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Plotly.py 5.0 Visualization Library Release

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A new release of the Python library plotly.py 5.0 is available, providing tools for data visualization and various types of statistics. For rendering, the plotly.js library is used, which supports more than 30 types of 2D and 3D graphs, charts and maps (the result is saved in the form of an image or HTML file for interactive display in the browser). The plotly.py code is distributed under the MIT license. The new release deprecates support for Python […]

Wine Launcher Update 1.4.55

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The release of the Wine Launcher 1.4.55 project is available, developing a Sandbox environment for launching Windows games. Among the main features: isolation from the system, separate Wine and Prefix for each game, compression into SquashFS images to save space, modern launcher style, automatic fixation of changes in the Prefix directory and generation of patches from this. The project code is distributed under the GPLv3 license. Significant changes compared […]

Tor Browser 10.0.18 update

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A new version of the Tor Browser 10.0.18 is available, focused on ensuring anonymity, security and privacy. 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 standard network connection of the current system, which does not allow tracking the user’s real IP (if the browser is hacked, attackers can gain access to system […]

APNIC Internet Registrar Whois Password Hashes Leak

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The APNIC registrar, responsible for the distribution of IP addresses in the Asia-Pacific region, reported an incident as a result of which a SQL dump of the Whois service, including confidential data and password hashes, was made publicly available. It is noteworthy that this is not the first leak of personal data in APNIC - in 2017, the Whois database was already made publicly available, also due to staff oversight. IN […]

Rocky Linux 8.4 distribution release, replacing CentOS

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The Rocky Linux 8.4 distribution was released, aimed at creating a new free build of RHEL capable of taking the place of the classic CentOS, after Red Hat decided to stop supporting the CentOS 8 branch at the end of 2021, and not in 2029, as originally expected. This is the first stable release of the project, recognized as ready for production implementation. Rocky builds […]

W3C standardized the Web Audio API

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The W3C has announced that the Web Audio API has become a recommended standard. The Web Audio specification describes a high-level programming interface that allows you to develop web applications in JavaScript for audio synthesis and processing that run in a web browser and do not require the use of additional plugins. The areas of application of Web Audio include the addition of sound effects to pages, the development of a web application for processing, recording, playback […]

NixOS provides support for repeatable builds for iso image

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The developers of the NixOS distribution announced the implementation of support for verifying the integrity of the minimal iso image (iso_minimal.x86_64-linux) using the repeatable build mechanism. Previously, repeatable builds were available at the individual package level, but have now been extended to the entire ISO image. Any user can create an iso image that is completely identical to the iso image provided for download, and make sure that it is compiled from the provided source texts and […]

Microsoft's Linux repository was out of order for almost a day

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The packages.microsoft.com repository, through which packages with Microsoft products are distributed for various Linux distributions, was inoperable for more than 22 hours. Among other things, Linux versions of .NET Core, Microsoft Teams and Microsoft SQL Server, as well as various Azure devops processors, were not available for installation. Details of the incident are not disclosed, it is only mentioned that the problems arose due to regressive […]

Vulnerability in the Linux kernel affecting the CAN BCM network protocol

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A vulnerability (CVE-2021-3609) has been identified in the Linux kernel, allowing a local user to elevate their privileges in the system. The issue is caused by a race condition in the CAN BCM protocol implementation and appears in Linux kernel releases 2.6.25 through 5.13-rc6. The problem remains unfixed in distributions (RHEL, Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, SUSE, Arch). The researcher who discovered the vulnerability was able to prepare an exploit to gain root […]

Web Browser Min 1.20 Published

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The release of the web browser Min 1.20 is available, offering a minimalistic interface built around manipulations with the address bar. The browser is created using the Electron platform, which allows you to create stand-alone applications based on the Chromium engine and the Node.js platform. The Min interface is written in JavaScript, CSS and HTML. The code is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Builds are created for Linux, macOS and Windows. Min supports navigation […]

Release of the distribution kit Network Security Toolkit 34

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After a year of development, the NST 34 (Network Security Toolkit) Live distribution was released, designed to analyze network security and monitor its functioning. The size of the boot iso image (x86_64) is 4.8 GB. A special repository has been prepared for Fedora Linux users, which makes it possible to install all the developments created within the NST project into an already installed system. The distribution is based on Fedora 34 […]

Debian 10.10 update

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The tenth corrective update of the Debian 10 distribution has been published, which includes accumulated package updates and fixes bugs in the installer. The release includes 81 updates to fix stability issues and 55 updates to fix vulnerabilities. One of the changes in Debian 10.10 is the implementation of support for the SBAT (UEFI Secure Boot Advanced Targeting) mechanism, which solves problems with the revocation of certificates that are […]

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