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Patches to restrict root access to the internals of the kernel have been accepted into the Linux kernel 5.4

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Linus Torvalds has accepted a set of 'lockdown' patches into the upcoming release of the Linux kernel 5.4, proposed by David Howells (working at Red Hat) and Matthew Garrett (working at Google) to restrict root user access to the kernel. The functionality associated with 'lockdown' has been moved to an optionally loadable LSM module (Linux Security Module), which establishes a barrier between UID 0 and.

Release of the Nextcloud 17 cloud storage

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The release of the Nextcloud 17 cloud platform has been announced, evolving as a fork of the ownCloud project, created by the main developers of this system. Nextcloud and ownCloud allow deployment of a full cloud storage system on their server systems with support for synchronization and data sharing, as well as offering accompanying features such as tools for video conferencing, messaging, and, starting from the current release, integration of functions for.

Milton 1.9.0 Released – Computer Painting and Drawing Software

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The release of Milton 1.9.0 has occurred, a drawing program for an infinite canvas oriented towards computer artists. Milton is written in C++ and Lua, licensed under GPLv3. It uses SDL and OpenGL for rendering. Binary builds are available for Windows x64. Despite the presence of build scripts for Linux and MacOS, there is no official support for these systems. If you want to compile it on your own, it may be.

Wine 4.17

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The Wine 4.17 release for developers is now available. It fixes 14 bugs and includes 274 changes. Major changes: the Mono engine has been updated; support for compressed textures in the DXTn format has been added; an initial version of the Windows Script runtime library has been proposed; support for processing device change notifications via the XRandR API; RSA key generation support; seamless proxy support has been implemented for the ARM64 architecture […]

Support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 has been disabled in the nightly builds of Firefox.

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In the nightly builds of Firefox, support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 is disabled by default (the setting security.tls.version.min is set to 3, establishing TLS 1.2 as the minimum version). In stable releases, TLS 1.0/1.1 is planned to be disabled in March 2020. Support for TLS 1.0/1.1 will be discontinued in Chrome 81, expected in January 2020. The TLS specification […]

Exim 4.92.3 has been released, addressing the fourth critical vulnerability of the year.

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An emergency release of the Exim mail server, version 4.92.3, has been published, fixing yet another critical vulnerability (CVE-2019-16928) that potentially allows remote code execution on the server via the transmission of a specially crafted string in the EHLO command. The vulnerability manifests itself after privilege escalation and is limited to code execution with the rights of an unprivileged user under which the incoming message handler runs. The issue occurs only in the […]

The history and legacy of jQuery.

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jQuery is the most popular JavaScript library in the world. It was created by the web development community in the late 2000s, leading to the emergence of a rich ecosystem of websites, plugins, and frameworks that use jQuery under the hood. However, in recent years, its status as the main tool for web development has waned. Let's explore why jQuery became popular and why it has fallen out of favor, as well as in […]

Google Assistant is becoming available for most Chromebooks.

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Google has launched the release of the Chrome OS 77 software platform, which opens access to the Google Assistant voice assistant for most owners of devices running this operating system. Previously, only Pixel device owners could use the voice assistant. With the release of the new operating system version, Google Assistant will be available on many Chromebooks. To start interacting with the assistant, simply […]

The Nodersok malware has infected thousands of Windows-based computers.

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According to reports from network sources, thousands of computers running Windows have been infected with a new type of malware that downloads and installs a copy of the Node.js infrastructure, turning infected systems into proxy servers used for conducting fraudulent operations. The malware, named Nodersok in a Microsoft report and Divergent in a Cisco Talos report, was discovered this summer. It was spread through […]

Release of Chrome OS 77

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Google has announced the release of Chrome OS 77, based on the Linux kernel, using the upstart system manager, ebuild/portage build tools, open components, and Chrome 77 web browser. The user environment of Chrome OS is limited to the web browser, and instead of standard applications, web apps are utilized; however, Chrome OS does include a full multi-window interface, desktop, and taskbar. The Chrome build […]

Stallman has stepped down from the leadership of the GNU project (announcement removed)

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A few hours ago, Richard Stallman announced on his personal website his immediate departure from the position of leader of the GNU project without explanation. Notably, just two days earlier, he stated that he would remain in charge of the GNU project and had no plans to leave this position. It is possible that this message is vandalism, published by an outsider as a result of a hack.

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