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Release of the Kali Linux 2022.2 distribution for security research

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The release of Kali Linux 2022.2, designed for system vulnerability testing, auditing, residual information analysis, and identifying the consequences of attacks from malicious actors, has been introduced. All original developments created within the distribution are distributed under the GPL license and are available through a public Git repository. Several versions of the ISO images have been prepared for download, sized 471 MB, 2.8 GB, 3.5 GB, and 9.4 […]

Release of zeronet-conservancy 0.7.5, a platform for decentralized websites.

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The zeronet-conservancy project is a continuation/fork of the decentralized censorship-resistant network ZeroNet, which uses Bitcoin's addressing and verification mechanisms to create websites in conjunction with BitTorrent's distributed delivery technologies. The content of the websites is stored in a P2P network on visitors' machines and verified by the owner's digital signature. The created fork aims to maintain the network, enhance security, and transition to user moderation (the current system does not […]

A new twist in the investigation related to GPL license violations by Vizio Inc.

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The software freedom advocacy organization Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) has reported a new phase in its lawsuit against Vizio, accused of failing to meet GPL licensing requirements while distributing firmware for smart TVs based on the SmartCast platform. SFC representatives succeeded in moving the case from the U.S. Federal Court back to the California State District Court, which has significant implications regarding the classification of GPL […]

Release of FreeBSD 13.1

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After a year of development, FreeBSD 13.1 has been released. Installation images are available for amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpc64le, powerpcspe, armv6, armv7, aarch64, and riscv64 architectures. Additional builds have been prepared for virtualization systems (QCOW2, VHD, VMDK, raw) and cloud environments such as Amazon EC2, Google Compute Engine, and Vagrant. In the new version: An iwlwifi driver for Intel wireless cards with support for […]

Release of the Rocky Linux 8.6 distribution, developed by the founder of CentOS

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The release of the Rocky Linux 8.6 distribution has occurred, aimed at creating a free build of RHEL that can take the place of classic CentOS, after Red Hat abruptly ended support for the CentOS 8 branch at the end of 2021, instead of 2029, as previously anticipated. This is the third stable release of the project, recognized as ready for production deployments. Rocky Linux builds have been prepared […]

Update Firefox 101.0.1. Strengthening Mozilla's requirements for Certificate Authorities

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A corrective release of Firefox 101.0.1 is available, notable for enhancing sandbox isolation on the Windows platform. The new version includes by default the blocking of access to the Win32k API (Win32 GUI components operating at the kernel level) from isolated content processing processes. This change was made ahead of the Pwn2Own 2022 competition, which will take place from May 18-20. Participants of Pwn2Own will demonstrate working exploitation techniques for previously unknown vulnerabilities and in […]

PAPPL 1.2 is available, a framework for organizing printing output

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Michael R Sweet, the author of the CUPS printing system, has released PAPPL 1.2, a framework for developing printing applications based on the IPP Everywhere protocol, which is recommended for use instead of traditional printer drivers. The framework code is written in C and is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license with an exception allowing linking with code under GPLv2 and LGPLv2 licenses. […]

A vulnerability in unrar allows overwriting files during archive extraction

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A vulnerability (CVE-2022-30333) has been discovered in the unrar utility, allowing specially crafted archive extraction to overwrite files outside the current directory, subject to user permissions. The issue has been resolved in RAR 6.12 and unrar 6.1.7 releases. The vulnerability affects versions for Linux, FreeBSD, and macOS, but does not impact builds for Android and Windows. The problem arises from inadequate checks against the ‘/..’ sequence […]

Release of the TrueNAS 13.0 distribution for creating network storage

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After a year and a half of development, iXsystems has released TrueNAS CORE 13, a distribution for quickly deploying network-attached storage (NAS). TrueNAS CORE 13 is based on the FreeBSD 13 codebase, featuring integrated ZFS support and management through a web interface built using the Django Python framework. It supports FTP, NFS, Samba, AFP, rsync, and […]

Release of the iptables 1.8.8 packet filter

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A new release of the classic toolkit for managing the iptables packet filter 1.8.8 has been published, with recent development focused on components to maintain backward compatibility — iptables-nft and ebtables-nft, providing utilities with the same command-line syntax as iptables and ebtables, but translating the received rules into bytecode nf_tables. The original set of iptables programs, including ip6tables, arptables, and ebtables, is included in […]

Release of the NetworkManager 1.38.0 network configurator

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A stable release of the interface to simplify network parameter configuration — NetworkManager 1.38.0 is now available. Plugins for supporting VPN, OpenConnect, PPTP, OpenVPN, and OpenSWAN are developed under their own development cycles. Key innovations in NetworkManager 1.38 include: The logic for selecting the source address has been revamped when multiple IP addresses exist on the network interface. The rules for establishing priority for IPv6 addresses have been aligned with the rules previously applied […]

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