UK: Military reviews Army’s use of Chinese technology to make weapons

The Defence Secretary has ordered an investigation after The Telegraph revealed that the British Army was using Chinese 3D printers to build weapons. Last year, it was revealed that British troops were taking the technology with them into the field Read More …

Adelaide University new system designed to protect drones from cyber threats

Adelaide University researchers have initiated the development of a world-first cybersecurity system designed to protect drones from increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. A new study led by the Industrial AI Research Centre and published in the international journal Computers and Industrial Read More …

Beyond the Battlefield: Threats to the Defense Industrial Base

In modern warfare, the front lines are no longer confined to the battlefield; they extend directly into the servers and supply chains of the industry that safeguards the nation. Today, the defense sector faces a relentless barrage of cyber operations Read More …

Earth Ammit Disrupts Drone Supply Chains Through Coordinated Multi-Wave Attacks in Taiwan

In July 2024, Trend Micro disclosed the TIDRONE campaign, in which threat actors targeted Taiwan’s military and satellite industries. During their investigation, Trend Micro researchers discovered that multiple compromised entities were using the same enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. This Read More …

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

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 Read More …

Ukraine collects vast war data trove to train AI models

As the future of warfare pivots towards artificial intelligence, Ukraine is sitting on a valuable resource: millions of hours of footage from drones which can be used to train AI models to make decisions on the battlefield. AI has been Read More …

TIDRONE Targets Military and Satellite Industries in Taiwan

Since the beginning of 2024, Trend Micro have been receiving incident response cases from Taiwan. Trend Micro researchers track this unidentified threat cluster as TIDRONE. Their research reveals that the threat actors have shown significant interest in military-related industry chains, Read More …

FBI issues warning against using Chinese manufactured drones

Chinese-manufactured unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), more commonly known as drones, continue to pose a significant risk to critical infrastructure and U.S. national security, according to an FBI advisory. While any UAS could have vulnerabilities that enable data theft or facilitate Read More …

Ex-Google CEO’s secret startup to build Ukraine AI-powered $400 kamikaze drones

In a groundbreaking venture that was under wraps until the beginning of this month, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has created White Stork, a startup set to revolutionize warfare with its development of low-cost kamikaze drones. Although Storks are normally Read More …