Iran Invited to Turkish Cybersecurity Summit
Iran is one among several countries to be invited to Turkeys Cyber Shield 2019 international cybersecurity exercise to be held in Ankara on 19th and 20th of December. The event will be co-organized by Turkey's Ministries of Transport and Infrastructure, and Information and Communications Technologies
Russia to test Internal Web Network This Week
Russia is planning to hold tests of “RuNet,” a
Russia to commence “Sovereign Internet” Project from November
A national internet access system to isolate Russia, in case of attacks or denial of international access due to sanctions, will come into test mode from November. The countrys federal communications censorship agency, Roskomnadzor has already set up a center for monitoring and controlling general communications, and has begun installing corresponding...
Taiwan to Host 15 Nation Cyber-security Exercise in November
A first-ever Cyber Offensive and Defensive Exercise is to be held in Taiwan in November involving 15 nations from the Americas, Asia and Europe. Taiwanese Vice Premier Chen Chi-mai who is also head of the Cabinet department for information security, said Sunday that the exercise was planned in the wake of...
Britain’s ‘Top Female Spy’ Nominated as Head to UK’s New Cyber Warfare...
Britains “top female spy” has been nominated as head of National Cyber Force (NCF), the UKs new cyber warfare agency, said to be inspired by US Cyber Command that hacked into systems controlling Iran's missiles in retaliation to Tehran shooting down a US drone. “The specialist who will be running the...
Lockheed Develops Cybersecurity Yardstick For DoD Assets
Cyber experts from Lockheed Martin have developed a model that standardizes how to measure the cyber resiliency maturity of a weapon, mission, and/or training system anywhere in its lifecycle – the Cyber Resiliency Level model (CRL). The US government defines "cyber resiliency" as the ability to anticipate, withstand, recover from, and adapt to changing conditions in order to maintain the functions necessary for mission effective capability
US DoD Awards BAE Systems 15 others $17 Billion Intelligence Solutions Contract
BAE Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton, Leidos among 16 firms have won a US DoD contract called Solutions for Intelligence Analysis 3 (SIA 3) with a combined ceiling value of $17,100,000,000. This contract will provide worldwide coverage, support and assistance to the Defense Intelligence Agency by delivering timely, objective and cogent military intelligence to warfighters, defense planners and defense and national security policy makers
Chinese Military Likely To Get Custom OS As Substitute For Windows
Chinese military officials are likely to get a new custom operating system (OS) as a substitute for Windows OS to guard them against espionage and cyber attacks, particularly by the US. “Chinese military officials would not jump from Windows to Linux but instead develop a custom OS,”
Northrop Grumman Wins $982M To Support Cyber, Electronic Warfare Capabilities For US...
Northrop Grumman has won a $982 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract issued under R4 to support cyber and electronic warfare capabilities for United States (US) Army forces. The contract will enable the Army to procure cyber electromagnetic activities (CEMA) to improve the forces non-kinetic engagements across warfare domains, the company said in a statement Wednesday
After Pulwama Terrorist Attack, Pak Hackers Targeted Indian Govt Websites
Over 90 Indian government websites and critical systems were attacked by Pakistani hackers within hours of the Pulwama suicide strike in which 40 soldiers of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were martyred, senior officials in the security establishment have revealed. “There was an unusual surge of activity, attempts to breach systems,” Hindustan Times quoted one of these officials as saying Monday
Iran Retaliates US Sabotaging its Missiles by Hacking into US Drone C2...
The Iranian Aerospace Force has hacked into the United States drone command and control system as a response to US claims of sabotaging Tehrans missiles. “We did this to tell them (the Americans) that you not only failed to achieve your goals, but we infiltrated into your systems,” and this was a response to the United States insolence, the commander of the IRGCs Aerospace Division, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh was quoted as saying by
NATO Extends Cyber Security Support Services Contract with Leonardo
Leonardo has signed an 18-month contract with the NCI Agency which will see the Company continue to deliver cyber-incident detection and management capabilities. The new NATO Computer Incident Response Capability (NCIRC) Cyber Security Support Services (CSSS) contract provides continuity of service to the NCIRC – Full Operational Capability (FOC) contract which ends in February 2019, the company said in a statement Wednesday, Leonardo and the NCI Agency work in partnership to protect NATOs Communications and Information System (CIS) infrastructure from cyber-attacks
Five Dutch Soldiers Injured in Boxer-Fennek Vehicle Collision During NATO Exercise in...
Polish Military Faces 200 Cyberattacks in Past Week, Strengthening Cyber Defense
First Deployment of Typhon Weapon System to the Philippines
The Netherlands Orders Thales Ground Master 200 Multi-Mission Radars
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1
Battle of Counter-Drone SAMs- Raytheon's Coyote Vs. Russian Pantsir-S1
The spectacular success of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine has prompted Russia and the United States to develop counter-measures...
Grounding of U.S. Military’s V-22 Osprey Fleet Enters Third Month
The grounding of around 400-strong fleet of Osprey V-22 Tilt-rotor aircraft is in its third month with no update on...
How Indian MQ-9B SkyGuardian Acquisition Plan Changes Drone Equation in South Asia
India has recently gained U