Ben Hutchings: FOSS activity in April 2026
  • Debian packages:
    • firmware-nonfree:
      • Bugs:
        • replied to #1132448: firmware-mediatek: Wifi perf degraded a lot after upgrade firmware-mediatek from 20250410-2 to 20260221-1~bpo13+1 and 20260309-1
      • Merge requests:
        • merged !142: Replace copy-firmware.sh; install files and generate metainfo.xml at build time
        • opened and merged !143: Clean up…
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Seven IBM WebSphere Liberty flaws can be chained into full takeover

Security researchers are warning of a set of flaws affecting IBM WebSphere Liberty, a lightweight, modular Java application server, that can be chained into a full server compromise.

The flaws, a total of seven, that led to the ultimate compromise of the server were initiated by a newly discovered pre-authentication issue in the platform’s SAML Web SSO component that enables low-privilege…

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North Korean hackers abuse LNKs and GitHub repos in ongoing campaign

DPRK-linked threat actors are preferring stealth over sophistication in targeting South Korean organizations, as researchers report the use of weaponized Windows shortcut (.LNK) files and GitHub-based command-and-control (C2) channels in a new campaign.

According to new Fortinet findings, a series of attacks that began in 2024 were found using a multi-stage scripting process and GitHub C2 to…

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Ben Hutchings: FOSS activity in March 2026
  • Debian packages:
    • firmware-nonfree:
      • Bugs:
        • closed #1064620: firmware-nonfree: suggestions for the packaging, gencontrol.py and debian/rules
        • closed #1126797: firmware-intel-graphics: Please ship irci_irci_ecr-master_20161208_0213_20170112_1500.bin as ipu3-fw.bin
        • closed #1131751: ABI break in amdxdna npu firmware
      • Merge requests:
        • opened…
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Präzision für den Endboss: Team Cherry patcht Hollow Knight nach neun Jahren

Überraschung! Team Cherry hat gerade einen Patch veröffentlicht, allerdings nicht für Hollow Knight: Silksong, sondern für dessen neun Jahre alten Vorgänger Hollow Knight, und dieser adressiert eine Mechanik im allerletzten Bosskampf, die "etwas länger als beabsichtigt" andauerte. Das Resultat: mehr Fairness.

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From Classroom to Codebase: Evolving India’s Wikimedia Technical Ecosystem with Road to Wiki

As India’s digital landscape matures, the imperative is shifting from simply consuming technology to architecting it. The “Road to Wiki” initiative was designed as an intervention to bridge the gap between academic theory and impactful open-source contributions.

This year, we celebrated the graduation of Cohort 1 , a milestone that validates a new model for technical capacity building…

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Ben Hutchings: FOSS activity in February 2026
  • Debian packages:
    • firmware-free:
      • Bugs:
        • closed #890601: firmware-linux-free uses prebuilt blobs instead of building from source
      • Uploads:
        • uploaded version 20241210-3 to unstable
    • firmware-nonfree:
      • Bugs:
        • closed #481234: firmware-nonfree: Include firmware for p54 driver
        • closed #484177: firmware-nonfree: keyspan
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