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Google has recorded the largest DDoS attack on its infrastructure, with an intensity of 398 million requests per second. This new attack is seven times more intense than the previous record DDoS attack, which generated a flow of 47 million requests per second. For comparison, total traffic across the entire web is estimated to be 1-3 billion requests per second. In addition to […]
As part of efforts to enhance the security of critical software components on the Android platform, Google has rewritten the pvmfm firmware used for running virtual machines managed by the pVM hypervisor within the Android Virtualization Framework in Rust. Previously, the firmware was written in C and implemented on top of the U-Boot bootloader, which had previously been found to have vulnerabilities due to issues with […]
After nearly three years of development, the release of the Wayfire 0.8 compositing server has been announced. Utilizing Wayland, it allows for resource-friendly user interfaces with 3D effects similar to 3D plugins for Compiz (screen switching via a 3D cube, spatial window layouts, morphing effects when interacting with windows, etc.). Wayfire supports plugin extensions and offers a flexible configuration system. The project's code is written […]
The recently released major functional update for Microsoft's flagship software platform has left many users puzzled with the question: where are the previously announced features? We explain how to activate them and why you shouldn't rush to do so. Source: 3dnews.ru
Canonical has announced changes in Ubuntu 23.10 that restrict user access to user namespace identifiers, which will enhance the security of systems using container isolation against vulnerabilities that require manipulation of the user namespace for exploitation. According to Google, 44% of exploits involved in the bounty program for identifying vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, […]
A vulnerability (CVE-2023-43641) has been discovered in the libcue library, which is used for parsing metadata containing information about the order and duration of audio tracks, allowing for code execution when processing specially crafted cue files. The library is used in some multimedia players and audio editors, including Audacious, and can be exploited to compromise the system when opening unverified data. Furthermore, the libcue library […]
A major update of the free digital audio workstation Ardour has been released. Key changes: The MIDI track widget (scroomer) has been completely rewritten to control the scale and visibility of track content. It now displays notes (048 C, 049 C#, and so on), or note names if specified in MIDNAM (for example, names of different drums when a drum sampler plugin is loaded). A familiar interface for editing strength […]
A new version of the cross-platform high-performance POP3/IMAP4 server Dovecot 2.3.21 has been released, supporting the POP3 and IMAP4rev1 protocols along with popular extensions such as SORT, THREAD, and IDLE, as well as authentication and encryption mechanisms (SASL, TLS, SCRAM). Dovecot maintains full compatibility with traditional mbox and Maildir, utilizing external indexes to enhance performance. Plugins can be used to extend functionality (for example, through plugins it implements […]
Version 3.0.19 of the VLC media player has been released, featuring support for the Super Resolution technology on systems with Intel and NVIDIA GPUs. This technology utilizes spatial scaling algorithms and detail reconstruction to reduce image quality loss when scaling up and displaying at higher resolutions. Other improvements include enhanced support for AV1 video format and better HDR video handling […]
Jordan Petridis, a member of the quality control and release teams for GNOME, published a change request to remove systemd targets for gnome-session from packages, which will affect environments running X11. This marks a significant initial step towards phasing out support for the X11 protocol in GNOME. However, other necessary functionalities for […]
The first release of the Incus project has been introduced, which is a fork of the LXD container management system developed by the Linux Containers community. It was created by the original team that developed LXD. The Incus code is written in Go and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. It is worth noting that the Linux Containers community governed the development of LXD until Canonical decided to continue developing LXD separately as an enterprise […]
The Linux Foundation, BastionZero, and Docker have introduced a new open project, OpenPubKey, which develops the namesake cryptographic protocol for certifying digital signatures of arbitrary objects. The technology is designed as a collaboration between BastionZero and Docker to simplify the certification of Docker container images with digital signatures to prevent tampering and confirm the build by the declared creator. The project will evolve on a neutral platform under the patronage of […]