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Kasper is available, a scanner for speculative execution code issues in the Linux kernel.

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A group of researchers from the Free University of Amsterdam has published the Kasper toolkit, designed to identify snippets of code in the Linux kernel that can be used to exploit Spectre-class vulnerabilities caused by speculative code execution by the processor. The source texts of the toolkit are distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. It should be noted that conducting such attacks as Spectre v1, which allows determining the contents of memory, requires the presence of […]

Release of OS Qubes 4.1, which uses virtualization to isolate applications

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After nearly four years of development, the release of Qubes OS 4.1 has taken place, implementing the idea of using a hypervisor for strict isolation of applications and OS components (each class of applications and system services runs in separate virtual machines). A system with 6 GB of RAM and a 64-bit Intel or AMD CPU with support for VT-x with EPT/AMD-v with RVI is required for operation […]

Cassowary — a framework for seamless operation with Windows applications on Linux

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The Cassowary project is developing a toolkit that allows running Windows programs in a virtual machine or on another computer as if they were native standalone applications on the Linux desktop. Windows programs are launched through a shortcut in the Linux environment and open in separate windows, similar to standard Linux applications. The reverse scenario is also supported — Linux programs can be called from a Windows environment. […]

Igalia has introduced Wolvic, a web browser for virtual reality devices

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Igalia, known for its involvement in the development of free projects such as GNOME, GTK, WebKitGTK, Epiphany, GStreamer, and freedesktop.org, has introduced a new open web browser Wolvic, designed for use in virtual reality systems. This project will continue the development of the Firefox Reality browser, which was previously developed by Mozilla but has not been updated for about a year. The Wolvic code is written in Java and C++, and […]

NoScript users have encountered functionality issues in browsers based on the Chromium engine.

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A release of the NoScript browser extension version 11.2.18 has been formed, designed to block dangerous and unwanted JavaScript code, as well as various types of attacks (XSS, DNS Rebinding, CSRF, Clickjacking). The new version fixes a problem caused by a change in the handling of file:// URLs in the Chromium engine. This issue prevented many websites (Gmail, Facebook, etc.) from opening after updating the extension to version 11.2.16 in […]

The multimedia framework GStreamer 1.20.0 is available.

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After a year and a half of development, GStreamer 1.20 has been released. This cross-platform set of components is written in C for creating a wide range of multimedia applications, from media players and audio/video file converters to VoIP applications and streaming systems. The GStreamer code is distributed under the LGPLv2.1 license. At the same time, updates for gst-plugins-base 1.20, gst-plugins-good 1.20, gst-plugins-bad 1.20, gst-plugins-ugly 1.20, and the gst-libav wrapper are also available […]

Release of the Slackware 15.0 distribution.

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After more than five years since the last release, the Slackware 15.0 distribution has been published. The project has been in development since 1993 and is the oldest of the existing distributions. An installable image (3.5 GB) is available for i586 and x86_64 architectures. A Live version (4.3 GB) is also available for those who wish to explore the distribution without installation.

Release of the Glibc 2.35 system library

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After six months of development, the release of the GNU C Library (glibc) 2.35 has been published, fully adhering to the requirements of ISO C11 and POSIX.1-2017 standards. The new release includes fixes from 66 developers. Notable improvements implemented in glibc 2.35 include: Added support for the locale 'C.UTF-8', which includes sorting rules for all Unicode codes, but limited in usage to save space […]

The publication of 64-bit builds of the Raspberry Pi OS distribution has begun.

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Developers of the Raspberry Pi project have announced the beginning of the formation of 64-bit builds of the Raspberry Pi OS (Raspbian) distribution, based on the Debian 11 package base and optimized for Raspberry Pi boards. Until now, the distribution only provided unified 32-bit builds for all boards. From now on, boards with processors based on the ARMv8-A architecture, such as Raspberry Pi Zero 2 (SoC […]

Mandatory two-factor authentication has been enabled in NPM for the 100 most popular packages

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GitHub has announced the inclusion of mandatory two-factor authentication for 100 NPM packages in the repositories, which are included as dependencies in the largest number of packages. Maintainers of these packages will now be able to perform repository operations requiring authentication only after enabling two-factor authentication, which requires login confirmation using one-time passwords (TOTP) generated by applications such as Authy, Google Authenticator, and FreeOTP. In the near […]

DeepMind has introduced a machine learning system for generating code based on text descriptions of tasks.

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DeepMind, known for its developments in artificial intelligence and neural networks capable of playing computer and board games at a human level, has introduced the AlphaCode project, which advances a machine learning system for code generation, capable of participating in programming competitions on the Codeforces platform and demonstrating an average performance. A key feature of the development is its ability to generate code […]

Release of the LibreOffice 7.3 office suite

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The Document Foundation has released the LibreOffice 7.3 office suite. Ready-to-install packages have been prepared for various Linux distributions, Windows, and macOS. A total of 147 developers participated in the release preparation, of which 98 are volunteers. 69% of the changes were made by employees from companies overseeing the project, such as Collabora, Red Hat, and Allotropia, while 31% of the changes were contributed by independent enthusiasts. The release of LibreOffice […]

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