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Criticism of Microsoft after the removal of a prototype exploit for Microsoft Exchange from GitHub

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Microsoft has removed from GitHub the code (copy) with a prototype exploit demonstrating the principle of operation of a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange. This action caused outrage among many security researchers, as the prototype of the exploit was published after the release of the patch, which is common practice. The GitHub rules contain a clause prohibiting the posting of active malicious code or exploits (i.e., attacking systems […]) in repositories.

The Russian Railway transfers a part of workstations to Astra Linux

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OJSC Russian Railways is transferring part of its infrastructure to the Astra Linux platform. 22 thousand licenses for the distribution have already been purchased - 5 thousand licenses will be used to migrate automated workstations of employees, and the rest to build a virtual infrastructure of workplaces. Migration to Astra Linux will begin this month. The implementation of Astra Linux into the Russian Railways infrastructure will be carried out by JSC […]

GitLab stops using "master" name by default

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Following GitHub and Bitbucket, collaborative development platform GitLab has announced that it will no longer use the default word "master" for master branches in favor of "main." The term “master” has recently been considered politically incorrect, reminiscent of slavery and is perceived by some community members as an insult. The change will be made both in the GitLab.com service and after updating the GitLab platform for […]

The official console version of 7-zip for Linux has been released

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Igor Pavlov released the official console version of 7-zip for Linux along with the release of version 21.01 for Windows due to the fact that the p7zip project has not seen an update for five years. The official version of 7-zip for Linux is similar to p7zip, but is not a copy. The difference between the projects is not reported. The program was released in versions for x86, x86-64, ARM and […]

Release of the decentralized media sharing platform MediaGoblin 0.11

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A new version of the decentralized media file sharing platform MediaGoblin 0.11.0 has been published, designed for hosting and sharing media content, including photos, videos, sound files, videos, three-dimensional models and PDF documents. Unlike centralized services like Flickr and Picasa, the MediaGoblin platform aims to organize content sharing without being tied to a specific service, using a model similar to StatusNet […]

Firefox Update 86.0.1

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A maintenance release of Firefox 86.0.1 is available, which offers several fixes: Fixes a startup crash that occurs on various Linux distributions. The issue was caused by an incorrect memory size check in the ICC color profile loading code written in Rust. We fixed an issue with Firefox freezing after macOS wakes from sleep on systems with Apple M1 processors. The bug has been fixed [...]

Apache NetBeans IDE 12.3 Released

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The Apache Software Foundation introduced the Apache NetBeans 12.3 integrated development environment, which provides support for the Java SE, Java EE, PHP, C/C++, JavaScript and Groovy programming languages. This is the seventh release produced by the Apache Foundation since the NetBeans code was transferred from Oracle. Key New Features in NetBeans 12.3: Java development tools expand the use of the Language Server Protocol (LSP) server for […]

Release of Samba 4.14.0

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The Samba 4.14.0 release is presented, which continues the development of the Samba 4 branch with a full-fledged implementation of a domain controller and an Active Directory service that is compatible with the implementation of Windows 2000 and is able to serve all versions of Windows clients supported by Microsoft, including Windows 10. Samba 4 is a multifunctional server product , which also provides an implementation of the file server, print service, and identity server (winbind). Key changes […]

The implementation of OpenGL over DirectX has achieved compatibility with OpenGL 3.3 and is included in Mesa

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The Collabora company announced the adoption of the D3D12 Gallium driver into the main Mesa composition, which implements a layer for organizing OpenGL work on top of the DirectX 12 (D3D12) API. At the same time, it was announced that the driver successfully passed tests for compatibility with OpenGL 3.3 when working on top of the WARP (software rasterizer) and NVIDIA D3D12 drivers. The driver may be useful for using Mesa on devices with drivers that support […]

Fedora distribution on the way to being renamed to Fedora Linux

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Matthew Miller, the leader of the Fedora project, took the initiative to separate the name of the community and the Fedora distribution. The name Fedora is proposed to be used for the entire project and the associated community, and the distribution is planned to be called Fedora Linux. The reason for the renaming is that the Fedora project is not limited to one distribution and also develops the EPEL repository for RHEL/CentOS, documentation, […]

The data center of the European hoster OVHCloud in Strasbourg burned down

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Tonight (at about one o'clock in the morning European time) a fire broke out in the Strasbourg data center of the OVH company, which destroyed most of the equipment (of the four OVH data centers in Strasbourg, DC SBG2 completely burned down, 4 of 12 premises in DC SBG1 burned down, DC SBG3 and SBG4 were de-energized) . Fire and rescue services cut off power to all buildings and only in the morning the fire […]

Cloudflare, Tesla many other companies compromised through Verkada surveillance cameras

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As a result of hacking the infrastructure of Verkada, which supplies smart surveillance cameras with support for facial recognition, attackers gained full access to more than 150 thousand cameras used in companies such as Cloudflare, Tesla, OKTA, Equinox, as well as in many banks, prisons, and schools , police stations and hospitals. Members of the hacker group APT 69420 Arson Cats mentioned the presence of […]

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