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The release of the Firefox 124 web browser has taken place, and an update for the long-term support branch—115.9.0—has been formed. The Firefox 125 branch has entered the beta testing phase, with a release scheduled for April 16th. Key innovations in Firefox 124 include the addition of the ability to sort the list of open tabs by the order of opening or recent activity on the Firefox View page, which simplifies access to previously viewed content. […]
Microsoft has opened the source code of the Garnet NoSQL system, designed to create caching storage that is compatible with existing client libraries for Redis storage. Garnet supports the creation of scalable clusters for data caching, which can utilize replication, key migration, and data segmentation among cluster nodes. The project is written in C# with a core storage engine built in C++, and is open under the license […]
Kiddy is a module for the Linux kernel developed to reduce the risks of exploiting (some) kernel vulnerabilities. The protection mechanism implemented in this module is based on a simple idea, which is that during an attack, the target object is identified in some way. Therefore, by complicating such identification, the difficulty of exploitation can be significantly increased, as in many cases […]
The release of the TileOS 1.0 'T-Rex' distribution, built on the Debian package base and offering a desktop that utilizes mosaic window managers, is now available. TileOS aims for the same goals as the Ubuntu Sway Remix distribution (developed by the same author), providing a ready-to-use interface that requires no additional configuration and is geared towards both experienced Linux users and newcomers wishing […]
A vulnerability (CVE-2024-1753) has been identified in the Buildah and Podman packages, which allows full access to the host filesystem during the build stage of a container running with root privileges. On systems with SELinux enabled, access to the host filesystem is limited to read-only mode. A fix is currently available in the form of a patch that was just accepted into the Buildah codebase. The vulnerability is caused by […]
A serious bug in the logic of the Bcachefs file system has been discovered in the Linux kernel 6.7, manifesting in configurations with multiple storage devices when using new versions of the file system creation tools. The issue occurs when it’s possible to create a scenario where the file system attempts to update its version, which does not complete, after which the kernel may try to make the file system version more […]
The Raspberry Pi project developers have released updated builds of the Raspberry Pi OS 2024-03-15 (Raspbian), based on the Debian 12 package base. For Raspberry Pi 4/5 boards, the Wayfire composite manager based on the Wayland protocol is used by default, while for other boards, the X server with the Openbox window manager is employed. Pipewire multimedia server is used for sound management. About […] is available in the repository.
The OpenELA association of producers of RedHat-like enterprise distributions, including CtrlIQ (Rocky Linux), Oracle Linux, and SUSE, has announced the launch of a new Kernel-LTS project, which will extend support for LTS kernels. The first kernel to receive long-term support will be kernel 4.14. In January, the main development team ceased support for kernel 4.14, which was released in November 2017 and was accompanied by […]
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan commented on the new policy being implemented regarding VMware's business, according to The Register. Recall that Broadcom acquired this virtualization developer in November 2023 for $69 billion. After the merger, VMware's structure was changed to form four key divisions. Broadcom canceled perpetual licenses and transitioned all […]
The release of the new stable branch WebKitGTK 2.44.0 has been announced, which is the port of the WebKit rendering engine for the GTK platform. WebKitGTK allows you to leverage all the capabilities of WebKit through a GNOME-oriented API based on GObject and can be used to integrate web content processing tools into any applications, from specialized HTML/CSS parsers to the creation of fully functional web browsers. Known projects that use WebKitGTK include the native […]
A group of researchers from the University of Michigan has published findings on the potential for identifying (VPN Fingerprinting) connections to OpenVPN-based servers while monitoring transit traffic. As a result, three ways to identify the OpenVPN protocol among other network packets were discovered, which could be used in traffic inspection systems to block OpenVPN networks. The testing of the proposed methods was conducted in the internet service provider’s network […]
The OpenELA (Open Enterprise Linux Association), formed last year by CIQ (Rocky Linux), Oracle, and SUSE to combine efforts in ensuring compatibility with RHEL, has presented the kernel-lts project, under which it will provide additional support for some outdated LTS kernel branches after their official support ends. The first kernel to receive this additional support will be the 4.14 branch, […]