Defence and Aerospace


  • Suspected Kimsuky (APT-Q-2) attacks South Korean companies

    April 11, 2025

    Kimsuky, alias Mystery Baby, Baby Coin, Smoke Screen, Black Banshe, etc., is tracked internally by Qi’anxin as APT-Q-2. The APT group was publicly disclosed in 2013, with attack activity dating as far back as 2012. Kimsuky’s main target for attacks has been South Korea, involving defense, education, energy, government, healthcare, and think tanks, with a focus ...

  • Musk cuts US cyber defences against Russia, increasing threats to UK

    April 7, 2025

    The Pentagon cyber unit that helps counter threats from Russia has had part of its funding cut. US Cyber Command (USCC), which is charged with defending US military networks, has been ordered to axe contract dealings with private-sector partners, and freeze recruitment. The shock move could have a major impact on Britain’s ability to defend itself ...

  • Trump fires head of National Security Agency and Cyber Command

    April 4, 2025

    The Trump administration has fired Timothy Haugh, the head of the National Security Agency (NSA) and Cyber Command, several news publications reported overnight into Friday. Haugh, a career military official, led the National Security Agency, the U.S.’s main wiretapping and intelligence-gathering agency, for little more than a year after his appointment in February 2024 following his ...

  • GCHQ worker admits taking top secret data home

    March 31, 2025

    A former GCHQ intern has admitted risking national security by taking top secret data home with him on his mobile phone. Hasaan Arshad, 25, pleaded guilty to an offence under the Computer Misuse Act on what would have been the first day of his trial at the Old Bailey in London. The charge related to committing ...

  • UK MoD probes security breach after documents relating to Catterick Garrison found dumped in street

    March 26, 2025

    The Ministry of Defence is investigating after a cache of documents containing sensitive military information was found discarded in the street. The papers, some marked “official – sensitive”, were discovered spilling out of a black bin bag in the Scotswood area of Newcastle on March 16 . The BBC reported that they include details about soldiers’ ...

  • The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

    March 24, 2025

    The world found out shortly before 2 p.m. eastern time on March 15 that the United States was bombing Houthi targets across Yemen. I, however, knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that the attack might be coming. The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had texted me the ...

  • Pentagon announces leak investigation that will include polygraphs

    March 22, 2025

    The Department of Defense is investigating “recent unauthorized disclosures of national security information” and plans to use polygraphs as part of the probe, according to a memo published to the department’s website Friday. “The use of polygraphs in the execution of this investigation will be in accordance with applicable law and policy,” DOD Chief of Staff ...

  • Brussels unveils highly-anticipated strategy on defence but fails to outline new funding options

    March 19, 2025

    The White Paper, released on Wednesday, broadly rehashes the Commission’s ReArm Europe proposal unveiled two weeks ago that could see member states mobilise up to €800 billion for defence over the next four years by notably, pooling orders and procuring equipment together. Capabilities the Commission has identified as priority areas include air and missile defence, artillery ...

  • South Korean defense giants bet big on AI-powered military tech

    March 12, 2025

    South Korean defense companies are ramping up investments in artificial intelligence (AI) software technology to boost unmanned warfare capabilities. The growing role of AI-powered autonomous weapon systems in warfare, particularly highlighted by the Russia-Ukraine war, has made them decisive in determining victory or defeat. Defense firms are making strategic equity investments in AI-focused technology companies to ...

  • SideWinder targets the maritime and nuclear sectors with an updated toolset

    March 10, 2025

    Last year, Kaspersky researchers published an article about SideWinder, a highly prolific APT group whose primary targets have been military and government entities in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, China, and Nepal. In the article, they described activities that had mostly happened in the first half of the year. The researchers tried to draw attention to the group, ...

  • Israel: Unit 8200 created AI language learning tool from intercepted Palestinian Arabic comms

    March 7, 2025

    Israel’s military surveillance Unit 8200 has reportedly developed a vast database of intercepted Palestinian communications in order to construct an artificial intelligence tool similar to ChatGPT, a joint investigation by The Guardian, +972 Magazine and Mekomit alleged on Thursday. Israel reportedly hopes that the resulting AI tool “will transform its spying capabilities.” The investigation by the ...

  • Israel: IDF to impose social media restrictions after probe revealed posts assisted Hamas

    March 4, 2025

    The IDF is working to impose restrictions on soldiers and officials regarding their activity on social media, following the IDF probe published on Monday which showed markers left by IDF soldiers on social media granted Hamas a complete breakdown of nearly every unit, sub-unit, and building within the Nahal Oz IDF base when it invaded ...

  • Polish space agency says it’s investigating a cyberattack

    March 4, 2025

    Poland’s space agency (POLSA) says it is working to restore services following a cybersecurity incident. POLSA, the Polish government agency responsible for the country’s space activities, said in a post on X that it had “immediately disconnected” its network from the internet after detecting the cyberattack on Sunday. POLSA’s website remains offline at the time of ...

  • The BadPilot campaign: Seashell Blizzard subgroup conducts multiyear global access operation

    February 12, 2025

    Microsoft is publishing for the first time their research into a subgroup within the Russian state actor Seashell Blizzard and its multiyear initial access operation, tracked by Microsoft Threat Intelligence as the “BadPilot campaign”. This subgroup has conducted globally diverse compromises of Internet-facing infrastructure to enable Seashell Blizzard to persist on high-value targets and support tailored ...

  • Scammers target Italian tycoons using defense minister’s AI-generated voice

    February 10, 2025

    Scammers target Italian tycoons using defense minister’s AI-generated voice on OpenAI Voice Engine Scammers used AI-generated voice of Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto in an atempts to steal millions of dollars from Italian business tycoons, according to reports. Crosetto said last Thursday on X that someone was using his name and his artificially generated voice to ...

  • UK: “Cyber warriors” to be fast-tracked to battle on “a new front line”

    February 7, 2025

    “Cyber warriors” are being fast-tracked into the armed forces after Britain faced more than 90,000 online attacks in the last two years. Specialist recruits will see their basic training cut from 10 weeks to a month and be offered starting salaries of £40,000, one of the highest in the armed forces, as the UK looks to ...

  • Google Lifts Self-Imposed Ban on Using AI for Weapons and Surveillance

    February 5, 2025

    Google dropped a pledge not to use artificial intelligence for weapons and surveillance systems on Tuesday. And it’s just the latest sign that Big Tech is no longer concerned with the potential blowback that can come when consumer-facing tech companies get big, lucrative contracts to develop police surveillance tools and weapons of war. Google came under ...

  • Ukraine’s defense intel launches cyber attack on Gazprom

    January 31, 2025

    On the anniversary of the Battle of Kruty, a cyber unit of Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate launched a DDoS attack on the digital infrastructure of Russia’s Gazprom and Gazpromneft. In particular, Ukrainian cyber professionals attacked the online services of the enterprises that support the activities of the Russian army. From January 28, 2025, company clients were ...

  • Smiths Group: Shares fall as engineering giant hit by cyber attack

    January 28, 2025

    Global engineering firm Smiths Group has reported a cyber security incident involving unauthorised access to its systems. Upon detecting the breach, the firm promptly isolated the affected systems and activated its business continuity plans to mitigate disruptions. The company, known for its baggage screening equipment and explosive detectors, is collaborating with cyber-security experts to restore the ...

  • Hit by wave of cyber attacks, Japan shifts to ‘active cyber defence’

    January 20, 2025

    apan aims to take a more proactive approach to cyber defence by allowing hackers working for the authorities to “attack” pre-emptively to prevent or stop sabotage attempts. Under a new strategy of “active cyber defence”, Japan plans to allow hackers working for the police or Self-Defence Forces (SDF) to infiltrate servers to neutralise the source ...