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Google has released version 1.3 of the Lyra audio codec, aimed at achieving high-quality voice transmission under limited bandwidth conditions. Voice quality at bitrates of 3.2 kbps, 6 kbps, and 9.2 kbps using the Lyra codec is approximately comparable to bitrates of 10 kbps, 13 kbps, and 14 kbps with the Opus codec. To address the stated task, in addition to conventional methods […]
A vulnerability (CVE-2022-45063) has been identified in the xterm terminal emulator, allowing for the execution of shell commands when processing certain escape sequences in the terminal. In a simple attack, it is sufficient to display the contents of a specially formatted file on the screen, for example, using the cat utility, or to paste a line from the clipboard. printf "\e]50;i\$(touch /tmp/hack-like-its-1999)\a\e]50;?\a" > cve-2022-45063 cat cve-2022-45063 The issue was caused by an error in handling the escape sequence with […]
The Wa-tunnel toolkit has been released, enabling TCP traffic to be tunneled through another host using a tunnel that works over the WhatsApp messenger. Such manipulations may be useful for gaining access to external networks from environments where only the messenger is available, or for saving data when connecting to networks or providers offering unlimited options for messenger traffic (for example, unlimited access to WhatsApp […]
An experimental release of the open-source implementation of WinAPI — Wine 7.21 — has occurred. Since the release of version 7.20, 25 bug reports have been closed and 354 changes have been made. The most important changes include: The OpenGL library has been transitioned to use the PE (Portable Executable) file format instead of ELF. Support for multi-architecture builds in PE format has been added. Preparations have been made for supporting the running of 32-bit programs that use […]
A vulnerability (CVE-2022-20465) has been identified in the Android platform, allowing the screen lock to be disabled by rearranging the SIM card and entering the PUK code. The ability to disable the lock has been demonstrated on Google Pixel devices, but since the fix affects the core codebase of Android, it is likely that the issue also pertains to firmware from other manufacturers. The problem has been addressed in the November security patch set for Android. Those who noticed […]
GitHub has published a report analyzing the statistics for 2022. Key trends: In 2022, 85.7 million new repositories were created (compared to 61 million in 2021 and 60 million in 2020), over 227 million pull requests were accepted, and 31 million issues notifications were closed. A total of 263 million automated jobs were executed in GitHub Actions throughout the year. Overall […]
The release of AlmaLinux 8.7 has been formed, synchronized with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7 distribution, and contains all the changes proposed in this release. The builds are prepared for x86_64, ARM64, s390x, and ppc64le architectures in the form of a bootable (820 MB), minimal (1.7 GB), and full image (11 GB). Later, Live builds and images for Raspberry Pi, WSL, […] will also be created.
Red Hat has released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7. Installation builds are prepared for x86_64, s390x (IBM System z), ppc64le, and Aarch64 architectures, but are available for download only to registered users of the Red Hat Customer Portal. The source code for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 rpm packages is distributed through the CentOS Git repository. The 8.x branch is maintained alongside the RHEL 9.x branch and […]
The release of DXVK 2.0 is now available, providing an implementation of DXGI (DirectX Graphics Infrastructure) and Direct3D 9, 10, and 11, operating through call translation to the Vulkan API. To use DXVK, drivers supporting Vulkan API 1.3 are required, such as Mesa RADV 22.0, NVIDIA 510.47.03, Intel ANV 22.0, and AMDVLK. DXVK can be used to run 3D applications and games in […]
Microsoft has introduced a significant release of the open platform .NET 7, developed through the unification of .NET Framework, .NET Core, and Mono products. .NET 7 allows for the creation of cross-platform applications for the browser, cloud systems, desktop, IoT devices, and mobile platforms, using unified libraries and a common build process independent of the application type. .NET SDK 7 and .NET Runtime […]
Altair has opened the source texts of the RADIOSS package as part of the OpenRADIOSS project. RADIOSS is an equivalent of LS-DYNA and is designed to solve problems in continuum mechanics, such as the strength calculations of engineering structures in highly nonlinear tasks related to large plastic deformations of the studied medium. The code is mainly written in Fortran and is released under the AGPLv3 license. It supports operation in Linux […]
Jason A. Donenfeld, the author of VPN WireGuard, alerted developers to a dirty hack present in the Linux kernel code that modifies behavior for processes whose names start with the character 'X'. At first glance, such fixes are commonly found in rootkits to leave a hidden backdoor tied to the process; however, analysis revealed that the modification was added in 2019 […]