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Hack of Cisco servers supporting the VIRL-PE infrastructure

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Cisco has revealed information about the breach of seven servers supporting the VIRL-PE (Virtual Internet Routing Lab Personal Edition) network simulation system, which allows for the design and testing of network topologies based on Cisco's communication solutions without real hardware. The breach was discovered on May 7. Control of the servers was gained through the exploitation of a critical vulnerability in the SaltStack centralized configuration management system, which was previously […]

GNAT Community 2020 has been released

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GNAT Community 2020 has been released — a development package for the Ada programming language. The package includes the compiler, the integrated development environment GNAT Studio, a static analyzer for a subset of the SPARK language, the GDB debugger, and a set of libraries. The package is distributed under the GPL license. Key changes: The compiler has been enhanced with support for many innovations from the draft of the upcoming Ada 202x standard. The backend has been updated […]

Release of BlackArch 2020.06.01, a distribution for security testing.

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New builds of BlackArch Linux have been released, a specialized distribution for security research and system security testing. The distribution is built on the Arch Linux package base and includes 2550 security-related utilities. The package repository supported by the project is compatible with Arch Linux and can be used in regular Arch Linux installations. The builds are prepared as a 14 GB Live image (x86_64) […]

NetSurf 3.10

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On May 24, a new version of NetSurf was released — a fast and lightweight web browser aimed at low-end devices, working not only on GNU/Linux and other *nix systems but also on RISC OS, Haiku, Atari, AmigaOS, Windows, and an unofficial port on KolibriOS. The browser uses its own engine and supports HTML4 and CSS2 (HTML5 and CSS3 are in early development), as well as […]

Release of Alpine Linux 3.12

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A new stable release of Alpine Linux 3.12 has been released. Alpine Linux is based on the Musl C library and BusyBox utilities. OpenRC serves as the initialization system, with its own package manager, apk, handling package management. In this release: Initial support for the mips64 (big-endian) architecture has been added. Initial support for the D programming language is included. Python 2 is in the process of being completely removed. LLVM 10 is now […]

Firefox Preview 5.1 is available for Android

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The experimental browser Firefox Preview 5.1 has been released for the Android platform, developed under the codename Fenix as a replacement for the Firefox edition for Android. This release will soon be available in the Google Play store (requires Android 5 or later). Firefox Preview uses the GeckoView engine, built on Firefox Quantum technologies, along with a set of Mozilla Android […]

The Godot game development environment has been adapted for use in web browsers

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The developers of the free game engine Godot have introduced the initial version of the graphical environment for game development and design, Godot Editor, which can run in a web browser. The Godot engine has long provided support for exporting games to the HTML5 platform, and now it includes the capability to run in a browser and game development environment. It is noted that primary focus during development will remain on the classic […]

Release of the minimalist distribution Alpine Linux 3.12

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The release of Alpine Linux 3.12 has taken place, a minimalist distribution built on the Musl system library and BusyBox utilities. The distribution features enhanced security requirements and is compiled with Stack Smashing Protection (SSP). OpenRC is used for the initialization system, and a custom package manager, apk, is employed for package management. Alpine is utilized for creating official Docker container images. The bootable […]

Chrome/Chromium 83

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The release of Google Chrome 83 and the corresponding free version, Chromium, which serves as its basis, has occurred. The previous release, version 82, was skipped due to developers transitioning to remote work. New features include: The 'DNS over HTTPS' (DoH) mode is now enabled by default if the user's DNS provider supports it. Additional security checks: You can now verify if your login and password have been compromised, […]

Solaris 11.4 SRU 21

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On May 20, the SRU 21 update package for Oracle Solaris 11.4 was released. The updates are available via the pkg update command. Added: Support package for 100 Gbit Mellanox ConnectX-4 and ConnectX-5 network cards, with no support for ConnectX-6. The driver does not support SR-IOV. fribidi, a free implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm, is used for text handling in languages written right-to-left (e.g., Hebrew). libsass […]

Malware affecting NetBeans to inject backdoors into compiled projects

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GitHub has identified malware affecting projects in the NetBeans integrated development environment, utilizing the build process for its dissemination. An investigation revealed that the malware, named Octopus Scanner, had secretly embedded backdoors in 26 open projects with repositories on GitHub. The earliest traces of Octopus Scanner date back to August 2018. The malware is capable […]

The second release of Monado, a platform for virtual reality devices.

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Collabora has released version 0.2 of the Monado project, aimed at creating an open implementation of the OpenXR standard. Monado provides a runtime that fully complies with OpenXR requirements, which can be used for working with virtual and augmented reality on smartphones, tablets, PCs, and any other devices. The OpenXR standard has been prepared by the Khronos consortium and defines a universal API for creating virtual and augmented reality applications […]

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