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Significant slowdown in VLC startup after the update was detected. Windows 11

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VideoLan project developers have warned users about a regression occurring on the platform. Windows 11, which may include a 30-second freeze before playing certain types of files, including MP3s. The regression is attributed to a bug in the Microsoft Defender app that manifests itself after installing the latest update. Windows 11. Due to an error, the VLC plugin cache directory was quarantined by Microsoft Defender. To resolve this issue, […]

Manjaro distribution release Linux 26.1

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Manjaro distribution release announced Linux 26.1, built on Arch Linux and aimed at beginners. The distribution is notable for its simplified and user-friendly installation process, automatic hardware detection, and installation of the necessary drivers. Manjaro is available as live builds with the KDE (5.2 GB), GNOME (5 GB), and Xfce (4.9 GB) graphical environments, compiled […]

Release of OpenSSH 10.5

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OpenSSH 10.5, an open-source client and server implementation for SSH 2.0 and SFTP, has been released. Key changes: The portable version of OpenSSH now requires support for elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) in the libcrypto library, including support for the NISTP521 elliptic curve. LibreSSL, OpenSSL, BoringSSL, and […]

Linux Mint has published a HWE build with the kernel Linux 7.0

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Distribution developers Linux Mint has released updated ISO images that ship with a newer kernel version. Linux. For release Linux Mint 22.3, which originally shipped with kernel 6.14, has been updated to HWE (Hardware Enablement) with kernel version 7.0 ported from Ubuntu 26.04 and prepared for inclusion in Ubuntu April 26, 5 LTS. It is expected that the publication of such interim ISO image updates will resolve issues users are experiencing […]

Mozilla employees accidentally posted the private GPG keys of Firefox and Thunderbird on GitHub.

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Mozilla announced a replacement for the GPG key used to digitally sign Firefox and Thunderbird release artifacts, such as tarballs, RPM packages, and checksum files. The change was made following an incident in which an unencrypted copy of the key was inadvertently added to the company's private GitHub repository, accessible to a limited number of project contributors who had access […]

The second test release of the Xfwl4 composite server from the Xfce project

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The second preliminary release of the Xfwl4 composite server, which uses the Wayland protocol, is now available. Xfwl4 is written in Rust using the Smithay library. The project does not overlap with the xfwm4 window manager codebase, but aims to implement all of xfwm4's existing functionality, including the ability to use existing xfconf settings and the configuration interface, while taking into account the specifics of using Wayland instead of X11. Functionality […]

SCTPhantom kernel vulnerability Linux, providing root access and exit from the container

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In the SCTP protocol implementation provided in the kernel LinuxA vulnerability (CVE-2026-64564) has been identified that allows a local user to gain root privileges on the system. Among other things, the vulnerability allows root access to the host system when running an exploit in an isolated container. A prototype exploit has been developed and demonstrated in distributions. Debian 13 Rocky Linux 9, RHEL 9 and Ubuntu 24.04 with kernels 5.14, 6.6, […]

Distribution update for single board PCs DietPi 10.6

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DietPi 10.6 has been released, a distribution for single-board PCs based on ARM and RISC-V architectures, such as Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi, NanoPi, Rock64, Rock Pi, Quartz64, Pine64, Asus Tinker, Odroid, and VisionFive 2. The distribution is built on a package base Debian and is available in builds for over 50 boards. DietPi can also be used to create compact environments […]

ClamAV antivirus package updates 1.4.6 and 1.5.4 with fixes for 8 vulnerabilities

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Cisco has released new releases of its free ClamAV antivirus suite, ClamAV 1.4.6 and 1.5.4, which address vulnerabilities, some of which could lead to attacker code execution when scanning specially crafted content. CVE-2026-20337 is an out-of-bounds write when processing specially crafted ZIP archive headers. CVE-2026-20345 is a buffer overflow when processing malformed filenames.

OpenJDK prohibits accepting code generated through AI. NetworkManager allows it.

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Oracle has banned contributions to the OpenJDK open source project generated by AI tools. This ban applies to source code, text, and images submitted to the project's repositories or posted on the website, in messages, or on wiki pages. Debugging and code review are cited as areas where AI is permitted in Java development. The reason cited is potential risks from […]

Proxmox VE now officially supports 64-bit ARM servers.

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On August 5, 2026, Proxmox Server Solutions released the first officially supported version of Proxmox Virtual Environment for the ARM64 architecture. Until now, the Proxmox VE server virtualization platform was officially released for x86-64, although third-party ports and experimental methods for running on ARM existed. The ARM64 version is not a separate fork or a stripped-down version. Proxmox VE 9.2 for […]

ClamAV 1.5.4 and 1.4.6

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On August 7, patch releases of the free ClamAV antivirus package, versions 1.5.4 and 1.4.6, were published. The new versions focus on security: eight CVEs were closed in the current 1.5 branch, six of which were also fixed in the supported 1.4 branch. Additionally, an issue in clamd that could lead to process memory disclosure was fixed. ClamAV 1.5.4 fixes the following vulnerabilities: […]

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