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The obsolescence of the IdenTrust root certificate will lead to a loss of trust in Let's Encrypt on older devices.

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On September 30 at 17:01 Moscow time, the root certificate of IdenTrust (DST Root CA X3) will expire, which was used for cross-signing the root certificate of the Let’s Encrypt certificate authority (ISRG Root X1), controlled by the community and providing free certificates to all who wish. The cross-signature provided trust in Let’s Encrypt certificates across a wide range of devices, operating systems, and browsers […]

The first stable release of the GNU Wget2 web content downloading utility

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After three and a half years of development, the first stable release of the GNU Wget2 project has been presented, which develops a completely reworked version of the program for automating recursive content downloads, GNU Wget. GNU Wget2 has been designed and rewritten from scratch, notably moving the core functionality of the web client into the libwget library, which can be independently used in applications. The utility is distributed under the GPLv3+ license, while the library is under […]

Release of OpenSSH 8.8 disables support for rsa-sha digital signatures

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The release of OpenSSH 8.8 has been published, an open implementation of the client and server for working with SSH 2.0 and SFTP protocols. The release is notable for disabling the use of RSA key-based digital signatures with SHA-1 hashing ("ssh-rsa") by default. The discontinuation of support for "ssh-rsa" signatures is due to the increasing effectiveness of collision attacks with a predefined prefix (the cost of finding a collision is estimated at around $50,000). For […]

Google will focus on developing innovations for Android primarily in the Linux kernel.

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At the recent Linux Plumbers 2021 conference, Google discussed the progress of its initiative to transition the Android platform to use the standard Linux kernel instead of a custom version that includes Android-specific changes. The most significant update in development was the decision to adopt an "Upstream First" model after 2023, which involves developing all new kernel features needed for […]

The elk project is developing a compact JavaScript engine for microcontrollers.

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The new release of the JavaScript engine elk 2.0.9 is available, aimed at use in resource-constrained systems such as microcontrollers, including ESP32 and Arduino Nano boards with 2 KB of RAM and 30 KB of Flash. The virtual machine requires only 100 bytes of memory and 20 KB of storage space to operate. The project code is written in C and is distributed under the […]

Release of Wine 6.18 and Wine staging 6.18.

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An experimental branch of the open implementation of WinAPI — Wine 6.18 has been released. Since the release of version 6.17, 19 bug reports have been closed and 485 changes have been made. The most important updates include: Shell32 and WineBus libraries have been converted to the PE (Portable Executable) format. Unicode data has been updated to version 14. The Mono engine has been updated to version 6.4.0. Additional work has been carried out to support […]

Release of the GNU Coreutils 9.0 basic system utilities package

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The stable version of the GNU Coreutils 9.0 set of basic system utilities is available, which includes programs such as sort, cat, chmod, chown, chroot, cp, date, dd, echo, hostname, id, ln, ls, etc. The significant version change is due to modifications in the behavior of some utilities. Key changes include: In the cp and install utilities, the default behavior during copying has been […]

HackerOne has implemented a bounty program for discovering vulnerabilities in open-source software.

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The HackerOne platform allows security researchers to inform companies and software developers about identified vulnerabilities while receiving rewards for their efforts. It has announced the inclusion of open source software under the scope of the Internet Bug Bounty project. Rewards can now be provided not only for discovering vulnerabilities in corporate systems and services but also for reporting issues in […]

GitHub has added support for vulnerability tracking in Rust projects

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GitHub has announced the addition of Rust language support to the GitHub Advisory Database, which publishes information on vulnerabilities affecting projects hosted on GitHub and tracks issues related to packages with vulnerable code dependencies. A new section has been added to track the emergence of vulnerabilities in packages containing Rust code. Currently, […]

Google has announced a plan to end support for version two of the Chrome manifest.

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Google has announced a timeline for ending support for the second version of the Chrome manifest in favor of the third version, which has been criticized for disrupting the functionality of many ad-blocking extensions and security measures. This includes the popular ad blocker uBlock Origin, which cannot be transitioned to the third version of the manifest due to the cessation of support […]

Beta release of Ubuntu 21.10

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The beta release of Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri" has been presented. Following the formation of this release, a complete freeze of the package base was made, and developers have moved on to final testing and bug fixing. The release is scheduled for October 14th. Ready test images have been created for Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, and UbuntuKylin (the edition for China). Key changes include the transition […]

The release of the operating system MidnightBSD 2.1

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The release of the desktop-oriented operating system MidnightBSD 2.1 has occurred, based on FreeBSD with components ported from DragonFly BSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD. The base desktop environment is built on GNUstep, but users have the option to install WindowMaker, GNOME, Xfce, or Lumina. A 743 MB installation image (x86, amd64) has been prepared for download. Unlike other desktop builds of FreeBSD, MidnightBSD was originally developed […]

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