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FlowPrint is available, a toolkit for identifying applications via encrypted traffic.

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The FlowPrint toolkit code has been published, allowing for the detection of mobile network applications by analyzing the encrypted traffic generated during the operation of the application. It is possible to identify both typical programs for which statistics have been accumulated and to identify the activity of new applications. The code is written in Python and is distributed under the MIT license. The program implements a statistical method that determines the characteristics of communication specific to different applications […]

Firefox Preview 4.2 is available for Android

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An experimental release of the Firefox Preview 4.2 browser, developed under the codename Fenix as a replacement for the Firefox edition for Android, has been published for the Android platform. Following this, an update 4.2.1 has been released to address vulnerabilities. The new release is available in the Google Play catalog (requires Android 5 or newer to operate). The Firefox 75 release is scheduled for tomorrow. Firefox Preview uses the GeckoView engine, […]

Release of AMD ROCm 3.3.0 - an open platform for high-performance computing on GPUs

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ROCm is an open platform for high-performance computing on GPUs that embodies 'the UNIX philosophy in terms of choice, minimalism, and modular software development in the GPU usage environment' [1]. ROCm supports the integration of multiple programming languages for the convenience of both developers using ROCm in their projects and users employing ROCm for personal purposes. Key changes in the ROCm 3.3.0 release include […]

Release of container management tools LXC and LXD 4.0

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Canonical has released the toolkit for managing isolated LXC containers 4.0, LXD container manager 4.0, and virtual file system LXCFS 4.0 for simulating /proc, /sys, and virtualized cgroupfs views for distributions that do not support namespace for cgroup. The 4.0 branch is classified as long-term support releases, with updates provided for 5 years […]

Release of LXC 4.0 LTS

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LXC (Linux Containers) is an operating system-level virtualization system for running multiple isolated instances of the Linux operating system on a single node. LXC does not use virtual machines but creates a virtual environment with its own process space and network stack. All LXC instances share a single instance of the operating system kernel. (q) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LXC In version 4.0: full support for cgroup2 […]

Release of Nim 1.2.0

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A new version of the system programming language Nim has been released. It features partial incompatibility with version 1.0, for instance, due to stricter type conversion. However, there is a flag for such cases —useVersion:1.0. The main innovation is a new garbage collector enabled by the —gc:arc option. The language's author, Andreas Rumpf, plans to write a detailed article on the benefits of ARC, but for now, he offers a look at his presentation […]

AMD has discontinued support for StoreMI but promises to replace it with new technology.

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AMD has officially announced that as of March 31, it will cease support for StoreMI technology, which allows combining hard drives and solid state drives into a single logical volume. The company also promised to present a new version of the technology with improved features in the second quarter of this year. StoreMI technology was introduced alongside the Ryzen 2000 series processors (Pinnacle Ridge) and the corresponding chipsets […]

Analysis results of backdoors in Android applications.

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Researchers from the Helmholtz Center for Information Security (CISPA), Ohio State University, and New York University conducted a study on hidden functionality in applications for the Android platform. An analysis of 100,000 mobile applications from the Google Play catalog, 20,000 from an alternative catalog (Baidu), and 30,000 pre-installed applications from various smartphones highlighted across 1,000 firmware from SamMobile, revealed that 12,706 (8.5%) […]

Release of Apache HTTP Server 2.4.43

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The release of the Apache HTTP Server 2.4.43 has been published (version 2.4.42 was skipped), featuring 34 changes and addressing 3 vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-1927: a vulnerability in mod_rewrite that allows the server to be used for redirecting requests to other resources (open redirect). Some mod_rewrite settings may lead to redirecting users to another link encoded with a newline character inside the parameter used in existing […]

Two zero-day vulnerabilities have been fixed in the Mozilla Firefox browser

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Mozilla developers have released new versions of the Firefox 74.0.1 and Firefox ESR 68.6.1 web browsers. Users are advised to update their browsers as the new versions fix two zero-day vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited by hackers. These vulnerabilities, CVE-2020-6819 and CVE-2020-6820, relate to how Firefox manages its memory space. They are known as use-after-free vulnerabilities […]

Americans proposed to collect energy for the Internet of Things from the magnetic fields of nearby electrical wiring.

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The topic of harvesting electricity from "the air"—from electromagnetic noise, vibrations, light, humidity, and much more—interests both civilian researchers and their counterparts in uniforms. Researchers from Pennsylvania State University have contributed to this subject. They managed to extract electricity with a power output of several milliwatts from the magnetic fields of nearby electrical wiring, which is enough, for instance, […]

Beta release of Ubuntu 20.04

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The beta release of Ubuntu 20.04 "Focal Fossa" has been announced, marking the complete freeze of the package base and the transition to final testing and bug fixing. This release, categorized as a long-term support (LTS) release, has updates planned over a 5-year period, with the final release scheduled for April 23. Ready test images have been created for Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu […]

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