{"id":24052,"date":"2024-04-11T13:45:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T13:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/11\/apple-users-hit-by-spyware-attack-iitsbid-to-beat-placement-blues\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T13:45:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T13:45:09","slug":"apple-users-hit-by-spyware-attack-iitsbid-to-beat-placement-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/11\/apple-users-hit-by-spyware-attack-iitsbid-to-beat-placement-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple users hit by spyware attack; IITs\u2019bid to beat placement blues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Apple has warned its users in India and 91 other countries that they were possible victims of a \u201cmercenary spyware attack\u201d. Details on this and more in today\u2019s ETtech Top 5.

Also in this letter:<\/span>
\u25a0 Explained: Google’s Axion processors
\u25a0 How Wipro became CXO nursery
\u25a0 TCS Q4 preview: analysts expect recovery<\/p>\n
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Apple warns users in India, 91 other countries of spyware attack<\/p>\n

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Apple users in India and 91 other countries are likely to have been impacted by a \u201cmercenary spyware\u201d attack attempt<\/a>, the company said in a threat notification mail on Thursday. Someone tried to gain unlawful access to their Apple devices \u2014 iPhones and iPads. ET first wrote about it this morning. <\/p>\n

Driving the news:<\/span> Mercenary spyware attacks, such as those using Pegasus from the NSO Group, are exceptionally rare and vastly more sophisticated than regular cybercriminal activity or consumer malware, the mail sent by Apple read. <\/p>\n

Verbatim:<\/span> \u201cThis attack is likely targeting you specifically because of who you are or what you do. Although it\u2019s never possible to achieve absolute certainty when detecting such attacks, Apple has high confidence in this warning \u2014 please take it seriously,\u201d warned the tech giant.<\/p>\n

Exposing vulnerabilities: <\/span>Apple also said it detected users were \u201cbeing targeted by a mercenary spyware attack trying to remotely compromise the iPhone\u201d which is associated with a particular Apple ID.<\/p>\n

Late on Wednesday India time, Apple also updated its support page to include tips for users who had been possible targets of the mercenary spyware attack.<\/p>\n

Not the first time:<\/span> In October 2023, Apple sent a similar notification<\/a> to users in several countries, including India, warning them of a \u201cstate-sponsored\u201d attack on their devices. This had included several political leaders, especially those from opposition parties.<\/p>\n

According to the firm, such notifications have gone to users in at least 150 countries since 2021. But Apple refused to divulge details about the possible attackers as doing so may help them adapt their behaviour to evade detection in the future.<\/p>\n

Also read | ETtech Explainer: why Apple sent emails about \u2018state-sponsored attacks\u2019 to opposition leaders<\/a><\/p>\n

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IITs strive to beat placement winter blues<\/p>\n

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Students at major Indian Institutes of Technology are struggling to land a job<\/a> as the placement season is running out. Over four months into final placements at the older IITs \u2014 Delhi, Bombay (Mumbai), Kanpur, Madras (Chennai), Kharagpur, Roorkee, Guwahati and Varanasi (BHU) \u2014 the struggle hasn’t gotten any easier.<\/p>\n

Data decoded: <\/span>At IIT Bombay, the top choice for those who clear the entrance exam process, 33% of the 1,973 students participating in placements were yet to get jobs as of April 4.<\/p>\n

At IIT Delhi, about 1,083 of the 1,814 who signed up with the Office of Career Services (OCS) had been placed as of April 5, while around 40% are yet to get jobs. For undergraduate programmes (BTech+dual degree), the numbers are better: 81% of the 903 who participated have got jobs, the institute told ET.<\/p>\n

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Low offers, no takers: <\/span>Students are reluctant to settle for firms making low offers. \u201cWe are getting smaller companies offering Rs 5-6 lakh salaries but students want to hold out for higher packages. There is a lot of pressure on them given the hype around IITs,\u201d said a placement member at one of the older IITs.<\/p>\n

Catch-up quick: <\/span>ET had reported on February 1<\/a> that Indian software exporters would end FY24 having hired between 70,000 and 80,000 fresh engineers \u2014 the lowest intake in over two decades \u2014 for the $245-billion IT industry.<\/p>\n

Further, staffing companies had estimated that less than a tenth of the 1.5 million engineers expected to graduate from campuses this summer will find a job placement.<\/p>\n

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ETtech Explainer: All you need to know about Google’s Axion processors<\/p>\n

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Alphabet Inc\u2019s Google Cloud announced its first custom-built Arm-based central processing unit <\/a>(CPU) called Axion on Tuesday, aimed at enhancing Google’s AI capabilities within its data centres. The announcement comes as rival cloud operators like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure have already incorporated Arm-based chips into their computing services to leverage booming AI opportunities.<\/p>\n

What are Arm-based CPUs and why are they popular among cloud providers?<\/span>
Arm-based CPUs are a type of CPU design utilising a reduced instruction set computing (RISC) architecture. Cloud providers use these chips widely due to their energy efficiency, scalability, and ability to customise them to specific workloads and applications.

What is Google’s strategy with Axion?<\/span>
Google intends to scale its existing services like Google Earth Engine and YouTube Ads platform on Axion. The new processor will be accessible to Google Cloud customers later in 2024. Google currently has other custom-designed chips built for YouTube, its Pixel smartphones, and its artificial intelligence services. But for the first time it will be building a CPU.<\/p>\n

Read the full explainer here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Wipro became IT industry\u2019s CXO nursery under Thierry Delaporte<\/p>\n

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Former Wipro CEO Thierry Delaporte<\/em> <\/p>\n

Thierry Delaporte resigned last week<\/a> as the chief executive of Wipro. During his time, when the former CEO went about his \u201ctransformation agenda\u201d, the IT major saw a flurry of senior-level exits. A few of them even went on to become CXOs in other companies<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Who went where?<\/span> Four Wipro former executives went on to become CEOs outside the company, while three became CFOs even as other senior leaders joined smaller and larger firms in top CXO roles, as per an ET analysis.<\/p>\n

The company also produced five CEOs for its internal ranks, who experts say are standalone CEOs in the making. They quote the example of Srinivas Pallia who was CEO of Americas 1 and was elevated as the CEO and MD of Wipro on Sunday after Delaporte’s surprise resignation.<\/p>\n

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Analyst take: <\/span>According to experts, Delaporte was building strong local leadership at Wipro. \u201cIn the first three years of his tenure, he tried putting together a robust leadership bench of local talent to enable Wipro to grow in geographies overcoming language and cultural barriers. However, the strategy did not play out completely as planned. Few of his hires did not stay for even 24 months,\u201d Analysts at Nuvama noted.<\/p>\n

Yes, but: <\/span>Wipro\u2019s incidental gift to the industry of top leaders is in stark contrast to the company\u2019s own struggle to get a CEO who would fire its growth engine. \u201cSince the turn of the century, Wipro has seen eight CEOs moving out till date,\u201d said outsourcing expert and CEO at EIIRTrend, Pareekh Jain. <\/p>\n

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TCS Q4 preview: Reversal of furloughs to aid sales growth<\/p>\n

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IT bellwether Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will kickstart the fourth-quarter earnings season for the sector <\/a>on April 12, and is likely to see an improvement in sequential performance due to the reversal of furloughs.<\/p>\n

Recovery on the cards:<\/span> Some recovery in the mainstay banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) vertical and continued traction in the manufacturing sector is likely to help TCS report 1.0-1.1% sequential growth in revenue in constant currency terms for the quarter ended March, according to analysts.<\/p>\n

TCS\u2019 consolidated revenue is seen rising 1.4% sequentially to Rs 61,428 crore, and profit is expected to grow by 2.7% to Rs 12,050 crore, according to the average of estimates given by 10 brokerage firms.<\/p>\n

On a year-on-year (YoY) basis, the software major\u2019s topline and bottomline may rise 3.8% and 5.8%, respectively.<\/p>\n

Deal details:<\/span> In the December quarter, TCS booked deals worth $8.1 billion, after seeing a strong $10-billion worth of deal wins in the preceding three quarters.<\/p>\n

However, this remained within the company\u2019s guided range of $7-9 billion, and Nirmal Bang Institutional Equities expects deal wins in the March quarter as well to be within this range.<\/p>\n

Also read | IT sector\u2019s challenges persist in Q4; guidance for FY25 in focus<\/a><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s ETtech Top 5 newsletter was curated by Megha Mishra in Mumbai and Gaurab Dasgupta in New Delhi.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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