIC desktop environment. The project's developments are distributed under the GPLv3 license. ISO images are generated for the x86_64 architecture in versions for NVIDIA (2.8 GB) and Intel/AMD (2.4 GB) graphics chips. […]

Release of Ultimaker Cura 4.10, a package for preparing a model for 3D printing

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A new version of the Ultimaker Cura 4.10 package is available, providing a graphical interface for preparing models for 3D printing (slicing). Based on the model, the program determines the operating scenario of the 3D printer when applying each layer sequentially. In the simplest case, it is enough to import the model in one of the supported formats (STL, OBJ, X3D, 3MF, BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG), select the speed, material and quality settings and […]

GitHub unlocked RE3 repository after considering counterclaim

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GitHub has lifted the block on the RE3 project repository, which was disabled in February after receiving a complaint from Take-Two Interactive, which owns intellectual property related to the games GTA III and GTA Vice City. The blocking was terminated after the RE3 developers sent a counter-claim regarding the illegality of the first decision. The appeal states that the project is being developed on the basis of reverse engineering, [...]

Firefox will change the logic of saving files opened after downloading

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Firefox 91 will provide automatic saving of files opened after downloading in external applications in the standard “Downloads” directory, instead of a temporary directory. Let's remember that Firefox offers two download modes - download and save and download and open in the application. In the second case, the downloaded file was saved in a temporary directory, which was deleted after the session ended. This kind of behavior […]

Added HTTPS-only setting to Chrome

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Following the transition to using HTTPS by default in the address bar, a setting has been added to the Chrome browser that allows you to force the use of HTTPS for any requests to sites, including clicking on direct links. When you activate the new mode, when you try to open a page via “http://”, the browser will automatically try to first open the resource via “https://”, and if the attempt is unsuccessful, it will display a warning […]

Ubuntu moves away from dark headers and light backgrounds

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Ubuntu 21.10 has approved the discontinuation of the theme that combines dark headers, light backgrounds, and light controls. Users will be offered a fully light version of the Yaru theme by default, and will also be given the option to switch to a completely dark version (dark headers, dark background and dark controls). The decision is explained by the lack of ability in GTK3 and GTK4 to define different colors […]

Release of Mixxx 2.3, a free package for creating music mixes

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After two and a half years of development, the free package Mixxx 2.3 has been released, providing a complete set of tools for professional DJ work and creating music mixes. Ready-made builds are prepared for Linux, Windows and macOS. The source code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. In the new version: Tools for preparing DJ sets (live performances) have been improved: the ability to use color marks and […]

LTSM published for organizing terminal access to desktops

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The Linux Terminal Service Manager (LTSM) project has prepared a set of programs for organizing access to the desktop based on terminal sessions (currently using the VNC protocol). The project's developments are distributed under the GPLv3 license. It includes: LTSM_connector (VNC and RDP handler), LTSM_service (receives commands from LTSM_connector, starts login and user sessions based on Xvfb), LTSM_helper (graphical interface […]

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