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After 6 months of development, the release of the Exim mail server 4.94 has occurred, incorporating accumulated fixes and adding new features. According to a May automated survey of about a million mail servers, Exim's share is 57.59% (up from 53.03% last year), Postfix is used on 34.70% (up from 34.51%), Sendmail — 3.75% (down from 4.05%), and Microsoft Exchange — 0.42% (down from 0.57%). Changes in the new […]
A vulnerability (CVE-2020-13777) has been identified in the GnuTLS library, which is used by default in many packages within Debian, including the package manager APT and many utilities, allowing a previously stopped TLS session to be resumed without the knowledge of the session key. Practically, this vulnerability can be exploited for MITM attacks. The vulnerability is caused by incorrect construction of the session ticket key — the TLS server did not bind the session key […]
nnn (or n³) is a full-featured terminal file manager. It's incredibly fast, lightweight, and virtually requires no setup. nnn can analyze disk usage, rename files in bulk, launch applications, and select files. There are tons of plugins and documentation in the repository for further extending its capabilities, such as previews, disk mounting, searching, and diffs for files/directories, as well as an independent (neo)vim plugin. […]
The Brave Browser, a product based on Chromium, has been caught by users inserting referral links when visiting certain websites. For instance, a referral code is added to the link when navigating to 'binance.us', turning the original link into 'binance.us/en?ref=35089877'. Similarly, the browser behaves this way with some other cryptocurrency-related websites. According to available data, the referral link […]
The company KDAB has published the release of the Kuesa 3D 1.2 toolkit, providing resources for creating 3D applications based on Qt 3D. The project aims to facilitate collaboration between designers creating models in packages like Blender, Maya, and 3ds Max, and developers writing application code using Qt. Working with models is separated from coding, and Kuesa acts as a bridge […]
The EasyPrivacy filter used in uBlock Origin has been updated with rules to block common network port scanning scripts on the user's local system. It is worth noting that in May, port scanning was detected when accessing the eBay.com website. It turned out that this practice is not limited to eBay, as many other websites (Citibank, TD Bank, Sky, GumTree, WePay, etc.) also engage in port scanning […]
On June 8, the release of SystemRescueCd 6.1.5 took place — a popular live distribution based on Arch Linux for data recovery and partition management. Changes: The kernel has been updated to version 5.4.44 LTS. Unnecessary large firmware files have been removed from initramfs. An encrypt hook has been added for booting from encrypted partitions. A bug that prevented DHCP from starting after PXE boot has been fixed. Auto-login to the serial console is enabled. ‘>>>’ […]
Command & Conquer Remastered Collection was released on June 5 for PC (Steam and Origin) and appeared on piracy sites the same day. The notorious hacking group CODEX is responsible for the breach of the remastered collection. It is worth noting that Petroglyph and Electronic Arts did not attempt to take additional measures to protect the project. It was equipped with the standard DRM protection of the Steam service, which […]
The release of the NST (Network Security Toolkit) live distribution 32-11992 has been announced, designed for network security analysis and monitoring its operation. The size of the bootable ISO image (x86_64) is 4.1 GB. A special repository has been prepared for Fedora Linux users, allowing them to install all developments created within the NST project on an already installed system. The distribution is based on Fedora 30 and allows for installation […]
The Brave web browser has revealed the substitution of referral links when trying to open certain websites by entering their domain in the address bar (the links remain unchanged on open pages). For example, when entering "binance.com" in the address bar, the autocomplete system automatically adds the referral link "binance.com/en?ref=35089877" to the domain. Similar behavior has been observed for domains such as coinbase.com, binance.us, ledger.com, and trezor.io. Such actions were […]
A new release of SAS.Planeta has been published, a free program for viewing and downloading high-resolution satellite images and regular maps provided by services like Google Earth, Google Maps, Bing Maps, DigitalGlobe, "Kosmosnimki", Yandex.Maps, Yahoo! Maps, VirtualEarth, Gurtam, OpenStreetMap, eAtlas, iPhone maps, General Staff maps, and more. Unlike the mentioned services, all downloaded maps remain in the local system, and […]
The Social Democratic Party of Germany and the European Green Party, holding leading positions in the city councils of Munich and Hamburg until the next elections in 2026, have published a coalition agreement outlining the reduction of dependence on Microsoft products and the resumption of initiatives to transition the IT infrastructures of government agencies to Linux and open-source software. The parties have prepared and agreed upon a 200-page document, but it has not yet been signed […]