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Vulnerability in UEFI firmware Phoenix affecting many devices with Intel CPUs

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A vulnerability (CVE-2024-0762) has been discovered in the Phoenix SecureCore UEFI firmware, used in many laptops, PCs, and servers with Intel processors, which allows for code execution at the firmware level with system access. This vulnerability can be exploited after a successful attack on the system to leave a backdoor in the firmware running above the operating system, bypassing OS security mechanisms, and remaining undetectable by programs […]

Release of SKUDONET 7.1, a distribution for creating traffic balancers

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The release of SKUDONET 7.1 has been announced, which develops a specialized distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux, optimized for deploying traffic balancers and reverse proxies, as well as for creating infrastructure for application delivery. It supports the creation of balancers for HTTP/HTTPS and the implementation of services for distributing arbitrary TCP and UDP traffic across nodes. Management and monitoring of the system are carried out through […]

RedHat has published the results of performance testing for IPsec.

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Red Hat has published the results of a performance evaluation of encrypted communication channels established using the IPsec protocol on modern hardware, comparing the bandwidth of IPsec based on authenticated encryption algorithms AES-GCM and AES-SHA1. The testing was conducted on RHEL 9.4 distribution on a server with two fourth-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (28 cores and 56 logical cores in […]

Amelia has been introduced, a simple console installer for Arch Linux.

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Amelia 5.8, an alternative console installer for Arch Linux written in Bash and distributed under the GPLv3 license, has been released. Navigation through the installable packages, settings, and installation modes is carried out via a menu system that allows switching between setup stages before the actual installation begins. Both manual and automatic partitioning, the use of Ext4 and Btrfs, and the installation of standard desktop environments are supported […]

In GNU Emacs 29.4, a vulnerability that could lead to code execution when opening a specially crafted file has been fixed.

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The GNU Project has released version 29.4 of the GNU Emacs text editor. The project code is written in C and Lisp and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. GNU Emacs 29.4 is presented as an unplanned emergency release addressing a vulnerability (CVE not assigned). Details about the vulnerability are not disclosed at this time; it is only noted that the execution of arbitrary shell commands is prohibited when entering […]

Update of voice data for Mozilla Common Voice 18.0

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Mozilla has updated the Common Voice voice data sets, which include pronunciation examples from over 200,000 individuals. The data is released as public domain (CC0). The suggested sets can be used in machine learning systems to build models for speech recognition and synthesis. Compared to the last update, the volume of speech material in the collection increased from 31.1 to 31.8 thousand hours of speech, from […]

Vulnerability in the Python package Js2Py, downloaded over a million times a month

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A vulnerability (CVE-2024-28397) has been discovered in the Python package Js2Py, which was downloaded 1.2 million times last month, allowing bypassing of sandbox isolation and execution of code in the system when processing specially crafted JavaScript data. The vulnerability can be exploited to attack programs that use Js2Py to execute JavaScript code. A fix is currently available only as a patch. A prototype for testing the attack potential has been prepared […]

Release of VKD3D-Proton 2.13, a fork of Vkd3d with Direct3D 12 implementation

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Valve has released VKD3D-Proton 2.13, a branch of the vkd3d codebase designed to enhance Direct3D 12 support within the Proton gaming launch package. VKD3D-Proton includes Proton-specific modifications, optimizations, and improvements for better performance of Windows games based on Direct3D 12 that are not yet integrated into the main vkd3d repository. Among the differences, a focus on […]

An experiment to transition Gentoo to using a Rust-based version of Coreutils

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The results of an experiment replacing the GNU Coreutils package with uutils in the Gentoo environment have been published. This was done to test the feasibility of building and installing packages using the Portage package manager, which relies on Coreutils. The uutils coreutils project aims to provide a cross-platform alternative to the GNU Coreutils package, written in Rust and distributed under the permissive MIT license (instead of the copyleft GPL license) […]

Release of Tor Browser 13.5.

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After 8 months of development, a significant release of the specialized browser Tor Browser 13.5 has been presented, which continues to enhance functionality based on the ESR branch of Firefox 115. The browser focuses on ensuring anonymity, security, and privacy, with all traffic routed exclusively through the Tor network. Direct access via the current system's standard network connection is impossible, preventing the tracing of the user's real IP address (in case of […]

ONLYOFFICE 8.1 Office Suite Released

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The release of ONLYOFFICE DocumentServer 8.1 has been published, implementing a server for the ONLYOFFICE online editors and collaborative work. The editors can be used for working with text documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. The project code is distributed under the free AGPLv3 license. Simultaneously, a release of the ONLYOFFICE DesktopEditors 8.1 product has been formed, built on a unified code base with the online editors. The desktop editors are designed as desktop applications, […]

The ExectOS project is developing an open OS aimed at compatibility with Windows applications.

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The ExectOS project has attempted to create a new operating system from scratch, equipped with a microkernel based on an XT architecture inspired by the Windows NT kernel. The kernel components in ExectOS are separated from the subsystem that provides device driver functionality, allowing the core to be updated without the need to recompile drivers for the new kernel. The project code is written in C and is distributed under the GPLv3 license. […]

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