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Halliburton: Hacker attack costs oil company 35 million dollars

12. November, 2024 - 12:59

In its latest quarterly report, the US oil services provider Halliburton quantified the financial consequences of a serious IT security incident. According to the report, the costs amounted to around 35 million US dollars by the end of September.

New threshold crossed

Bitcoin climbs above 80,000 US dollars

11. November, 2024 - 08:18

The price of Bitcoin has exceeded the 80,000 US dollar threshold for the first time. On the Bitstamp platform, the oldest and best-known cryptocurrency climbed by more than 4% today compared to the previous day to reach 80,047 dollars. In the past seven days alone, the leading cryptocurrency has

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Vulnerability with high CVSS score in Palo Alto Networks software

08. November, 2024 - 10:26

The American cyber security authority CISA sounded the alarm on Thursday: a serious security vulnerability in the software of IT security company Palo Alto Networks is already being actively exploited by attackers.

3 phases

Google Cloud makes multi-factor authentication mandatory

07. November, 2024 - 10:13

Google Cloud will make multi-factor authentication (MFA) mandatory for all users from January 2025. This measure will initially affect the 30 percent of customers who currently only authenticate themselves with a password.

Server and storage division

Fujitsu rebrands European operations as Fsas Technologies

06. November, 2024 - 12:18

Fujitsu will operate its server and storage division in Europe under the name “Fsas Technologies – A Fujitsu Company” in future. The name change will come into effect on April 1, 2025, as announced at a partner meeting in Mainz. The role of the German branch of the company

Unusual Ransom

Hacker demands “125,000 dollars in baguettes” from Schneider Electric

05. November, 2024 - 10:50

A hacker who calls himself “Grep” has not only stolen sensitive company data from the French electrical engineering group Schneider Electric, but is now also making fun of the long-established company.

Restructuring process

Atos sells Worldgrid division to engineering services provider

05. November, 2024 - 08:35

The struggling French IT service provider Atos is divesting its Worldgrid unit. As announced by the company on Tuesday, an agreement has been signed with the French engineering services provider Alten for a sale at an enterprise value of 270 million euros.

Important breakthroughs achieved

KIT opens test facility: Encryption with quantum physics

04. November, 2024 - 14:09

Confidential patient data, bank details and highly sensitive government and military information must be increasingly protected against eavesdropping and hacking. The necessary basis for this is provided by quantum physics, which goes far beyond conventional mathematical techniques for encryption.

Tech giant

Apple makes 14.7 billion dollars profit despite EU fine

01. November, 2024 - 07:41

Apple posted a profit of 14.7 billion dollars in the last quarter despite the huge back tax payment in Ireland. At the same time, this was a significant decline compared to the black figures of almost 23 billion dollars a year ago.

New AI search engine

SearchGPT is live: ChatGPT takes on Google

31. October, 2024 - 21:42

With SearchGPT, OpenAI is integrating a real-time search into ChatGPT and positioning itself as a direct competitor to established search engines. The AI search is now available.