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The Xfce desktop developers have announced the completion of the planning and dependency freezing phases, and the project is moving to the development stage of a new branch 4.16. Development is planned to be completed in the middle of next year, after which three preliminary releases will remain before the final release. Upcoming changes include the end of optional support for GTK2 and an overhaul of the user interface. If, when preparing a version [...]
A vulnerability (CVE-2019-17666) was identified in the rtlwifi driver for wireless adapters on Realtek chips included in the Linux kernel, which could potentially be exploited to organize code execution in the context of the kernel when sending specially designed frames. The vulnerability is caused by a buffer overflow in the code implementing the P2P (Wifi-Direct) mode. When parsing NoA (Notice of Absence) frames, there is no size check [β¦]
The release of a lightweight Live distribution of AntiX 19, built on the Debian package base and oriented for installation on outdated equipment, has been prepared. The release is based on the Debian 10 package base (Buster), but ships without the systemd system manager and with eudev instead of udev. The default user environment is created using the IceWM window manager, but fluxbox, jwm and [β¦]
A vulnerability (CVE-2019-18192) has been identified in the GNU Guix package manager that allows code to be executed in the context of another user. The problem occurs in multi-user Guix configurations and is caused by incorrectly setting access rights to the system directory with user profiles. By default, ~/.guix-profile user profiles are defined as symbolic links to the /var/guix/profiles/per-user/$USER directory. The problem is that the permissions on the /var/guix/profiles/per-user/ directory [β¦]
Researchers from ESET have identified the distribution of a malicious build of Tor Browser by unknown attackers. The assembly was positioned as the official Russian version of Tor Browser, while its creators have nothing to do with the Tor project, and the purpose of its creation was to replace Bitcoin and QIWI wallets. To mislead users, the creators of the assembly registered the domains tor-browser.org and torproect.org (different [β¦]
Google has announced that it is strengthening Chrome's cross-site isolation mode, allowing pages from different sites to be processed in separate, isolated processes. Isolation mode at the site level allows you to protect the user from attacks that can be carried out through third-party blocks used on the site, such as iframe inserts, or to block data leakage through embedding legitimate blocks (for example, [β¦]
An experimental release of an open implementation of the Win32 API is available - Wine 4.18. Since the release of version 4.17, 38 bug reports have been closed and 305 changes have been made. The most important changes: Added many new VBScript functions (for example, error handlers, Hour, Day, Month functions, etc.); Cleaned and expanded the functionality of quartz.dll; Exception handling has been added to ntdll and [β¦]
Bethesda Softworks has published a statement on the official website regarding Fallout 76. It says that the large-scale Wastelanders update, which will add NPCs to the world of West Virginia, has been postponed to the first quarter of 2020. Developers need more time to implement all their ideas. The post reads: "We've been working hard on Fallout 76 this year, including [β¦]
Publisher Activision published a statement on its official blog regarding monetization in the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. According to the message, which was previously hinted at by the head of Infinity Ward, loot boxes, a season pass and paid additions will not be added to the game. Only Battle Passes and COD Points currency will be sold. Future additions in the form of maps and modes will all [...]
The Epic Games Store has started a new game giveaway. Anyone can add Observer and Alan Wake's American Nightmare to their library until October 24th. And next week, users will again get two games - the surreal horror game Layers of Fear and the puzzle game QUBE 2. The first project on the list, Observer, is a horror game with [β¦]
Electronic Arts has published the system requirements for the racing game Need for Speed ββHeat in Origins. To run the game you will need an Intel Core i5-3570 or similar processor, 8 GB of RAM and a GTX 760-level video card. Minimum system requirements: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570/FX-6350 or similar; RAM: 8 GB; Video card: GeForce GTX 760/Radeon R9 280x or similar; Hard drive: 50 [β¦]
Last week, Microsoft officially announced that the next version of its desktop OS will be called Windows 10 November 2019 Update. And now there is information about the timing of the release version. It is noted that the new product will be released in November, namely on the 12th. The update will be rolled out in stages. The patch will be offered to everyone who uses Windows 10 May 2019 Update or [β¦]
