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Google Chrome has introduced a system to protect against dangerous downloads

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As part of the Advanced Protection program, Google's developers have implemented a reliable system to protect user accounts from targeted attacks. This program is continuously evolving, offering users new tools to safeguard their Google accounts against various types of attacks. Participants in the Advanced Protection program who have enabled synchronization in Chrome will soon automatically receive enhanced protection against […]

The development plan for Qt 6 functionality has been published.

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Lars Knoll, the creator of the KHTML engine, head of the Qt Project, and technical director of Qt Company, shared the plans for creating the next significant branch of the Qt framework. After the functionality of the Qt 5.14 branch is finalized, development will focus on preparing for the release of Qt 6, which is expected by the end of 2020. Qt 6 will evolve with an eye on […]

SWAPGS — a new vulnerability in the CPU speculative execution mechanism.

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Researchers from Bitdefender have identified a new vulnerability (CVE-2019-1125) in the speculative execution mechanism of modern CPUs, named SWAPGS, corresponding to the processor instruction that causes the problem. The vulnerability allows a non-privileged attacker to determine the contents of kernel memory areas or running virtual machines. The issue has been confirmed in Intel processors (x86_64) and partially affects AMD processors, for which the main vector does not manifest […]

Release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7

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Red Hat has released the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 distribution. Installation images for RHEL 7.7 are available for download only to registered users of the Red Hat Customer Portal and are designed for x86_64, IBM POWER7+, POWER8 (big endian and little endian), and IBM System z architectures. The source code for the packages can be downloaded from the CentOS project's Git repository. The RHEL 7.x branch is being supported in parallel […]

The Linux kernel cannot gracefully handle out-of-memory situations.

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The issue of handling out-of-memory scenarios in Linux has been raised in the kernel developers' mailing list: It is a known problem that has plagued many users for years and can be reproduced in under a few minutes on the latest Linux kernel version 5.2.6. All kernel parameters are set to their default values. Steps: Boot with the parameter "mem=4G". Then, turn off […]

Release of NetworkManager 1.20.0 network configurator.

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A new stable release of the interface for simplifying network parameter configuration — NetworkManager 1.20 has been published. Plugins for VPN support, including OpenConnect, PPTP, OpenVPN, and OpenSWAN, are being developed within their own cycles. Key innovations in NetworkManager 1.20: Support for wireless mesh networks has been added, where each node is connected through neighboring nodes; deprecated components have been cleaned up, including the removal of the libnm-glib library, […]

The developers of the BeOS successor named Haiku have begun optimizing the system's performance.

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Following the highly anticipated beta release of Haiku R1 at the end of last year, the developers of the open-source operating system have finally moved on to optimizing its performance. The focus is primarily on accelerating overall system performance. Now that issues of general instability and kernel crashes have been resolved, the authors have begun working on improving the speed of various internal components. In particular, […]

DeepCode will find bugs in the software source code using AI.

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Today, Swiss startup DeepCode, which utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to automate code analysis, announced that it has secured $4 million in funding from venture funds Earlybird, 3VC, and Btov Partners. The company plans to use these funds to implement support for new programming languages in its service, as well as for marketing the product on the global IT market. Code analysis […]

The 'Security Certificate' is being abolished in Kazakhstan

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The National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan has completed testing of the national 'security certificate,' as reported by the press service of the NSC RK. All citizens who installed the 'security certificate' can delete it—there is no longer a need for its use. However, the necessity to reinstall it may arise 'in cases of strengthening the digital border of the state under a special regulation.' Three weeks ago, residents of the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan began […]

Vulnerability in Qualcomm chips allowing attacks on Android devices via Wi-Fi.

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Three vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Qualcomm wireless chip stack, collectively known as "QualPwn." The first issue (CVE-2019-10539) allows remote attacks on devices using the Android platform via Wi-Fi. The second issue exists in the proprietary firmware with the Qualcomm wireless stack and enables access to the baseband modem (CVE-2019-10540). The third issue is found in the icnss driver (CVE-2019-10538) and allows for […]

ARM has introduced its second-generation exclusive 64-bit Cortex-A34 core

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In 2015, ARM introduced the energy-efficient 64/32-bit Cortex-A35 core for heterogeneous big.LITTLE architecture, and in 2016, it released the 32-bit Cortex-A32 core for wearable electronics. Now, subtly and without much fanfare, the company has unveiled the 64-bit Cortex-A34 core. This product is offered under the Flexible Access program, which gives developers access to a wide range of intellectual property, with payment options only for […]

California farmers are installing solar panels due to the reduction of water supplies and agricultural land.

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The reduction of water supplies in California, suffering from ongoing droughts, forces farmers to seek alternative sources of income. In the San Joaquin Valley alone, farmers may need to take more than half a million acres (202,300 hectares) out of agricultural production to comply with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014, which ultimately imposes restrictions on […]

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