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Monolinux is a single-file distribution that boots on an ARMv7 528 MHz CPU in 0.37 seconds

Erik Moqvist, the author of the Simba platform and cantools, is developing a new Monolinux distribution focused on creating embedded systems. Linux- systems for the standalone launch of specific applications written in C. The distribution is notable for the fact that the software is packaged as a single statically linked executable file, including all the components necessary for the application to run (the distribution essentially constitutes the kernel). Linux [...]

Hashcat 6.0.0 password guesser released

A significant release of the password-guessing program has been released, hashcat 6.0.0, claiming to be the fastest and most functional in its field. Hashcat offers five brute-force modes and supports over 300 optimized password hashing algorithms. Brute-force computations can be parallelized using all available computing resources in the system, including vector instructions from CPUs, GPUs, and other processors. […]

DNS Search Key Leaks in Firefox and Chrome

A flaw in the way Firefox and Chrome handle search queries typed in the address bar has been discovered, leading to information leaks through the ISP's DNS server. The issue is that if a search query consists of only one word, the browser first attempts to check the DNS for a hostname with that name, assuming the user is attempting to access a subdomain, and then redirects […]

Google Meet has arrived in Gmail for iOS and Android in the form of a large tab

Google has taken another step toward integrating Meet into Gmail by adding the video conferencing service directly to Gmail for iOS and AndroidGmail mobile users won't need the dedicated Google Meet app to participate in meetings. If you don't want Meet to appear as a tab, you'll need to manually disable the Meet integration in the Google settings menu. […]

Apple, MediaTek and AMD to replace Huawei HiSilicon's share of TSMC's revenue

American sanctions against Huawei that came into force in mid-May deprive its subsidiary HiSilicon of the opportunity to produce processors of its own design on the TSMC assembly line. While the management of the latter hopes for a ghostly successful outcome, analysts are making forecasts which of TSMC’s clients will take over the quotas of the retired Chinese competitor. On the pages of the EE Times resource, with his thoughts on this matter […]

IWD Wi-Fi daemon 1.8 release

The release of the Wi-Fi daemon IWD 1.8 (iNet Wireless Daemon), developed by Intel as an alternative to wpa_supplicant for establishing a connection, is available. Linux-systems to a wireless network. IWD can be used both standalone and as a backend for network configurators such as Network Manager and ConnMan. The project is suitable for embedded devices and optimized for minimal power consumption […]

Dropbear SSH Server 2020.79 Release

The new release of Dropbear 2020.79 has been announced, a compact MIT-licensed SSH server and client primarily used on embedded systems such as wireless routers. Dropbear is characterized by low memory consumption (when statically linked with uClibc it takes up only 110kB), the ability to disable unnecessary functionality at the build stage, and support for building the client and server in one executable file […]

VLC Media Player 3.0.11 Updated to Fix Vulnerability

A corrective release of the VLC 3.0.11 media player has been presented, which corrects accumulated errors and eliminates a vulnerability (CVE-2020-13428) caused by a buffer overflow in the hxxx_AnnexB_to_xVC() function. The vulnerability potentially allows attacker code to be executed when playing a specially designed video in the H.264 (Annex-B) format, packaged, for example, in an AVI container. There is no mention of creating a working exploit yet. In addition to problems in the VLC code, […]

fmpeg4.3("4:3")

There has been a stable release of FFmpeg 4.3 (“4:3”) - a set of free open source libraries that allow you to record, convert and transmit digital audio and video recordings in various formats. FFmpeg 4.3 includes libraries libavutil 56.51.100, libavcodec 58.91.100, libavformat 58.45.100, libavdevice 58.10.100, libavfilter 7.85.100, libswscale 5.7.100, libswresample 3.7.100, libpostproc 55.7.100 XNUMX. List of main changes: Vulkan API support, acceleration […]

Red and Black: Gothic Tactics Othercide Coming July 28, But Not on Switch

Developers from the French-Swedish studio Lightbulb Crew, together with the publisher Focus Home Interactive, announced the release date of their tactical game Othercide via Twitter. Othercide will go on sale on July 28 this year for PC (Steam), PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The version for Nintendo Switch will be delayed indefinitely - the reason for this is not specified. At the moment […]

Ubisoft asked users about how they want to see games with open worlds

French publisher Ubisoft sent out a letter to individuals containing a survey about open world games. The company stated that it is working on a new project with this concept and wants to know users' opinions on this matter. The publisher's initiative became known thanks to a post on the Reddit forum from Kieran293. The letter from Ubisoft said: “We would like to know more […]

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