Microsoft has announced new updates for its Secure Future Initiative plans. They include the use of CodeQL in all of its commercial products and a $1 million donation to the Rust Foundation.
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Sophisticated Rust-based malware infecting Redis data stores to self-replicate and inject payloads into servers. Researchers at Cado Security decompiled the activities to get identifiable indicators.
A Redis server malware, that has been built on Rust, is infecting servers based on both Windows as well as Linux. Dubbed the "P2PInfect", this worm is able to exploit the Lua vulnerability.
Last month, Microsoft promised that the Windows kernel was about to get Rust-y, and the change would happen within months if not weeks. Microsoft has kept its word as Rust has indeed arrived.
Linux kernel version 6.4 is getting improved Rust code. This was revealed by some of the most recent patches. This update comes hot on the heels of the recent news regarding Windows 11's Rust support.
Welcome back to another edition of Microsoft Weekly where we recap all the important events that happened in the Redmond technology giant's universe in the past few days. Dive right in!
Microsoft has been working on integrating Rust into Windows for a while. A senior exec David Weston recently confirmed that Rust-based code will soon be booting inside Windows kernel.
The move does not mean there is an effort to rewrite any existing kernel source in Rust, but if new kernel development trends in this direction, we could be looking at a wildly different codebase.
The new WHQL-certified 471.11 Game Ready driver comes packed with ray tracing, DLSS, and Reflex support for more games, DLSS for Proton-run titles, a whole range of bug fixes, and more.
The Rust programming language has celebrated its sixth birthday since the launch of version 1.0 on May 15, 2015. The language has been a success to date as it has been adopted by well-known firms.
Following the ISRG's announcement that it would be making httpd rely on more Rust code, Google has provided funding for a developer to improve the vital Rustls library required for the httpd work.
The Rust Foundation has been established to act as the steward for the increasingly popular programming language Rust. Its backers include AWS, Huawei, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla.
FOSDEM 2021 is due to take place this weekend. Due to the coronavirus, the event will take place entirely online for the first time in its history. FOSDEM covers a range of topics in the FOSS world.
The Internet Security Research Group has begun a project to rewrite httpd components in Rust to address memory safety issues that currently affect httpd. A new TLS module will be made first.
The studio behind the popular survival game Rust, Facepunch Studios, has announced that it is removing the title's Linux client altogether. Anyone who's played this version can get a refund.
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Say goodbye to Project Quantum, and hello to Firefox Quantum. That's right, Mozilla's new Firefox is right around the corner and you can grab the beta build right now to give it a go.
Mozilla Firefox will ship with its first piece of Rust code in the upcoming stable release, version 48. Mozilla will switch other parts of the browser over to Rust as part of Project Oxidation.
The first nightly builds of the Servo web engine have been released. The builds showcase massive improvements in graphics rendering. The maintainers are now seeking outside help to improve Servo.
