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Update of Androwish, the environment for running Tcl/Tk applications on Android systems

The release of the AndroWish application ("Eppur si muove") has been prepared, allowing Tcl/Tk scripts to run on systems with the Android platform without modification or with minimal changes (for example, tkabber works). The project provides a native port of Tcl/Tk 8.6 for Android version 2.3.3+ for Arm and x86. It includes everything necessary for operation, including an X11 emulator, SDL 2.0, and FreeType for rendering […]

Release of the EdgeX 1.0 platform for the Internet of Things

The EdgeX 1.0 release has been presented, an open modular platform for facilitating interaction between IoT devices, applications, and services. The platform is not tied to the hardware of specific vendors or operating systems and is being developed by an independent working group under the auspices of the Linux Foundation. The components of the platform are distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. EdgeX allows the creation of gateways that connect existing IoT devices and collect data from various sensors. The gateway […]

The Genode project has released the general-purpose OS Sculpt 19.07

Developers of the open-source microkernel operating system Genode OS Framework have released the Sculpt 19.07 operating system. Within the Sculpt project, based on Genode technologies, a general-purpose operating system is being developed that can be used by everyday users for their daily tasks. The source code of the project is distributed under the AGPLv3 license. A LiveUSB image of 24 MB is available for download. It supports operation on systems […]

Release of SoftEther VPN Developer Edition 5.01.9671

The release of the SoftEther VPN Server Developer Edition 5.01.9671 is now available, developed as a universal and high-performance alternative to OpenVPN and Microsoft VPN products. The code is published under the Apache 2.0 license. The project supports a wide range of VPN protocols, allowing the SoftEther VPN server to be used with native clients for Windows (L2TP, SSTP), macOS (L2TP), iOS (L2TP), and Android (L2TP), as well as […]

Hackers have breached the latest version of Denuvo protection in Total War: Three Kingdoms

An unknown group of hackers managed to crack the latest version of Denuvo's anti-piracy protection in Total War: Three Kingdoms. According to DSO Gaming, the hackers took a week to bypass it. Total War: Three Kingdoms received patch 1.1.0 about a week ago, which updated its protection system to version 6.0. After cracking it, the hackers proclaimed Denuvo's protection dead, but not […]

Spyware FinSpy 'reads' secret chats in secure messengers

Kaspersky Lab warns about the emergence of a new version of the FinSpy malware, infecting mobile devices running Android and iOS operating systems. FinSpy is a multifunctional spyware capable of monitoring almost all user actions on a smartphone or tablet. The malware can collect various types of user data: contacts, emails, SMS messages, calendar entries, GPS location, photos, saved files, […]

How we breached the Great Chinese Firewall (part 3)

Hello! Any good story must come to an end. Our story about how we devised a solution for quickly bypassing the Chinese Firewall is no exception. So I’m eager to share with you the final part on this topic. In the previous part, we discussed numerous test setups we created and the results they yielded. We left off at the point of what could be improved […]

Live and learn. Part 1. School and career guidance

I have a friend from Grenoble, the son of Russian emigrants — after school (collège+lycée), he moved to Bordeaux and got a job at the port, after a year he switched to a florist shop as an SMM manager, and another year later he finished a short course and became something like an executive assistant. After two years of work, at the age of 23, he left for a representative office of SAP in […]

Release of Tails 3.15 distribution and Tor Browser 8.5.4

The release of the specialized Tails 3.15 distribution (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on the Debian package base and designed for secure anonymous internet access, is now available. Anonymous internet access in Tails is facilitated by the Tor network. All connections, except for traffic through the Tor network, are blocked by a packet filter by default. To store user data in persistent mode between sessions, […]

Release of GnuPG 2.2.17 with changes to thwart attacks on key servers

The release of GnuPG 2.2.17 (GNU Privacy Guard) has been published, compatible with OpenPGP (RFC-4880) and S/MIME standards, providing utilities for data encryption, working with digital signatures, key management, and access to public key repositories. It is important to note that the GnuPG 2.2 branch is positioned as a developing release, continually adding new features, while the 2.1 branch only allows for corrective fixes. […]

Release of the open P2P file synchronization system Syncthing 1.2.0

The release of the automatic file synchronization system Syncthing 1.2.0 has been introduced, where synchronized data is not uploaded to cloud storage but directly replicated between user systems when they are online simultaneously, using the developing project protocol BEP (Block Exchange Protocol). The Syncthing code is written in Go and is distributed under the MPL open license. Ready builds have been prepared for Linux, Android, […]

14,000 versts is no obstacle

These were time machines: spoked wheels, mechanisms unusual for modern automotive production, special tires, rare parts, intricate breakdowns, and infinitely diverse, unique designs. On June 24, 103 retro cars were in our city, and by July 7, they had already finished in Paris. We decided to not just make a photo report, but to provide a detailed account of the rally, some of the cars, and the speed races […]

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