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Chrome and other applications will consume less RAM in the new Windows 10

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In the May update for Windows 10, Microsoft introduced an improved mechanism for managing dynamic memory, which will reduce RAM consumption by various applications. Microsoft stated in its official Windows blog that it is already utilizing this new capability in the development of its proprietary Edge browser, which now, as a reminder, is based on the Chromium engine. According to the results of early tests, memory consumption reduction […]

The Ubuntu project released builds for deploying server platforms on Raspberry Pi and PCs

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Canonical has introduced the Ubuntu Appliance project, initiating the release of fully configured Ubuntu builds optimized for the quick deployment of ready-made server applications on Raspberry Pi or PCs. Currently, there are builds available for launching cloud storage and collaboration platform NextCloud, MQTT broker Mosquitto, media server Plex, home automation platform OpenHAB, and the ad-blocking DNS server AdGuard. Builds […]

Release of the Rescuezilla Backup Distribution 1.0.6

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A new version of the Rescuezilla 1.0.6 distribution has been released, designed for backup, system recovery after failures, and diagnosing various hardware issues. The distribution is built on the Ubuntu package base and continues the development of the 'Redo Backup & Rescue' project, which was discontinued in 2012. Rescuezilla supports backup and recovery of accidentally deleted files in Linux, macOS, and Windows partitions. […]

Mozilla has transitioned to using a shared regular expression engine with Chromium

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The JavaScript engine SpiderMonkey used in Firefox has been transitioned to use an updated implementation of regular expressions based on the current Irregexp code from the JavaScript engine V8, used in browsers based on the Chromium project. The new RegExp implementation will be proposed in Firefox 78, scheduled for June 30, and will enable the implementation of all missing ECMAScript features related to regular expressions in the browser. It is noted that […]

Monolinux — a single-file distribution that boots on ARMv7 528 MHz CPUs in 0.37 seconds

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Erik Moqvist, the creator of the Simba platform and the cantools toolkit, is developing a new Monolinux distribution focused on creating embedded Linux systems for standalone execution of specific applications written in C. Notably, the distribution packages the software as a single statically compiled executable file, including all components necessary for the application to run (essentially, the distribution constitutes the Linux kernel […]

Release of the password cracking program hashcat 6.0.0

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A significant release of the password cracking program hashcat 6.0.0 has been published, claiming to be the fastest and most functional in its field. Hashcat offers five cracking modes and supports over 300 optimized password hashing algorithms. Crack computations can be parallelized leveraging all available system computing resources, including the use of CPU vector instructions, GPU, and others […]

DNS Key Leak in Firefox and Chrome

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In Firefox and Chrome, a feature of processing search queries entered in the address bar has been identified, leading to information leakage through the provider's DNS server. The essence of the problem is that if a search query consists of only one word, the browser first tries to resolve the presence of a host with that name in DNS, assuming that the user is trying to open a subdomain, and only then redirects […]

Release of Wi-Fi daemon IWD 1.8

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The release of Wi-Fi daemon IWD 1.8 (iNet Wireless Daemon) is now available, developed by Intel as an alternative to wpa_supplicant for connecting Linux systems to a wireless network. IWD can be used standalone or as a backend for network configurators such as Network Manager and ConnMan. The project is suitable for embedded devices and optimized for minimal power consumption […]

Release of Dropbear SSH server 2020.79

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The new release of Dropbear 2020.79, a compact SSH server and client, distributed under the MIT license and primarily used on embedded systems such as wireless routers, has been introduced. Dropbear is characterized by low memory usage (with static linking to uClibc, it takes only 110kB), the ability to disable unnecessary functionality at the build stage, and support for building the client and server in a single executable file […]

FFmpeg 4.3 ("4:3")

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The stable release of FFmpeg 4.3 ("4:3") has occurred—a set of free libraries with open source code that allows recording, converting, and streaming digital audio and video in various formats. FFmpeg 4.3 includes libraries libavutil 56.51.100, libavcodec 58.91.100, libavformat 58.45.100, libavdevice 58.10.100, libavfilter 7.85.100, libswscale 5.7.100, libswresample 3.7.100, and libpostproc 55.7.100. Key changes include support for the Vulkan API, speed enhancements […]

19 remotely exploitable vulnerabilities in the Treck TCP/IP stack

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Nineteen vulnerabilities have been identified in the proprietary Treck TCP/IP stack, which can be exploited by sending specially crafted packets. These vulnerabilities have been given the code name Ripple20. Some vulnerabilities also appear in the KASAGO TCP/IP stack from Zuken Elmic (Elmic Systems), which shares common roots with Treck. The Treck stack is used in many industrial, medical, communication, embedded, and consumer devices (from smart bulbs to printers and […]

Solaris 11.4 SRU22 Available

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An update for the Solaris 11.4 SRU 22 (Support Repository Update) operating system has been released, offering a series of further fixes and improvements for the Solaris 11.4 branch. To install the proposed fixes in the update, simply execute the command 'pkg update'. In this release, alongside bug fixes, the versions of the following open-source components have also been updated: Apache Tomcat 8.5.55, Apache Web Server […]

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