How did Phishing-as-a-Service group LabHost operate?
With "Operation PhishOFF," phishing gang LabHost appears to have exited the cybercrime stage. This criminal group was broken up through international cooperation between 18 countries and security services. But how did the LabHost members operate? And how did they eventually get caught?
LabHost w... Read more
Java highly vulnerable relative to other programming languages
Among widely used programming languages, Java appears to be the most susceptible to third-party vulnerabilities. Datadog research shows that DevSecOps adoption is crucial to avoiding the creation of cyber threats.
Datadog draws this conclusion in its annual State of DevSecOps report. Third-party... Read more
Linux Foundation drives open-source AI with creation of OPEA
The new Open Platform for Enterprise AI (OPEA) will push for open-source AI adoption. Its first task will be to develop open standards for RAG, or Retrieval-Augmented Generation.
OPEA is a product of the LF AI & Data Foundation, which in turn has been a spin-off of the Linux Foundation since... Read more
2024 ‘transition year,’ ASML states after disappointing quarterly results
In the first quarter, ASML failed to meet analysts' financial expectations. However, the company's CEO Peter Wennink stresses that 2024 is a "transition year", and the overall guidance for the year remains unchanged.
Sales for Q1 2024 brought in 5.29 billion euros, significantly less than a quar... Read more
AMD claims lead in battle for fastest AI PC
Both Intel and AMD have recently released chips that accelerate AI workloads. With the latest Ryzen Pro 8000 CPUs for laptops and desktops, AMD claims it has gained a significant lead. In addition, business users benefit from better management features and higher efficiency.
According to AMD, th... Read more
Broadcom makes concessions after criticism and extends perpetual VMware support
VMware customers with perpetual licenses will still be supported. Broadcom CEO Hock Tan says the changed policy is in response to feedback from customers.
Shortly after Broadcom acquired VMware in November 2023, it quickly became apparent that the move to subscription-only licenses was imminent.... Read more
Microsoft curbs spam messages with new Exchange limit
Microsoft Exchange Online will support a maximum of 2,000 recipients per 24 hours starting in 2025. This limit should significantly reduce the number of spam messages.
Until now, Exchange Online has not had a similar limitation. The upper limit consists of 10,000 recipients; this will remain unc... Read more
Liveblog Broadcom/VMware: EU antitrust unit probing Broadcom
In this blog, Techzine reports on the latest developments surrounding VMware's acquisition of Broadcom.
April 16 - The European Commission has inquired about Broadcom's heavily modified VMware licences. This shows that Brussels is heeding the call by CIO organisations (see 29 March). A spokesper... Read more
Akamai unveils cloud service for video processing on Nvidia hardware
A new cloud service from Akamai is optimized for fast media processing. Processing footage runs up to 25 times faster than on CPUs.
Akamai's cloud infrastructure achieves these performance gains thanks to Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada Generation GPUs, built on the latest Ada Lovelace architecture. Thanks ... Read more
Block on Windows 11 updates for certain Intel PCs lifted after 2 years
An incompatibility between Windows 11 and Intel Smart Sound Technology audio drivers has finally been resolved. The bug had long been fixed by Intel, but now Microsoft is finally lifting the block for affected systems.
The Intel Smart Sound Technology drivers on 11th generation Intel processors ... Read more