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A hasty fix led to the incomplete resolution of the Spectre vulnerability in the Linux kernel

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Developers of the Grsecurity project shared an educational story demonstrating how careless removal of compiler warnings can lead to vulnerabilities in the code. At the end of May, a fix for a new exploitation vector of the Spectre vulnerability was proposed for the Linux kernel via the ptrace system call. During the patch testing, the developers noticed that the compiler emitted a warning about mixing code and definitions […]

Interview for an Introvert

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How often do you go for interviews? If you are an adult and established in your profession, you likely don't have time to idly wander through other offices searching for a better opportunity. The situation becomes even more complicated if you're an introvert who simply cannot tolerate meetings with unfamiliar people. What should you do? According to a study by the NAIF analytical center, the most common way to search for a job […]

1000 and 1 feedback

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Hello! My name is Evgeniya Goleva, I presented at TeamLeadConf with a talk about feedback and want to share with you its unofficial transcript. I managed to teach engineers to provide feedback much better than they did before under the guise of a completely different project. This required not only a long and thorough explanation of 'why and how' but also […]

Linux Mint 19.3 will receive support for high-resolution displays

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The developers of the Linux Mint distribution have published their monthly newsletter, containing information about the latest events and the progress of the software platform’s development. Currently, work is underway on Linux Mint version 19.3 (the codename has not yet been announced). The new version will be released by the end of the year and will feature a number of improvements and updated components. As stated by Linux Mint project leader Clement Lefebvre […]

Mozilla will not transfer all WebExtensions API restrictions from the new Chrome manifest.

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Mozilla has announced that despite using an add-on system based on the WebExtensions API in Firefox, developers do not intend to fully adhere to the upcoming third edition of the Chrome add-ons manifest. In particular, Firefox will continue to support the blocking mode of the webRequest API, which allows for changing incoming content on the fly and is sought after in ad blockers and content filtering systems. The main […]

Is it worth it?

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In 1942, Albert Camus wrote a book called "The Myth of Sisyphus." It addresses a truly important philosophical problem: Given the circumstances of our existence, should we simply commit suicide? Here's the answer: First, Camus describes those moments in our lives when our perceptions of the world suddenly stop working, when all our efforts seem […]

Blender 2.80 Release

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On July 30, Blender 2.80 was released — the largest and most significant release ever. Version 2.80 marks a new beginning for Blender Foundation and elevates the 3D modeling tool to a qualitatively new level of professional software. Thousands of people contributed to the creation of Blender 2.80. Renowned designers developed a completely new interface that allows users to accomplish familiar tasks much faster, while the threshold […]

Update Samba 4.10.8 and 4.9.13 addressing a vulnerability

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Corrective releases for Samba package versions 4.10.8 and 4.9.13 have been prepared, addressing a vulnerability (CVE-2019-10197) that could allow a user to access the root directory where the Samba network share is located. The issue arises when the ‘wide links = yes’ option is specified in the settings in conjunction with ‘unix extensions = no’ or ‘allow insecure wide links = yes’. Access to files outside […]

Release of the integrated suite of internet applications SeaMonkey 2.49.5

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More than a year after the last update, a new release of the SeaMonkey internet application suite 2.49.5 has been presented, which combines a set of web applications developed under the auspices of the Mozilla project into one product: a web browser, an email client, an RSS/Atom news feed aggregator system, and a WYSIWYG HTML page editor Composer (Chatzilla, DOM Inspector, and Lightning are no longer included in the basic set). The branch […]

E-book applications on the Android operating system. Part 4. Games

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In today's fourth (penultimate) part of the article on eBook applications for the Android operating system, we will cover a single, but extensive topic: games. Summary of the previous three parts of the article: In the first part, we thoroughly examined the reasons why it became necessary to conduct extensive testing of applications to determine their suitability for installation on eBooks, as well as […]

Release of the mobile platform Android 10

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Google has released the open mobile platform Android 10. The source code related to this release is available in the Git repository of the project (branch android-10.0.0_r1). Firmware updates have already been prepared for 8 Pixel series devices, including the original Pixel model. Universal GSI (Generic System Images) builds suitable for various devices based on ARM64 and x86_64 architectures have also been created. […]

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