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The release of KaOS 2022.02 has been announced, a distribution with a rolling update model aimed at providing a desktop based on the latest KDE releases and applications using Qt. Among the distribution-specific design features is the placement of a vertical panel on the right side of the screen. The distribution develops with an eye on Arch Linux but maintains its own independent repository with over 1500 packages, and […]
A critical vulnerability (CVE-2022-24086) has been discovered in the open-source e-commerce platform Magento, which accounts for about 10% of the market for online store creation systems, allowing code execution on the server through the submission of a specific request without going through authentication. The vulnerability has been assigned a severity level of 9.8 out of 10. The issue arises from improper validation of user-supplied parameters in the order processing handler. Details on exploiting the vulnerability […]
Google has announced an expansion of its initiative to pay monetary rewards for identifying security issues in the Linux kernel, the container orchestration platform Kubernetes, the GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine), and the environment for vulnerability hunting competitions kCTF (Kubernetes Capture the Flag). The rewards program has introduced additional bonus payments of $20,000 for 0-day vulnerabilities, […]
The Unredacter tool has been introduced, allowing the recovery of original text after it has been obscured using pixelation filters. For example, the program can be used to identify confidential data and passwords that have been pixelated in screenshots or document images. It is claimed that the algorithm implemented in Unredacter outperforms previously available similar utilities, such as Depix, and has even been successfully used to pass the test […]
XWayland 21.2.0 has been released, a DDX component (Device-Dependent X) that enables the operation of the X.Org Server for running X11 applications in Wayland-based environments. Key changes include the addition of support for the DRM Lease protocol, which allows the X server to function as a DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) controller, providing DRM resources to clients. Practically, the protocol is used to form stereo images with different buffers for the left and right […]
Valve has released Proton 7.0, which is based on the Wine project's codebase and aims to enable the running of Windows-developed games on Linux, available in the Steam catalog. The project's developments are distributed under a BSD license. Proton allows the direct launching of Windows-only game applications in the Linux Steam client. The package includes […]
Thorsten Behrens, one of the leaders of the LibreOffice graphical subsystem development team, has released a demonstration version of a LibreOffice variant compiled to WebAssembly, capable of running in a web browser (about 300 MB of data is downloaded to the user's system). The Emscripten compiler is used for conversion to WebAssembly, and to organize output, a VCL backend (Visual Class Library) based on a modified […]
Google has introduced Chrome OS Flex, a new variant of Chrome OS designed for use on standard PCs, not just on devices originally shipped with Chrome OS like Chromebooks, Chromebases, and Chromeboxes. Key use cases for Chrome OS Flex include upgrading existing older systems to extend their lifecycle […]
The release of the compact distribution for creating firewalls and network gateways, pfSense 2.6.0, has been published. The distribution is based on the FreeBSD codebase with contributions from the m0n0wall project and active use of pf and ALTQ. An ISO image for the amd64 architecture, sized at 430 MB, is prepared for download. The distribution is managed through a web interface. It allows users to access both wired and wireless networks […]
The release of Kali Linux 2022.1 has been announced, designed for testing systems for vulnerabilities, conducting audits, analyzing residual information, and identifying the consequences of attacks by malicious actors. All original developments made within the framework of the distribution are distributed under the GPL license and are available through a public Git repository. Several iso images have been prepared for download, sized at 471 MB, 2.8 GB, 3.5 GB, and 9.4 […]
The release of the free and open-source monitoring system Zabbix 6.0 LTS has taken place. Version 6.0 is classified as a Long-Term Support (LTS) version. For users currently using non-LTS versions, migration to LTS versions is recommended. Zabbix is a versatile system for monitoring the performance and availability of servers, engineering and network equipment, applications, databases, […]
Google has released Chrome 98.0.4758.102, which contains fixes for 11 vulnerabilities, including one critical issue already being exploited by attackers (0-day). Details are not yet disclosed, but it is known that the vulnerability (CVE-2022-0609) is caused by accessing memory after it has been freed (use-after-free) in code related to the Web Animations API. Other serious vulnerabilities include buffer overflow […]