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Microsoft announced support for the WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux) in Windows 10 releases 1903 and 1909, which were formed in May and November of last year. Initially, the WSL2 subsystem, allowing for the execution of Linux executables on Windows, was introduced in the Windows 10 2004 release. Now, Microsoft has backported this subsystem to earlier Windows 10 updates, which […]
openITCOCKPIT is open-source software for configuring Nagios or Naemon. The most significant changes in this version include: Data collection via its own agent The frontend and backend fully interact through the API Notifications through various chat systems (Slack, RocketChat, Mattermost, …) Automatic conversion of measurement units in graphs to simpler units Numerous improvements to the web interface and much […]
Hello, LOR! Mesosphere is an open version of the Horizon operating system kernel for the Nintendo Switch gaming console, compatible with the original. The development is being handled by the creator of the custom firmware Atmosphere and a team of developers. Currently, the kernel loads and operates on the console, and games are functioning as well. However, there are still many bugs and missing features. The source code is published under […]
Co-founder and CEO of Paragon Software Group, Konstantin Komarov, published a patch in the Linux-Fsdevel mailing list implementing the NTFS filesystem driver, supporting all major operations — reading, writing, working with sparse and packed files, extended attributes, and data recovery and filesystem journaling. The code is provided under the GPL license and meets all basic patch acceptance requirements […]
Guardicore, a company specializing in data center and cloud system protection, has identified a new high-tech malware called FritzFrog, which targets Linux-based servers. FritzFrog combines a worm that spreads through a brute-force attack on servers with an open SSH port, and components for building a decentralized botnet that operates without control nodes and has no single point of failure. A proprietary […]
An update for the Solaris 11.4 operating system, SRU 24 (Support Repository Update), has been released, featuring a series of corrections and improvements for the Solaris 11.4 branch. To install the proposed fixes in the update, simply execute the command 'pkg update'. The new release includes: An updated Oracle Explorer to version 20.2, a toolkit for building detailed configuration and system status profiles; Added support for storage […]
Corrective releases of the Icinga Web 2.6.4, 2.7.4, and v2.8.2 packages, which provide a web interface for the Icinga monitoring system, have been published. The proposed updates address a critical vulnerability (CVE-2020-24368), allowing an unauthenticated attacker to access files on the server with the privileges of the Icinga Web process (typically the user under which the HTTP server or FPM runs). A successful attack requires one of the third-party modules supplied […]
Researchers from Ruhr University Bochum (Germany) analyzed (PDF) the behavior of email clients when processing 'mailto:' links with extended parameters. Five out of the twenty email clients reviewed were found to be vulnerable to an attack that manipulates resource substitution using the 'attach' parameter. An additional six email clients were susceptible to attacks through PGP and S/MIME key replacement, while three clients were vulnerable to […]
A new version of the fully functional file manager nnn has been released, optimized for efficient workflow (searching, filtering, sorting, renaming, instant handling of thousands of files). The program uses minimal resources (binary 100KB, 3.5MB in RAM), is compatible with Pi, Termux (Android), Linux, macOS, BSD, Haiku, Cygwin, WSL, and various graphical and console environments. The program operates with 8 color […]
The release of Kali Linux 2020.3 has occurred, designed for testing systems for vulnerabilities, conducting audits, analyzing residual information, and identifying the consequences of attacks by malicious actors. All original developments created within the distribution are distributed under the GPL license and are available through a public Git repository. Several ISO image options have been prepared for download, sized at 430 MB, 2.9 GB, and 3.7 GB. The builds […]
The current maintainers of the Qt framework packages in Debian have decided not to provide support for the next major branch Qt 6, the release of which is scheduled for December. Meanwhile, support for the previous branch Qt 5 will continue unchanged. The delivery of Qt 6 to Debian will be ensured if new maintainers are found who are ready to provide package support at a suitable level […]
Mozilla has announced an expansion of its initiative to pay monetary rewards for identifying security issues in Firefox. In addition to vulnerabilities, the Bug Bounty program will now cover methods to circumvent existing browser mechanisms that prevent exploits. Such mechanisms include an HTML fragment cleansing system before use in a privileged context and memory separation for DOM nodes […]