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Snapekit: a new rootkit targeting Arch Linux systems.

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Researchers from Gen Threat Labs have identified a new sophisticated rootkit called Snapekit, targeting the Arch Linux system version 6.10.2-arch1-1 on x86_64 architecture. Snapekit allows attackers to gain unauthorized access to the system and control it while remaining undetected. The rootkit integrates into the operation of the operating system by intercepting and modifying 21 system calls — the communication mechanism between applications and the kernel […]

LSP Plugins 1.2.18

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A new version 1.2.18 of the LSP Plugins effects package has been released. The plugins are designed for sound processing in audio recording mixing and mastering, live performances, as well as broadcasting and podcasting. The package is compatible with LADSPA, LV2, VST2 (LinuxVST), VST3, CLAP, and GStreamer formats, and also provides standalone versions with JACK support. In this version: Send Mono plugins have been implemented […]

Release of Tails 6.8

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The release of the specialized distribution Tails 6.8 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) has been announced, based on the Debian 12 package base, featuring the GNOME 43 desktop and designed for anonymous internet access. Anonymous access in Tails is facilitated by the Tor network. By default, all connections except traffic through the Tor network are blocked by the packet filter. User data storage is handled in […]

OpenBSD 7.6

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On a quiet autumn evening, OpenBSD 7.6 was released. As always, there are many changes. The main ones include: initial support for the Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 Elite system on a chip (SoC); additional mitigations for the Spectre-V4 vulnerability for the ARM64 architecture; implementation of AVX-512 instruction set support for the AMD64 architecture; mitigation of the Register File Data Sampling (RFDS) vulnerability on Intel Atom processors; and the start of work on […]

The development of the openSUSE Leap 16.0 distribution has begun.

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It has been announced that work has started on the openSUSE Leap 16.0 distribution, built on the technologies of the next significant branch of the commercial distribution SLES 16, transitioning to the new SLFO (SUSE Linux Framework One) platform, previously known as ALP (Adaptable Linux Platform). It is noted that this branch of openSUSE Leap 16.0 attempts to combine traditional distribution capabilities with the new SLFO technologies. The new branch […]

Release of lightweight distributions antiX 23.2 and MX Linux 23.4

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The lightweight Live distribution AntiX 23.2 has been released, built on Debian package base and aimed at installation on outdated hardware. This release is based on Debian 12 package base but comes without the system manager systemd and with eudev instead of udev. For initialization, either runit or sysvinit can be used. The default user environment is formed using the IceWM window manager, but […]

Tmux 3.5 and 3.5a

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A week ago, a major update of the terminal multiplexer tmux version 3.5 was released, with the main change being an enhanced implementation of extended keys. On October 5, the developers presented a bugfix release 3.5a. Tmux is a free program that allows managing multiple console sessions from a single virtual terminal. It allows splitting the screen space of the terminal emulator vertically or horizontally into 'panes', in […]

ThorVG 0.15

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After three months of hard work, version 0.15 of the ThorVG vector graphics library, written in C++ (C++14 standard) and distributed under the MIT license, has been released. The library is used for rendering vector graphics in projects like Tizen OS, Godot Engine, LVGL, and dotLottie players. Thor Vector Graphics (ThorVG) is a lightweight and portable open-source library, […]

Ardour 8.8

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Ardour — a powerful program for professional audio recording and processing, available for Linux, Windows, and macOS. It allows you to perform recording, mixing, editing, and mastering of audio. It also supports MIDI tracks, plugins, and certain video actions, such as extracting an audio track from a video file, a video timeline, and a monitor for synchronizing video and audio. Changes and innovations: the ability to name […]

A vulnerability in CUPS has proven useful for amplifying traffic in DDoS attacks.

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The group responsible for the security of Akamai's content delivery network has identified an additional attack vector on the cups-browsed process, apart from its use as a link in an exploit leading to code execution on the system. By sending requests to the cups-browsed process, which accepts connections on port 631 without restrictions, it is possible to send data to another host, with sizes exceeding […]

Vulnerability in the libgsf library affecting GNOME

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The libgsf library, developed by the GNOME project, has been found to have a vulnerability (CVE-2024-42415) that could lead to code execution when processing a specially crafted file. The vulnerability is caused by an integer overflow that results in data being written beyond the allocated buffer while processing the sector distribution table during the parsing of parameters from files in CDF (Compound Document Format). The libgsf library provides functions for […]

Linus Torvalds is once again dissatisfied with the commits in Bcachefs

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Linus Torvalds has voiced new criticisms regarding the maintenance methods of Bcachefs in the main Linux kernel. The essence of the concerns is that Kent Overstreet, the author of Bcachefs, often sends many changes at the last minute before the release of the next pre-release version (‘-RC’), and this time his changes caused a build failure in 6.12-RC1 on big-endian systems […]

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