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Noryungi writes:
As announced officially on the official site OpenBSD 7.4 has been officially released. The 55th release of this BSD operating system, known for being security oriented brings a lot of new things, including dynamic tracer, pfsync improvements, loads of security goodies and virtualization improvements. Grab your copy today!
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Noryungi writes:
NASA will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the launch of the twin Voyager probes next month. So let us celebrate both the probes and the people who are still working on them, and nursing them in their final years. Dedication and hard work all these years, make for an amazing story.
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Noryungi writes:
Qubes OS certainly has an intriguing approach to security, but a newly discovered Xen vulnerability allow a hacker to escape a VM and own the host. If you are running Qubes, make sure you update the dom0 operating system to the latest version.
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Noryungi writes:
The New Yorker published today a chilling account of what would happen in the case of a major earthquake (Magnitude 9 or higher) striking the Cascadia fault. Pretty much the whole West Coast of the USA and Canada is at risk, from Vancouver all the way down to Los Angeles and beyond. Most of the states and cities within this region are woefully under-prepared for something that may come tomorrow. Or the day after.
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Noryungi writes:
Theo De Raadt roundly criticized NTP due to its recent security advisories, and pointed out that OpenBSD OpenNTPD was not vulnerable. However, it also had not been made portable to other OS in a long time. Brent Cook, also known for his work on the portable version of LibreSSL (OpenBSD cleanup and refactoring of OpenSSL) decided to take the matter in his own hands and released a new portable version of OpenNTPD. Everyone rejoice, compile and report issues!
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Noryungi writes:
Scientific American reports, in a chilling story, that the Hanford, Washington, nuclear waste vitrification treatment plant is off to a bad start. Bad planning, multiple sources of radioactive waste, leaking containment pools are just the beginning. It's never a good sign when that type of article includes the word "spontaneous criticality", if you follow my drift...
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Noryungi writes:
Researchers at the University of Erlangen demonstrates how to recover an Android phone confidential content, with the help of a freezer and FROST, a specially-crafted Android ROM. Quite an interesting set of pictures, starting with wrapping your Android phone in a freezer bag...
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Noryungi writes:
The interestingly named "Topless Robot" has a real trip down memory lane: how the computer graphics of the original Star Wars movie were made. The article points to thisYouTube video of a short documentary made by Larry Cuba, the original artist, explains how he did it. In 1977. Computer graphics and Star Wars: what could be better?
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Noryungi writes:
It seems the alien invasion of the Earth has just started! Giant insects have been spotted roaming the German countryside!! Let the "I, for one, welcome our new giant insectoid overlords!" joke contest begin!
