Airbus acquires French Quarkslab to strengthen its European cyber defense business

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    "url": "https://theobjective.com/espana/2026-10-01/airbus-quarkslab-negocio-ciberdefensa/",
    "title": "Airbus acquires French Quarkslab to strengthen its European cyber defense business - The Objective",
    "excerpt": "Airbus Defence and Space has finalized the acquisition of French cybersecurity company Quarkslab with the aim of strengthening its cyber defense business in Europe. The operation, initially announced last April, was completed this Thursday after receiving the necessary regulatory approvals and will allow the group to incorporate new capabilities to protect military and aerospace systems against attacks targeting their own software. The acquired company was founded in 2011 and has around 100 employees, mainly concentrated in Paris and Rennes. Since 2020, it had been backed by asset manager Tikehau Capital and was already working as a supplier and partner of Airbus before the transaction. The European manufacturer has not disclosed the amount paid for the acquisition.\nOne of the main technologies Airbus incorporates with the operation is QShield, a platform developed to make it difficult to extract, modify, or reconstruct a program's code once it is outside the control of its manufacturer. The tool uses, among other techniques, obfuscation and runtime protection mechanisms to make it harder for an attacker to analyze the software's internal workings. This capability has a direct application in the defense sector. Quarkslab points out that its technology can be used to prevent reverse engineering of military drone autopilot firmware, protect code embedded in satellites sold...",
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    "location": "France",
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    "image_url": "https://theobjective.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/airbus-ciberdefensa-leegratis.jpg",
    "confidence": 1,
    "published_at": "2026-10-01T18:08:29Z",
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