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GitHub has identified 543,000 active tokens, keys, and passwords left in repositories

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Truffle Security has published the results of an analysis of credential leaks in repositories hosted on GitHub. After scanning 224 million repositories containing 58 billion files, 543,000 unique credentials (tokens, keys, and passwords) that are still active were identified. These active credentials had remained in the repositories for at least a year, as the study utilized a snapshot of GitHub's state from […]

Third alpha release of the Pidgin 3 messenger

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The third alpha release of the Pidgin 3.0 (2.97) instant messaging client has been introduced. This release is labeled as not yet ready for everyday use. Builds are prepared in Flatpak format and placed in the beta repository on Flathub. The Pidgin 3 branch has been in development since 2011, following three years of discussions at the conceptual and idea level. The transition to Pidgin 3 has been completed […]

The compromise of 3 domain registrars allowed the acquisition of TLS certificates for Google services.

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Google has reported an incident in which attackers managed to obtain TLS certificates for specific Google domains (such as google.as), online services, and major companies in the zones of '.gh', '.sl', and '.as'. The attack was executed through the compromise of registrars for national top-level domain zones — '.gh' (Ghana), '.sl' (Sierra Leone), and '.as' (American Samoa), which allowed for the replacement of DNS servers for domains in these […]

Raspberry Pi OS builds have been released for laptops and PCs based on the x86_64 architecture.

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The Raspberry Pi project has released a new version of Raspberry Pi OS 2026-10-06 (Raspbian) and announced the formation of a Live build (2.6 GB) intended for installation on computers with processors based on the x86_64 architecture. Like the builds for ARM platforms, the new version is based on Debian 13 package base. In addition to booting from USB drives, the PC version includes the Calamares installer, […]

The WinCore library for working with Win32 applications in Linux and macOS has been introduced.

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The WinCore project is developing a compatibility layer with Win32/WGL, allowing compilation of Windows applications coded in C/C++ using the classic Win32 API for running on Linux and macOS. WinCore intercepts classic Win32 handlers and uses cross-platform backends for rendering via SDL3 or SDL2. The code is written in C++ and distributed under the LGPLv3 license. The project is a result of rethinking the LDL library, […]

OpenSSH 10.6 has been released with vulnerabilities fixed.

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OpenSSH 10.6 has been released, an open implementation of the client and server for working with SSH 2.0 and SFTP protocols. Security issues have been fixed, most of which were identified through code analysis using AI tools (CVE identifiers not assigned): A vulnerability in sftp that allows writing a file outside the target directory when accessing a server controlled by attackers. Two vulnerabilities in the implementation of GSSAPI […]

On October 24, a developer conference in Perl will take place in Moscow.

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On Saturday, October 24, an annual meeting of developers using the Perl programming language will take place in Moscow. The conference will feature presentations on GUI development with Tcl::Tk, using Perl as part of an AI service orchestration aggregator, a custom language with a compiler, and the first tiling window manager written in Perl. The event will also provide an opportunity to discuss current issues, network in person, and exchange […]

The ROSA Fresh 13.3 distribution has been released.

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The RTC IT ROSA has released the ROSA Fresh 13.3 distribution, built on the rosa 13 platform. The distribution is freely available and developed with community involvement. The release is aimed at a wide range of users. Available for download are builds with KDE 6 desktop (4 GB), KDE 5 (4 GB), LXQt (3 GB), and GNOME (4 GB), as well as server builds […]

Release of the Mold 3.0 linker, developed by the LLVM lld team.

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The release of the Mold 3.0 linker has been announced, which can be used as a faster transparent replacement for the GNU linker on Linux systems. The project is developed by Rui Ueyama, the author of the LLVM lld linker. A key feature of Mold is its very high speed of linking object files, significantly outpacing the GNU gold and LLVM lld linkers (linking in Mold is performed at a speed just twice slower than […

The source code of the Orion browser for Linux and Windows has been announced.

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The developers of the Kagi search engine have announced their decision to open the source code of the Orion browser editor for Linux and Windows platforms. Details of the future development model and licensing for the specified platforms are expected to be published within 30 days. There is a possibility of transferring the code to the care of one of the non-profit organizations. The revision of the code publishing policy was prompted by the winding down of the Orion development […

Theo de Raadt proposed changes to restrict access to the filesystem through the openat function.

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Theo de Raadt has proposed the inclusion of a new mechanism in OpenBSD to reduce the attack surface, implemented through the enhanced capabilities of the openat system call. Patches with the implementation of additional flags for openat and open, which limit the ability to traverse to parent directories via "/.." and access by absolute paths, have been prepared for the kernel, libc, and some applications from the base system. The changes are still […]

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