Three popular plugins for the WordPress content management system, with over 400,000 installations, have revealed critical vulnerabilities: A vulnerability in the InfiniteWP Client plugin, which has over 300,000 active installations, allows unauthorized access as a site administrator. As the plugin is designed for centralized management of multiple sites on a server, an attacker can gain control of all […]
The Nextcloud project, a developing fork of the open-source cloud storage ownCloud, has introduced the new Nextcloud Hub platform, which provides a self-sufficient solution for organizing team collaboration among employees and teams working on various projects. In terms of functionality, Nextcloud Hub is similar to Google Docs and Microsoft 365, but it allows for the deployment of a fully controlled collaboration infrastructure that operates on its own servers and is not tied to external […]
Standard Notes is a cross-platform note-taking application with encryption and open source code, now available for download as a snap package. Standard Notes is available on all major desktop systems (Windows, Linux, Mac), as well as on smartphones and the web. Key features include: Creating multiple notes. The ability to use tags. Searching and synchronizing across different devices using […]
According to 2019 statistics, the data engineer profession is currently experiencing the fastest growth in demand among all professions. Data engineers play a critically important role in organizations by creating and maintaining the pipelines and databases used for processing, transforming, and storing data. What skills do professionals in this field need the most? Does it vary from […]
As you set off for a business trip or holiday, have you considered how safe it is in today's world of digital threats? Some modern airplanes are referred to as computers with wings, reflecting how deeply embedded computer technology is in them. How are they protected from hacks? What can pilots do in such cases? Which other systems might be at risk? This was discussed by an active pilot, captain […]
We have shared about our GitOps tool werf multiple times, and this time we would like to share our experience of building a website with the documentation from the project itself — werf.io (its Russian version is ru.werf.io). This is a typical static website, but its assembly is interesting because it is built using a dynamic number of artifacts. Delving into the nuances of the site structure: generating a common menu for […]
The Fedora project developers announced the stabilization of the Fedora CoreOS distribution and its readiness for widespread use. Fedora CoreOS is promoted as a unified solution for running environments based on isolated containers, replacing the Fedora Atomic Host and CoreOS Container Linux products. Support for the CoreOS Container Linux distribution will be discontinued in six months, while support for Fedora Atomic Host will also end shortly.
The release of GNU Guile 3.0 has taken place, a free implementation of the functional programming language Scheme, supporting the embedding of code in applications written in other programming languages. Guile can be used as a language for developing extensions for applications, defining configurations, or developing components for connecting various primitives provided by applications. Guile is the official extension development language for the GNU operating system.
It has been announced that the first limited batch of the PinePhone (Braveheart Edition), developed by the Pine64 community, is now available for everyone (note: the first batch is already sold out). Mass production is scheduled to begin in March 2020. As initially stated, the price of the smartphone is $150. The device is designed for enthusiasts who are tired of Android and want a fully controllable and secure environment.
More than 50 companies, including Privacy International, Digital Rights Foundation, DuckDuckGo, and Electronic Frontier Foundation, have sent an open letter to Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai. The authors of the letter note that the pre-installed software on Android represents a privacy threat to consumers. All Android OEM manufacturers pre-install their devices with applications that cannot be removed and that may bypass user consent.
DilOS is an Illumos-based platform with a Debian package manager (dpkg + apt) that is licensed under MIT. DilOS will be oriented towards server-side virtualization, such as Xen (dilos-xen3.4-dom0 is currently available), zones, and tools for use in small businesses and by home users (Example: as a file server with a torrent client featuring a WEB GUI, Apache).
Books, as we know them, have not been around for very long. In ancient times, the primary medium for information was papyrus, but after the ban on its export, parchment took its place. As the Roman Empire declined, books transitioned from scrolls to volumes made by sewing together sheets of parchment. This process happened gradually, some […]