Atos on the hunt for debt restructuring after record losses
Atos hopes to have its debt restructured by July. The ailing French IT company plunged hard on the stock market after posting disappointing financial figures and a scrapped deal with Airbus.
Atos CEO Paul Saleh, who took office in January, hopes to finalize a new deal with creditors in July. The... Read more
FBI implores developers to finally eradicate SQL injections
The FBI and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) argue that SQL injections should be a thing of the past. Despite developers' knowledge for two decades of how to prevent this type of attack, it continues to cause widespread exploits.
SQL injections insert malicious code into S... Read more
It is now possible to add AI to .NET apps within a few clicks
Smart Components allows developers to add AI features to existing .NET software.
Adding AI can take weeks of development time because developers have to focus on redesigning the UI or exploring machine learning and prompt engineering. Smart Components should change that. To this end, Microsoft h... Read more
StrelaStealer malware steals login credentials in Europe and U.S.
A new StrelaStealer malware campaign has affected more than 100 companies and organizations in the U.S. and Europe. Hackers are now also using ZIP files to spread the malware payload, Palo Alto Networks Unit42 concludes.
The StrelaStealer malware spread particularly quickly in November 2023, as ... Read more
EU investigating Google, Apple and Meta for Digital Markets Act violations
The European Commission is opening its first investigations to check for compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Alphabet (parent company of Google), Apple and Meta will be the first to be scrutinized.
Executive EC Vice President Margarethe Vestager and European Commissioner Thierry Breto... Read more
China blocks Windows, Intel and AMD for government use
The Chinese government has made the decision to run its IT infrastructure entirely on homegrown hardware and software. From now on, municipalities, ministries and other government agencies will not be allowed to use Windows computers or Intel and AMD chips.
In late December, China's IT security ... Read more
Outlook gets more secure with new phishing feature
Microsoft is releasing new security features for Outlook admins and users. The update also makes it easier to start a Teams chat from within the email program.
For example, administrators can set "Report Phishing" and "Report Junk" actions through the "User Reported Settings". Here, they can act... Read more
Microsoft scoops up Inflection AI, will pay €600 million
Microsoft took over much of the staff and licenses of AI startup Inflection AI last week. In compensation, the tech giant is now paying $650 million (€601 million).
Microsoft recently announced that it had recruited two out of three Inflection AI's founders, Mustafa Suleyman and Karén Simonya... Read more
ITQ to partner with HashiCorp
The Beverwijk-based consulting firm plans to use HashiCorp technology to support organizations with hybrid and multicloud platforms.
HashiCorp offers several solutions, of which ITQ will use Terraform, Vault, Consul and Boundary. Terraform, in particular, is an interesting tool. Organizations us... Read more
Second preview Android 15 offers features for satellite communications
The second preview of Android 15 for developers offers new features that may come in the final version. Among others, connectivity for satellite networks, image features, security and privacy, and more flexibility for different form factors are coming into the operating system.
One of the notabl... Read more