Copilot can now edit AI images
Microsoft has further expanded Copilot's functionality with new image editing capabilities. The latest AI model, Deucalion, provides faster and content-rich responses to prompts, while the interface has also been updated.
Microsoft continues expanding Copilot, formerly Bing Chat, with new featur... Read more
Ransomware payments reach record high: more than 1 billion euros
Last year, more than $1.1 billion (€1 billion) in ransom payments were made following a cyber attack. This beats the record from 2021.
This is according to figures from Chainalysis. In 2021, ransomware payments amounted to $983 million, but the following year saw a significant drop. The amount... Read more
Webex also gets into spatial computing with Vision Pro app
Shortly after Zoom was first in to support the Apple Vision Pro, Cisco's Webex is now following suit. The conferencing app resembles the conventional application in many ways, but with unique features designed to take full advantage of the new Apple headset.
In our analysis a week ago, we notice... Read more
EU reaches provisional agreement on Gigabit Infrastructure Act
The European Gigabyte Infrastructure Act has been provisionally approved with amendments. The legislation should allow accelerated deployment of a gigabit networks in member states. However, the technical details still need to be worked out.
The European Commission, European Council and European... Read more
NinjaOne is now worth almost 2 billion thanks to new investment round
NinjaOne recently managed to raise 215 million euros ($231.5 million) in new capital in an investment round. The company aims to use the investment capital to enable better customer support and foster new innovation in its platform.
The recent investment round was led by ICONIQ Growth. Investors... Read more
Bug affects Linux systems: major risk to firmware
The vulnerability allows hackers to execute code early in a device's boot. Virtually all Linux distributions are affected by this bug.
Security developer Matthew Garrett warns of this. The vulnerability is in shim, a component that runs during the boot process. Shim performs tasks even before th... Read more
Two critical vulnerabilities hit FortiSIEM
Fortinet's FortiSIEM solution has been hit by two vulnerabilities rated most critical at 10. The vulnerabilities allow hackers to perform remote code execution (RCE).
The Fortinet security information and event management (SIEM) platform FortiSIEM has been affected by two vulnerabilities that ha... Read more
Canon finally patches old vulnerabilities in printers
Canon has recently fixed some long-known vulnerabilities in its own printers via a patch. Printers still appear to be an attack surface that is too easily overlooked.
Canon has recently patched seven critical vulnerabilities in its multifunction and laser printers. The vulnerabilities came to li... Read more
Philips recalls medical devices due to hardware failure
Philips is recalling an old medical scanner after a component proved faulty. An incident reported by a customer has forced the company into action. After warnings in December, a recall has proven to be necessary to ensure no harmful incident occurs.
The incident in question did not lead to any h... Read more
Akamai tackles dangerous scraper bots with Content Protector
Akamai recently introduced the Content Protector tool. With it, websites can be protected from scraper bots that are not only a nuisance, but threaten security too.
Akamai believes that scraper bots are an important part of the e-commerce system. They search for new content, flag products in com... Read more