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Remotely exploitable vulnerabilities in FreeBSD

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Five vulnerabilities have been fixed in FreeBSD, including issues that could potentially lead to data overwriting at the kernel level when certain network packets are sent, or could allow a local user to escalate their privileges. The vulnerabilities have been patched in updates 12.1-RELEASE-p5 and 11.3-RELEASE-p9. The most critical vulnerability (CVE-2020-7454) was caused by a lack of proper packet size checking in the libalias library when parsing protocol-specific […]

The creator of Node.js has introduced the secure JavaScript platform Deno 1.0

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After two years of development, the first major release of Deno 1.0 has been unveiled, a platform for executing applications in isolation using JavaScript and TypeScript, which can be used for creating server-side handlers. The platform is being developed by Ryan Dahl, the creator of Node.js. Like Node.js, Deno uses the V8 JavaScript engine, which is also used in Chromium-based browsers. […]

Selenium tests in C# on Linux

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Automating web application testing with Selenium is a common solution among test developers, and C# is one of the most popular programming languages, so the combination of these tools is not surprising. For development using these technologies, popular proprietary software from Microsoft for Windows is often employed; however, I was curious to learn about which free alternatives could be used without straying from the […]

Access Control Systems: Problems, Solutions, and Security Risk Management

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Source Contrary to popular belief, access control systems on their own rarely solve security issues. In reality, ACS provides opportunities to address such problems. When you approach the selection of an ACS from the perspective of an all-in-one security package that will completely mitigate the company's risks, challenges are inevitable. Moreover, complex issues will only become apparent after the system is deployed. At first […]

Microsoft has updated the system requirements for the Windows 10 May 2020 Update

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The Windows 10 May 2020 Update, also known as Windows 10 (2004), will be available to consumers at the end of this month. Alongside the preparations for the release of this major update, Microsoft has updated its documentation, emphasizing the requirements for PC processors to install the new version of the software platform. The main innovation concerns support for the AMD Ryzen 4000 processor series. Regarding Intel processors, it is reported […]

75% of commercial applications contain outdated open code with vulnerabilities.

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Synopsys analyzed 1,253 commercial codebases and concluded that almost all (99%) of the examined commercial applications contain at least one component with open-source code, and 70% of the code in the reviewed repositories is open. In comparison, in a similar study from 2015, the proportion of open source was 36%. In most cases, the third-party open-source […]

Release of the Cinnamon 4.6 Desktop Environment

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After six months of development, the release of the user environment Cinnamon 4.6 has been formed, within which the Linux Mint distribution community is developing a fork of the GNOME Shell desktop, the Nautilus file manager, and the Mutter window manager, aimed at providing a classic GNOME 2 style environment with successful interaction elements from GNOME Shell. Cinnamon is based on GNOME components, but these components […]

Who is a DevOps engineer, what do they do, how much do they earn, and how to become one?

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DevOps engineers are multidisciplinary specialists who automate processes and understand how developers, QA, and managers operate. They can program, quickly learn complex tools, and do not shy away from unfamiliar tasks. There are few DevOps engineers, and they command salaries of 200,000 to 300,000 rubles, yet there are still many job openings. Dmitry Kuzmin explains what DevOps engineers specifically do and what is required […]

Cloister → simple management of the OTP cluster

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Almost every successful business application eventually reaches a stage where horizontal scaling is necessary. In many cases, you can simply launch a new instance and reduce the average load. However, there are less trivial situations where we must ensure that different nodes are aware of each other and carefully distribute the workload. Fortunately, it turns out that Erlang, which we […]

Opera 58 for Android has been released with improved notifications from websites

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Opera 58 for Android is now available, bringing users several new features designed to enhance performance and usability. The company stated that the update contains fewer new functions than usual; however, all the new capabilities should significantly improve the browsing experience. Today's update greatly enhances the visual aspect of the Speed Dial feature and simplifies the editing and deletion of pinned items. […]

Release of Coreboot 4.12

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The release of CoreBoot 4.12 has been announced, which develops a free alternative to proprietary firmware and BIOS. 190 developers participated in the creation of the new version, preparing 2,692 changes. Key innovations: Support for 49 motherboards has been added, most of which are used in devices with Chrome OS. Support for 51 motherboards has been removed. The removal mainly concerns the discontinuation of support for outdated […]

Version 1.4.1 of notcurses has been released - a library for modern text interfaces

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A new version of the notcurses library v1.4.x has been released, "the saga continues! wu-tang! wu-tang!" Notcurses is a TUI library for modern terminal emulators. Literally translated – not curses. It is written in C, using C++-safe headers. Wrappers for Rust, C++, and Python are available. What it is: a library that simplifies complex TUI on modern terminal emulators, fully supporting vibrant […]

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