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The Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing warned about the nuances of acquiring "free subscriptions" to online services.

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In light of the spread of coronavirus and quarantine measures, some companies have begun offering users free access to their web services. The Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being (Rospotrebnadzor) has published recommendations for working with such platforms. According to Rospotrebnadzor, when signing up for so-called "free subscriptions," one important point must be considered: most services and platforms […]

Release of Parrot 4.8 distribution with a selection of programs for security testing.

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The release of Parrot 4.8 distribution is now available, based on the Debian Testing package base and includes a set of tools for system security testing, forensic analysis, and reverse engineering. Three ISO image options are offered for download: with MATE environment (full version 4 GB and lightweight version 1.8 GB) and with KDE desktop (1.9 GB). The Parrot distribution is marketed as a portable laboratory with […]

KubiScan — a tool for scanning Kubernetes clusters for vulnerabilities

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KubiScan is a tool for scanning Kubernetes clusters for risky permissions in the Kubernetes Role-based access control (RBAC) authorization model. This tool was released as part of the research "Securing Kubernetes clusters by eliminating risky permissions." Kubernetes is open-source software for automating the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It supports key containerization technologies, including Docker, rkt, […]

Release of Audacious 4.0

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On March 21, the audio player Audacious 4.0 was released. Audacious is a player focused on low resource consumption, a fork of BMP, and a successor to XMMS. The new release defaults to using Qt 5. GTK 2 remains an option for building, but all new features will be added to the Qt interface. The WinAmp-like interface on Qt was not completed by the release […]

Release of the distributed source control system Git 2.26

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The release of the distributed version control system Git 2.26.0 is now available. Git is one of the most popular, reliable, and high-performance version control systems, offering flexible means for nonlinear development based on branching and merging. To ensure the integrity of history and resilience against 'backdating' changes, implicit hashing of the entire previous history is used in each commit, and digital verification is also possible […]

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Google has published new information about the suspension of Chrome's new releases due to the temporary transition of some employees to remote work as a result of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic. It has been decided to skip the release of Chrome 82 entirely and proceed directly to the formation of the Chrome 83 branch. The development of new features will be moved to the Chrome 83 branch. The trunk/master branch is planned to be maintained for the foreseeable future.

The existence of Windows Core OS has been confirmed by a benchmark

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Ahead of the Build 2020 conference, a mention of the modular operating system Windows Core has appeared again in the Geekbench test package database, which was previously seen in leaks. Microsoft has not officially confirmed its existence, but unofficial data has leaked. It is expected that Windows Core OS will be able to run on laptops, ultrabooks, dual-screen devices, HoloLens holographic headsets, and so on.

Microsoft Enhances Page Scrolling in New Edge

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Support for the classic version of Microsoft Edge officially ended earlier this year when the Redmond corporation transitioned its web browser to Chromium. Recently, developers have begun releasing new versions of Edge Dev and Edge Canary, which improve the scrolling of large web pages. This enhancement is expected to make scrolling more responsive. These updates are already included in the Chromium project and in the Chrome build.

The petition for Hans Reiser's parole has been denied

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The parole board has denied the request for the early conditional release of Hans Reiser, the creator of the ReiserFS file system. A new application can only be submitted in five years, in 2025. Hans's children are now 18 and 20 years old, and they refuse to contact him. Recall that in 2008, Hans was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Google Chrome may receive the option to display the full URL in the address bar

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One of the features of Google Chrome is that the browser displays only part of the URL in the address bar, rather than the full URL. The complete version is only shown when clicking on the address. This opens up broad opportunities for phishing and other abuses, as attackers can spoof the website address so that the user does not notice it. In some cases […]

Release of CMake build system 3.17.0

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The release of the cross-platform open-source build script generator CMake 3.17 has been announced, serving as an alternative to Autotools and used in projects such as KDE, LLVM/Clang, MySQL, MariaDB, ReactOS, and Blender. CMake is written in C++ and is distributed under the BSD license. It is notable for providing a simple scripting language, extensibility via modules, and minimal dependencies (no binding to […]

A composite server Wayfire 0.4 using Wayland is available.

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The release of the composite server Wayfire 0.4 has occurred, utilizing Wayland and allowing the formation of resource-efficient user interfaces with 3D effects in the style of 3D plugins for Compiz (screen switching via a 3D cube, spatial window arrangement, morphing effects while working with windows, etc.). Wayfire supports extensibility through plugins and offers a flexible configuration system. The project code is written in C++ and […]

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