Internet News Section
Security researchers from Qualys have demonstrated the exploitation of a vulnerability in the qmail mail server, known since 2005 (CVE-2005-1513), which remained unfixed because the author of qmail claimed that creating a working exploit that could be used to attack systems in default configuration was unrealistic. At Qualys, they managed to prepare an exploit that contradicts this assumption and allows initiating […]
Microsoft has faced a name conflict for the second time while promoting its new open products without first checking for existing projects with the same names. While the previous conflict arose from the overlapping names 'GVFS' (Git Virtual File System and GNOME Virtual File System), this time the issues centered around the name MAUI. Microsoft introduced […]
A release of Electron 9.0.0 has been prepared, providing a self-sufficient framework for developing cross-platform user applications based on components of Chromium, V8, and Node.js. The significant version change is due to the update to the Chromium 83 code base, Node.js 12.14 platform, and V8 8.3 JavaScript engine. In this release: Enhanced capabilities related to spell checking and an API has been added for […]
The developers of Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition shared fresh details about Future Connected — an additional story chapter serving as an epilogue to the main storyline in the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu. To recall, the events of Future Connected will unfold a year after the final battle and will tell the adventures of the main character Shulk and Princess Melia on the left shoulder of the frozen titan Bionis.
VG247 published a video comparing the classic version of Mafia II with Mafia II: Definitive Edition. Journalists took the same locations from both projects and showcased the differences between the original and the remaster. The updated version of the crime drama excels in all aspects, which is evident in almost every shot shown. The video features the opening episodes of the game: the family's move of the main character.
The release of the free cross-platform UNIX-like operating system OpenBSD 6.7 has been announced. The OpenBSD project was founded by Theo de Raadt in 1995 after a conflict with the developers of NetBSD, which resulted in Theo being denied access to the NetBSD CVS repository. Following this, Theo de Raadt and a group of like-minded individuals created a new […]
Q4OS is a Linux distribution for desktop computers based on Debian, designed to provide a classic user interface (Trinity) or a more modern Plasma desktop. It is not demanding on system resources. Q4OS releases based on Debian Stable are LTS versions and receive updates for 5 years. The new 3.11 series receives all fixes and features from the recent update […]
Today, during the Build 2020 developer conference, Microsoft announced Project Reunion — a new initiative aimed at unifying UWP and classic Win32 applications. The company has faced the reality that UWP apps are not as popular as originally planned. Many users still rely on Windows 7 and 8, which means most developers are focused on creating Win32 applications. Microsoft with […
Today, Microsoft announced the release of a new package manager for the Windows 10 operating system, which will simplify environment setup for developers. In the past, Windows developers had to manually download and install all necessary programs and tools, but thanks to the package manager, this process has become much easier. The new version of the Windows Package Manager will allow developers to configure their development environments using commands […]
Microsoft has announced significant improvements to the WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), which enables the execution of Linux binaries on Windows: Support has been added for running Linux applications with graphical interfaces, eliminating the need for third-party X servers. This support is implemented through GPU access virtualization. An open driver, dxgkrnl, has been prepared for the Linux kernel, providing the device /dev/dxg with […]
Version 3.0.0 of the best font for terminal emulators and text editors with graphical user interfaces has been released. Over five alpha and three beta versions, along with eight release candidates, a number of new glyphs and ligatures have been added, individual character shapes have been improved, and many other corrections have been made (see details). Additionally, starting with this version, package names have been changed: Iosevka Term […]
Canonical has released a corrective update to the Subiquity installer 20.05.2, which is used by default for installing Ubuntu Server since the 18.04 release in Live mode. The new release addresses a security issue (CVE-2020-11932) caused by logging the password set by the user for accessing the LUKS encrypted partition created during installation. ISO images with the vulnerability fixed are not yet available […]