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An update for the Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS distribution has been released. This is the final update which includes changes related to hardware support improvements, updates to the Linux kernel and graphics stack, as well as bug fixes in the installer and bootloader. Future updates for the 18.04 branch will limit themselves to addressing vulnerabilities and issues affecting stability. Similar updates for Kubuntu 18.04.5 LTS, Ubuntu Budgie 18.04.5 LTS, […]
The release of Windows 10 in the summer of 2015 was undoubtedly a significant milestone for the software giant, which had experienced difficulties with Windows 8, a version that never gained widespread adoption due to its controversial interface featuring two desktops — the classic and the Metro tiled interface. ⇡#Learning from Mistakes In developing a new platform, the Microsoft team made efforts […]
The National Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States have published a report stating that the 85th Main Center for Special Services of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (85 GЦСС ГРУ) is using a malware complex called "Drovorub." The "Drovorub" suite includes a rootkit as a Linux kernel module, a tool for file transmission, and network port redirection, along with a command server. The client part may […]
A group of researchers from Ruhr University Bochum (Germany) has presented the ReVoLTE attack technique (PDF), which enables the interception of encrypted voice calls in 4G/LTE cellular networks that use VoLTE (Voice over LTE) technology for voice traffic transmission. To protect phone calls from interception in VoLTE, stream cipher-based encryption is applied to the channel between the client and the operator. The specification […]
A new release of the CAELinux 2020 distribution is now available, built on the package base of Xubuntu 18.04 and featuring an extensive selection of specialized applications aimed at automating engineering tasks, mathematical modeling, and scientific research. The size of the bootable ISO image, which can operate in Live mode, is 5.8 GB (x86_64). Some of the included applications are: A package for modeling and analyzing thermodynamic processes, Salome-Meca; […]
The Document Foundation has published download statistics for the week following the release of LibreOffice 7.0. It is reported that LibreOffice 7.0.0 was downloaded 422,000 times. The press release about the new release was viewed 113,000 times, and the video showcasing new features was watched 48,000 times. Notably, the almost stagnant project Apache OpenOffice has been left behind since the release at the end of September 2019 […]
The release of the web content management system WordPress 5.5 has taken place. The release has been codenamed "Eckstine" in honor of singer Billy Eckstine. This release is notable for introducing auto-update features for plugins and themes. On one hand, this feature will help address the issue of using outdated plugins that become targets for attacks after vulnerabilities are discovered. On the other hand, there is a risk of automated […]
The release of the main branch of nginx 1.19.2 has been formed, continuing the development of new features (only changes related to fixing serious bugs and vulnerabilities are made in the parallel stable branch 1.18). Key changes: Keepalive connections are now starting to close before exhausting all available connections, and corresponding warnings are reflected in the log. An optimization for reading the client’s request body has been implemented when using chunked transfer. […]
Intel has reported the elimination of 22 vulnerabilities in its server motherboards, server systems, and compute modules firmware. Three vulnerabilities have been assigned a critical level (CVE-2020-8708 — CVSS 9.6, CVE-2020-8707 — CVSS 8.3, CVE-2020-8706 — CVSS 4.7), manifesting in the firmware of the Emulex Pilot 3 BMC controller used in Intel products. These vulnerabilities allow unauthorized access without authentication […]
The release of the QEMU project 5.1 has been presented. As an emulator, QEMU enables the execution of programs built for one hardware platform on a system with a completely different architecture, for example, running an ARM application on an x86-compatible PC. In virtualization mode, the performance of code execution in an isolated environment is close to that of a native system due to direct execution of instructions on the CPU and utilization of […]
The 5.5 version of the WordPress content management system has been released, named "Eckstine" in honor of jazz musician Billy Eckstine. The main changes involve improvements in speed, search optimization, and enhanced security: Better page loading speed using lazy loading technology (asynchronous loading that saves time, traffic, and battery life when browsing on mobile devices). A new sitemap.xml file is provided for search engines. […]
The release of the desktop-oriented GhostBSD 20.08 distribution is now available, built on the TrueOS platform and offering the MATE desktop environment. By default, GhostBSD uses the OpenRC initialization system and the ZFS file system. It supports both Live mode and installation on a hard drive (using the custom ginstall installer, written in Python). Boot images are created for the x86_64 architecture (2.5 GB). […]