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The release of Elementary OS 6 has been presented, positioned as a fast, open, and privacy-respecting alternative to Windows and macOS. The project focuses on high-quality design aimed at creating a user-friendly system that consumes minimal resources and offers high boot speeds. Users are provided with their own Pantheon desktop environment. Bootable ISO images (2.36 GB) are available for download […]
The release of the SDL 2.0.16 (Simple DirectMedia Layer) library has taken place, aimed at simplifying the writing of games and multimedia applications. The SDL library provides tools such as hardware-accelerated output for 2D and 3D graphics, input handling, sound playback, 3D output via OpenGL/OpenGL ES/Vulkan, and many other auxiliary operations. The library is written in C and distributed under the zlib license. To take advantage of SDL's features […]
The release of the specialized distribution Tails 4.21 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) has been formed, based on the Debian package base and designed for anonymous internet access. Anonymous access in Tails is provided by the Tor system. All connections, except for traffic through the Tor network, are blocked by the packet filter by default. User data is stored in a persistent storage mode between launches using […]
The release of the web browser Firefox 91 has taken place. The Firefox 91 release falls into the category of long-term support branches (ESR), for which updates are released over the year. In addition, an update for the previous long-term support branch 78.13.0 has been formed (with two more updates 78.14 and 78.15 expected). The Firefox 92 branch will soon enter beta testing, […]
The governing board of the Perl Foundation has reviewed the actions and processes related to the work of the Community Affairs Team (CAT) and has decided to suspend the work of this group until all related processes are formalized and the group's authority is officially approved. The board also canceled two previously published incident reports upon which actions were taken […]
A new version of the CalyxOS project 2.8.0 is available, developing firmware based on Android 11, free from ties to Google services and providing additional means for privacy and security. The ready firmware variant is prepared for Pixel devices (2, 2 XL, 3, 3a, 3 XL, 4, 4a, 4 XL, and 5) and Xiaomi Mi A2. Platform features include monthly […]
The release of the GNUnet 0.15 framework, designed for building secure decentralized P2P networks, has been presented. Networks created with GNUnet do not have a single point of failure and can guarantee the privacy of user information, including preventing potential abuses by security agencies and administrators who have access to network nodes. GNUnet supports the creation of P2P networks over TCP, UDP, HTTP/HTTPS, Bluetooth, and WLAN, […]
A massive attack on home routers has been recorded, where the firmware uses an implementation of the HTTP server from Arcadyan. A combination of two vulnerabilities is employed to gain control over the devices, allowing arbitrary code execution with root privileges. The issue affects a wide range of ADSL routers from companies like Arcadyan, ASUS, and Buffalo, as well as devices supplied under the Beeline brand (the issue has been confirmed […]
Elasticsearch has released elasticsearch-py 7.14.0, the official client library for Python, which includes a change that blocks connections to servers using a non-original commercial Elasticsearch platform. The client library will now output an error if the other side presents itself in the 'X-Elastic-Product' header as anything other than 'Elasticsearch' for new releases, or fails to convey the tagline and […]
Vulnerabilities have been identified in the standard libraries of Rust and Go, related to the improper handling of IP addresses containing octal digits in address parsing functions. These vulnerabilities allow bypassing acceptable address checks in applications, for instance, to access loopback interface addresses (127.x.x.x) or intranet subnets during SSRF (Server-side request forgery) attacks. These vulnerabilities continue the cycle of problems previously identified in the node-netmask libraries […]
The release of the Linux distribution Bottlerocket 1.2.0 is available, developed in collaboration with Amazon for efficient and secure deployment of isolated containers. The tools and management components of the distribution are written in Rust and distributed under MIT and Apache 2.0 licenses. Bottlerocket supports deployment in Amazon ECS, VMware, and AWS EKS Kubernetes clusters, as well as the creation of custom builds and editions that allow for the use of […]
The release of Nmap 7.92, a network security scanner designed for network auditing and identifying active network services, is now available. This new version addresses issues noted by the Fedora project regarding compatibility with NPSL open-source license criteria (based on GPLv2), under which the Nmap code is distributed. In this new license version, there is a mandatory requirement to purchase a separate commercial license when using the code in proprietary […]