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Microsoft has not officially confirmed the existence of an operating system called Windows Lite. However, the software giant is hinting that this OS will appear in the future. For example, Nick Parker, corporate vice president of consumer goods and devices at Microsoft, spoke at the annual Computex 2019 event about what a modern operating system looks like from a developer's perspective. […]
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A vulnerability has been identified in the Docker management tool for isolating Linux containers (CVE-2018-15664), which, under certain circumstances, allows access to the host environment from a container if there is permission to run images in the system or access to the running container. This issue affects all versions of Docker and remains unpatched (a patch has been proposed but not yet accepted).
Iranian pro-government hackers are facing significant problems. Throughout the spring, unknown individuals published "secret leaks" in Telegram—information about Iranian government-related APT groups—OilRig and MuddyWater—their tools, victims, and connections. But not all of them. In April, Group-IB specialists discovered a leak of email addresses from the Turkish corporation ASELSAN A.Ş, which specializes in the production of tactical military radios and electronic […]
In the first part of our article on ISTQB certification, we tried to answer the questions: Who? and Why? is this certificate needed. A little spoiler: collaboration with ISTQB opens more doors more for the employer company than for the newly minted certificate holder. In the second part of the article, our staff will share their stories, impressions, and insights regarding passing the ISTQB test, both within the CIS, […]
The W3C and WHATWG organizations have signed an agreement for further joint development of the HTML and DOM specifications. The signing of the agreement marked the conclusion of the rapprochement process between W3C and WHATWG, initiated in December 2017 after the introduction of some shared workflows in WHATWG and the approval of uniform rules regarding intellectual property. A new working group has been created in W3C for collaborative work on the specifications […]
Theo De Raadt shared plans to enhance the W^X (Write XOR Execute) memory protection mechanism. The essence of the mechanism is that the memory pages of a process cannot be accessible for both writing and execution at the same time. Thus, code can only be executed after writing is prohibited, and writing to a memory page is possible only after execution is prohibited. The W^X mechanism helps protect […]
The Finnish company Bittium has announced the release of the 'ultra-secure smartphone Bittium Tough Mobile 2.' According to the press release, 'the core of the information security of Bittium Tough Mobile 2 is a multi-layer security structure based on an enhanced Android 9 Pie operating system, unique hardware solutions, and security and software protection features integrated into the source code.' Multi-layer information protection, as claimed […]
The new release of Krita 4.2 has been released — the world's first free editor with HDR support. In addition to increased stability, this new release added many new features. Key changes and new capabilities include: HDR support on Windows 10. Improved support for graphic tablets across all OS. Enhanced support for multi-monitor systems. Improved monitoring of RAM consumption. The ability to undo operations […]
A new stable branch of the Flatpak toolkit 1.4 has been published, which provides a system for building self-contained packages that are not tied to specific Linux distributions and run in a special container, isolating the application from the rest of the system. Support for running Flatpak packages is provided for Arch Linux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Mageia, Linux Mint, and Ubuntu. Flatpak packages are included in the Fedora repository and are supported […]
The release of the Mir 1.2 display server has been introduced, with ongoing development by Canonical, despite the abandonment of Unity shell development and the Ubuntu edition for smartphones. Mir remains in demand for Canonical projects and is now positioned as a solution for embedded devices and the Internet of Things (IoT). Mir can be used as a compositing server for Wayland, enabling operation in environments […]
ARM has introduced its latest processor design — the Cortex-A77. Similar to last year's Cortex-A76, this core is aimed at high-end tasks in smartphones and various devices. The developer is focused on increasing the number of instructions executed per clock cycle (IPC). The clock speeds and power consumption remain roughly at the level of the Cortex-A76. Currently, ARM is rapidly working to boost the performance of its cores. […]