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Release of REMnux 8.0, a distribution for malware analysis

The release of the specialized Linux distribution REMnux 8.0 has been announced, designed for analyzing and reverse engineering malicious code. REMnux allows users to create an isolated lab environment where they can emulate the operation of a targeted network service to study the behavior of malware under conditions close to real life. The distribution is built on Ubuntu's package base and includes tools for malware analysis, utilities for conducting […]

7-Zip 26.00

On February 12, after six months of development, the release of version 26.00 of the 7-Zip library and console utility was announced, intended for working with archives in 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP, WIM formats and many others. The project is written in C and C++ and is distributed under the GNU LGPL license. Change log: improved code for ZIP, CPIO, RAR, UFD, QCOW, and Compound; […]

Release 7-Zip 26.00. Malicious site 7zip.com styled to look like 7-zip.org

Igor Pavlov released the new version of the archiver 7-Zip 26.00. The project develops its own archive format 7z, based on LZMA and LZMA2 compression algorithms. Additionally, it supports packing and unpacking of archives in formats like XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP, and WIM, as well as unpacking over 30 archive formats, packages, virtual machine images, and file systems (ISO, NTFS, EXT*, UDF, UEFI, […

First beta release of Android 17

Google has released the first beta version of the open mobile platform Android 17. To evaluate the platform's new capabilities, a beta testing program has been proposed. Firmware builds are prepared for Pixel 6/6a/6 Pro, Pixel 7/7a/7 Pro, Pixel 8/8a/8 Pro, Pixel 9/9a/9 Pro/9 Pro XL/9 Pro Fold, Pixel 10/10 Pro/10 Pro XL/10 Pro Fold, Pixel Fold, and Pixel Tablet. The release of Android 17 […]

The latest update has once again broken Windows 11 — KB5077181 causes infinite reboot loops.

Just a few days have passed since Microsoft released the update KB5077181 (build 26200.7840), and users have already started reporting critical issues after its installation. The most serious case documented by Microsoft Learn involves a seemingly endless reboot cycle—requiring over 15 reboots for the device to display a non-functional login screen. There are also reports of internet connection losses and […]

Linus Torvalds rejected changes in MMC for Linux 7.0: "complete garbage"

Before the release of Linux kernel 7.0, some interesting changes were planned for the Linux MultiMediaCard 'MMC' subsystem, such as NXP IW61x device identifiers for Wi-Fi chips via SDIO, support for production dates beyond 2025, optimization of secure erase/TRIM for certain Kingston eMMC cards, code cleanup of DW_MMC, support for Mediatek MT8189 in mtk-sd, and various driver updates for SHDCI. However, Linus Torvalds, upon reviewing […]

A file system DLMPFS has been proposed for the Linux kernel.

Alexander Aring from Red Hat, who oversees the IEEE 802.15.4, DLM, and flock/fcntl subsystems in the Linux kernel, introduced a specialized file system DLMPFS to the kernel developers mailing list. The proposed FS provides a layer for distributed file locking, implemented based on DLM (Distributed Lock Manager) and ramfs. The implementation of DLMPFS is available in the form of a set of patches for the Linux kernel […]

Orders for Siemens gas turbines are breaking records — the reason lies in the insatiability of AI

Don't fear a potential AI bubble; we're not going to go bust, said Siemens Energy CEO Christian Bruch to the company's investors. In recent months, Siemens Energy has become a star on the German stock market, with its shares growing faster than others amid a 30-34% increase in orders for gas turbines. The main customers of these turbines are data center owners who are competing […]

An AI agent attempted to publicly discredit a programmer for refusing to accept its code for the first time.

An incident occurred in the community of developers of the popular Python library for data visualization, Matplotlib, which has around 130 million monthly downloads. Developer and project curator Scott Shambaugh rejected a code change request from an AI agent named MJ Rathbun. Following this, the bot publicly began attacking the developer, attempting to tarnish his reputation. The repository's policy prohibits accepting code from […]

Release of the FRANK OS 1.0 operating system

The first version of FRANK OS has been released — an operating system for computers based on the RP2350 microcontroller, built on FreeRTOS. The operating system supports a desktop environment with a windowed user interface and provides partial compatibility with the POSIX interface. The source code is written in C and is available under the GPL-3.0+ license. Supported hardware includes PS/2 keyboards and mice, memory cards […]

IPFire DBL project for blocking unwanted content

The developers of the IPFire project, which develops a distribution for creating routers and firewalls, have introduced a series of IPFire DBL (Domain Block List) blocking lists to filter requests to unwanted domain names. The project is presented as a community-supported solution for managing content blocked in their own networks or local systems. Unlike most existing commercial and free DBLs that provide monolithic […]

Google has introduced Gemini 3 Deep Think — a powerful AI for science that still "tailors" tasks to responses.

Google has released a significant update to Gemini 3 Deep Think — a platform based on reasoning artificial intelligence, intended to address current challenges in the fields of science and engineering. The development of the new version of Google Gemini 3 Deep Think was conducted in collaboration with scientists — the service is aimed at solving complex research tasks that may not have clear constraints or a single […]

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