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A critical vulnerability in the GRUB2 bootloader allows bypassing UEFI Secure Boot

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Eight vulnerabilities have been identified in the GRUB2 bootloader. The most dangerous issue (CVE-2020-10713), codenamed BootHole, allows for the bypassing of the UEFI Secure Boot mechanism and enables the installation of unverifiable malicious software. A notable feature of this vulnerability is that simply updating GRUB2 is insufficient for resolution, as an attacker can utilize a boot medium with an old vulnerable version, certified by a digital signature. […]

Malicious code detected in the Perl package Module-AutoLoad

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Malicious code has been discovered in the Perl package Module-AutoLoad distributed via the CPAN catalog, designed for on-the-fly automatic loading of CPAN modules. The malicious insertion was found in the test code 05_rcx.t, which has been included since 2011. Notably, concerns about loading suspicious code were raised on Stackoverflow as early as 2016. The malicious activity involves attempts to load and execute code from external […]

Release of Tails distribution 4.9 and Tor Browser 9.5.3

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The release of the specialized Tails 4.9 distribution (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on the Debian package base and designed to ensure anonymous internet access, has been formed. Anonymous access in Tails is provided by the Tor system. All connections, except traffic through the Tor network, are blocked by the packet filter by default. User data storage in data preservation mode between sessions is implemented with […]

Firefox 79

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Firefox 79 is now available. The password manager has learned to export saved passwords (in CSV format). A page with experimental features has been added to the settings dialog. To see it, you must use the setting browser.preferences.experimental. The about:support page now features a 'Clear Launch Cache' button. Prediction of partially entered search queries is enabled (browser.urlbar.richSuggestions.tail). For example, if a user types 'hobbit holes for sale in l', the search engine might […]

Firefox 79 Release

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The release of the Firefox 79 web browser and the mobile version Firefox 68.11 for the Android platform has taken place. Additionally, updates for the long-term support branches 68.11.0 and 78.1.0 have been prepared. Soon, the Firefox 80 branch will enter beta testing, with the release scheduled for August 25. Key innovations include the addition of the ability to export credentials in CSV format in the password manager […]

In Firefox for Android, you can now switch between tabs using swiping.

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Switching between tabs using a swipe is one of the most convenient ways to move from one webpage to another in a mobile browser. While this feature has been available in Google Chrome for quite some time, the mobile version of Firefox is still lacking this tool. It has now been revealed that developers at Mozilla will add the […] function to their browser.

Google has begun the implementation of the M:N threading model.

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Google has proposed the inclusion of the first set of patches with the implementation of components necessary for supporting the M:N thread model into the Linux kernel. Google's initiative is related to the unveiling of the previously closed API SwitchTo for the Linux kernel, which supports a multithreaded subsystem implemented in user space, utilizing the M:N thread model. This subsystem is used by Google to ensure […]

New version of Git 2.28 allows not using the name 'master' for main branches

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The release of the distributed source control system Git 2.28.0 is now available. Git is one of the most popular, reliable, and high-performance version control systems, providing flexible tools for nonlinear development based on branching and merging. Implicit hashing of the entire history in each commit is used to ensure the integrity of history and resilience against changes made "after the fact," and digital signatures can also be employed […]

Xen hypervisor release 4.14

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After eight months of development, the release of the open-source hypervisor Xen 4.14 has been published. Companies such as Alibaba, Amazon, AMD, Arm, Bitdefender, Citrix, EPAM Systems, Huawei, and Intel participated in the development of this release. The release updates for the Xen 4.14 branch will continue until January 24, 2022, and publication of vulnerability fixes will last until July 24, 2023. Key changes in Xen […]

Release of Telegram Desktop 2.2

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A new release of Telegram Desktop 2.2 is available for Linux, Windows, and macOS. The Telegram client software code is written using the Qt library and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. In the new version: The ability to quickly switch between multiple Telegram accounts linked to different phone numbers has been added. Support for storing and granting access to files of any type, up to […]

During the Meow attack, around 4000 publicly available Elasticsearch and MongoDB databases were deleted.

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The "Meow" attack continues to gain momentum, during which unknown attackers are destroying data in publicly available unprotected installations of Elasticsearch and MongoDB. Isolated cases of cleaning (approximately 3% of all victims) have also been recorded for unprotected databases based on Apache Cassandra, CouchDB, Redis, Hadoop, and Apache ZooKeeper. The attack is carried out through a bot that scans standard database network ports. The study […]

Pi-KVM — an open project for a KVM switch on Raspberry Pi

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The first public release of the Pi-KVM project has taken place — a set of programs and instructions that allows you to turn a Raspberry Pi board into a fully functional IP-KVM switch. The board connects to the HDMI/VGA and USB ports of the server, enabling remote management regardless of the operating system. You can power on, power off, or reboot the server, configure the BIOS, and even completely reinstall the operating system from a bootable image: Pi-KVM can emulate […]

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