Category: Internet News

TCL has introduced a new type of display, NXTPAPER: better than electronic paper and easy on the eyes.

At the IFA 2020 electronics exhibition currently taking place in Berlin, Germany, TCL presented new type NXTPAPER displays designed for the next generation of mobile devices. The screens are intended to compete with color electronic paper-based panels. The creation of the announced technology, as noted, took two years, and the development is protected by eleven patents. NXTPAPER displays do not create […]

Release of the free 3D modeling software Blender 2.90.

The release of the free 3D modeling software Blender 2.90 has been announced. Key changes in Blender 2.90 include the initial support for the Wayland protocol on the Linux platform, for which a build option WITH_GHOST_WAYLAND has been proposed. X11 continues to be used by default, as some features of Blender are still not available in Wayland-based environments. A new cloud model, Nishita, has been introduced in the Cycles engine, utilizing generation […]

Release of Protox 1.6, Tox client for mobile platforms

An update for Protox v1.6 has been released, a mobile application for user-to-user messaging without server involvement, built on the Tox protocol (with the c-toxcore project). This update aims to improve the client and its usability. Currently, only the Android platform is supported. The project is looking for iOS developers to port the application to Apple smartphones. Porting to other platforms may also be possible. […]

Analysis of attacker activity related to SSH password cracking

The results of an analysis of password-guessing attacks on servers via SSH have been published. During the experiment, several honeypots pretending to be accessible OpenSSH servers were deployed in various networks of cloud providers such as Google Cloud, DigitalOcean, and NameCheap. Over three months, 929,554 connection attempts to the server were recorded. In 78% of cases, the guessing attempts were aimed at […]

Release of VirtualBox 6.1.14

Oracle has released a corrective update for the VirtualBox virtualization system 6.1.14, which notes 10 fixes. Key changes in release 6.1.14 include: support for Linux kernel 5.8 has been added. Issues with reading ISO9660 file systems from attached devices have been resolved in the EFI support code, and support for booting from drives attached to emulated LsiLogic SCSI and SAS controllers has been added. Issues resolved […]

Release of Pale Moon browser 28.13

The release of the Pale Moon 28.13 web browser has taken place, branching off from the Firefox codebase to ensure higher performance, preserve the classic interface, minimize memory consumption, and provide additional customization options. Pale Moon builds are available for Windows and Linux (x86 and x86_64). The project code is distributed under the MPLv2 (Mozilla Public License). The project adheres to a classic interface organization, without […]

Release of composite server Weston 9.0

A stable release of the composite server Weston 9.0 is now available, advancing technologies that support full Wayland protocol integration in Enlightenment, GNOME, KDE, and other desktop environments. The development of Weston aims to provide a high-quality codebase and working examples for utilizing Wayland in desktop environments and embedded solutions, such as platforms for automotive infotainment systems, smartphones, televisions, and other consumer devices. […]

Oracle has released the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel R5U4 core

Oracle has released the fourth functional update for the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel R5, positioned for use in the Oracle Linux distribution as an alternative to the default package with the kernel from Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The kernel is available for x86_64 and ARM64 (aarch64) architectures. The kernel source code, including splits into individual patches, has been published in the public Oracle Git repository. The Unbreakable Enterprise package […]

Vulnerability in the implementation of AF_PACKET sockets in the Linux kernel

Three years after the wave of vulnerabilities (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) in the AF_PACKET subsystem of the Linux kernel, another issue has been identified (CVE-2020-14386) that allows a local unprivileged user to execute code with root privileges or to escape from isolated containers if they have root access within them. To create an AF_PACKET socket and exploit the vulnerability, CAP_NET_RAW privileges are required. However, […]

GnuPG 2.2.23 update addressing a critical vulnerability

The release of GnuPG 2.2.23 (GNU Privacy Guard), compliant with OpenPGP (RFC-4880) and S/MIME standards, has been published. It provides utilities for data encryption, electronic signature handling, key management, and access to public key repositories. This new version fixes a critical vulnerability (CVE-2020-25125) that emerged starting with version 2.2.21 and can be exploited when importing a specially crafted OpenPGP key. Importing the key […]

Embox v0.4.3 Released

On September 1, version 0.4.3 of Embox, a real-time operating system for embedded systems distributed under the BSD license, was released: Changes: Improvements in the build system. Switched to using absolute names. Added a ‘project’ folder for projects. Added the ability to connect projects from external repositories and folders outside the project. Work has begun on the ‘device tree’ subsystem. Enhanced support for STM32. Added cache support […]

CinelerraGG 2020-08 has been released

CinelerraGG is a fork of the non-linear video editor Cinelerra with the most frequent releases (once a month). New features in this release: Hotkeys for session saving (CTRL-S) and undo (CTRL-Z) have been added, along with the existing s and z. A new type of keyframe has been introduced — bump keyframes. These allow for the creation of rapidly changing parameters, such as fades or speeds. When using the speed curve (movement […]

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