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The PuTTY 0.84 release has been created, a client for the SSH, Telnet, Rlogin, and SUPDUP protocols, provided with a built-in terminal emulator and supporting operation in Unix-like systems and Windows. The project's source code is available under the MIT license. In the new version: An option has been added to run user-specified commands before establishing a network connection, which can be useful for organizing connections to servers, […]
The release of WordPress 7.0 "Armstrong" has taken place, the next major version of the free content management system distributed under the GPLv2 or later license. The release was initially scheduled for May 20, 2026, after being postponed from the April date: the developers released additional RC builds to test architectural changes before the final build. WordPress 7.0 includes over 419 fixes and changes in Core Trac, including […]
Red Hat has announced the availability of new releases of the enterprise distribution Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.2 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.8. The updates develop two supported branches of RHEL and focus on three areas: preparing infrastructure for post-quantum cryptography, automating updates, and advancing the image-based approach to system deployment. Red Hat emphasizes that the new versions are aimed at […]
The ONLYOFFICE project has introduced ONLYOFFICE Docs 9.4 — a new version of the server office suite for collaboration on documents, spreadsheets, presentations, PDFs, and forms. The release was published on May 19, 2026, and includes a significant change for the open Community edition: the previous limit of 20 simultaneous connections has been removed. ONLYOFFICE Docs can be used as a standalone Document Server or as part of integrations […]
Enthusiasts successfully extracted and disassembled the microcode of the Intel 80386 processor, which was considered a "black box" due to the lack of documentation. The binary image of the microcode was recreated using AI from high-resolution photos of the chip, and the logic was analyzed through tracing connections on the chip. The structure of micro-operations (μ-ops), fields, execution order, and instruction end markers were gradually determined. The project developments […]
Anthropic has released initial results from testing the preliminary version of the AI model Mythos, which has significantly expanded capabilities for error detection, vulnerability identification, and exploit generation. Anthropic, with the help of the AI model Mythos, scanned over a thousand important open projects, identifying 23,019 vulnerabilities. 6,202 vulnerabilities were assigned a high or critical severity level. 1,752 […]
Development of pgBackRest, a popular free tool for backing up and restoring PostgreSQL databases, will continue. David Steele, the project's maintainer, reported that a group of sponsors has formed around the project, ready to fund further development. This means pgBackRest will no longer depend on a single corporate sponsor, which should make the project's development more sustainable in the long run. […]
The release of the email client Thunderbird 151.0, developed by the Mozilla community, has occurred. The release is available for Linux, Windows, and macOS; the system requirements for Linux specify the need for GTK+ 3.14 or newer. The release was published on May 19, 2026. The main change in this release is the enhanced support for OAuth and Exchange scenarios. Thunderbird 151.0 includes login to Thundermail via OAuth with automatic account configuration, […]
A proof-of-concept for the DirtyDecrypt vulnerability, also known as DirtyCBC, has been published, allowing a local unprivileged user to gain root rights on some Linux systems. The issue lies in the rxgk code of the RxRPC subsystem and is related to page cache writes due to a missing copy-on-write check in the rxgk_decrypt_skb() function. The publication of the PoC was reported by BleepingComputer on May 18, 2026; the PoC itself is hosted at […]
On May 19, the anniversary 60th release of the OpenBSD operating system was quietly and unobtrusively launched. Among the changes: improved support for arm64, luna88k, riscv64 architectures, and others; a fix for the FP-DSS vulnerability on amd64; the sysctl hw.smt mechanism has been deprecated, replaced by hw.blockcpu to exclude certain types of cores from the scheduler (useful for Intel processors); the delayed hibernation mechanism, known in systemd as suspend-then-hibernate, has been implemented; […]
The release of the two-panel file manager GNOME Commander 2.0 has taken place, optimized for use in the GNOME desktop environment. GNOME Commander offers features such as tabs, command line access, bookmarks, customizable color schemes, directory skipping mode when selecting files, access to external data via SFTP and SAMBA, extensible context menus, automatic mounting of external drives, access to navigation history, […]
The release of the TileOS 2.0 'Sauropod' distribution is available, built on a Debian package base and offering a desktop that utilizes tiled window managers. TileOS aims for the same goals as the Ubuntu Sway Remix distribution (developed by the same author), providing a ready-to-use interface that requires no additional configuration and is designed for both experienced Linux users and newcomers looking for […]
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