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The UBPorts developers have released OTA-4 Focal. This is the fourth release of Ubuntu Touch, based on the package base of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (previous releases used Ubuntu 16.04 LTS as the base). What's new in Ubuntu Touch OTA-4 Focal: Support has been added for the Oneplus One and Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphones. The settings have been added in 'System Settings > Security & Privacy > Locking and unlocking […]
Qualys has discovered a dangerous vulnerability (CVE-2023-6246) in the standard C library Glibc, allowing the execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges through manipulation of SUID application launches. Researchers were able to develop a working exploit that grants root privileges by manipulating command-line arguments when running the 'su' utility. The vulnerability is caused by a buffer overflow in the __vsyslog_internal() function, used during calls to the syslog() functions and […]
On January 30 at 18:20 (MSK), users experienced a mass failure in host resolution in the RU domain zone, caused by an error in changing the keys used to authenticate the RU zone via DNSSEC. As a result of the incident, all domains in the '.ru' zone ceased to resolve on DNS servers using DNSSEC for data verification. The problem only affected users using DNS resolvers from providers or […]
There are at least two reasons why the Patriot Viper VP4300 Lite is so interesting. First, it is an inexpensive bufferless drive with linear read speeds exceeding 7 GB/s. Second, it is built with a Chinese controller and Chinese flash memory, which is a combination we haven't seen yet. Source: 3dnews.ru
The release of the specialized distribution Tails 5.22 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on the Debian package base and designed for anonymous web access, has been formed. Anonymous access in Tails is ensured by the Tor system. All connections, except traffic through the Tor network, are blocked by a packet filter by default. User data is stored using encryption in persistent storage mode between sessions. […]
The release of the Pale Moon web browser 33.0.0 has been published, which has forked from the Firefox codebase to ensure higher performance, maintain a classic interface, minimize memory usage, and provide additional customization options. Pale Moon builds are available for Windows and Linux (x86_64). The project's code is distributed under the MPLv2 license (Mozilla Public License). The project adheres to a classic interface organization, without transitioning to […]
After three months of development, the UBports project, which took over the development of the mobile platform Ubuntu Touch after Canonical stepped back, has released the OTA-4 Focal (over-the-air) firmware. This is the fourth release of Ubuntu Touch, based on the package base of Ubuntu 20.04 (previous releases were based on Ubuntu 16.04). The project is also developing an experimental desktop port of Unity 8, […]
The developers of the anonymous Tor network have published the results of the second audit conducted by Radically Open Security from April to August 2023 (the first audit was conducted by Cure53 from November 2022 to April 2023). The review covered the code for the operation of exit nodes, Tor Browser, infrastructure components (metric collection, SWBS, Onionoo API), and […]
Details of two vulnerabilities in the JPEG XL decoder supplied with the FFmpeg package have been disclosed, which may lead to remote code execution when processing specially crafted images in FFmpeg. The issues were fixed in FFmpeg 6.1, but since support for JPEG XL is included starting from the 6.1 branch, the vulnerability only affects systems using experimental builds of FFmpeg 6.1 […]
As part of the preparation for the first public release under the free MPL-2.0 license, the source codes of the build tools and specific components of the Helios distribution, developed by Oxide Computer, have been made available. The entire software stack of the Oxide platform is open source. The Helios distribution is based on the work of the Illumos project, which continues to develop the kernel, network stack, file systems, drivers, libraries, and a core set of system utilities from OpenSolaris. […]
The nonlinear video editor Shotcut 24.01 has been released, built on MLT and Qt6. Among the new features are the addition of the Loop and Set Loop Range player functions. These functions allow for cyclic playback of a selected fragment during project work. A Group/Ungroup function has appeared on the timeline, enabling the grouping of selected project elements into a single unit for […]
As part of the preparation for the first public release under the free MPL-2.0 license, the source texts of the build tools and specific components of the Helios distribution, developed by Oxide Computer, have been opened. This distribution is used to support the operation of the software-controlled Oxide Rack cloud server racks. The entire software stack of the Oxide platform is open. The Helios distribution is based on the developments of the Illumos project, which continues the development of the kernel, […]