Cyber-security firm, Kaspersky Lab will provide the source code of its software including software updates and threat-detection rules updates for independent review and assessment as part of its Global Transparency Initiative (GTI). Kaspersky Lab today announced the launch of its GTI as part of its ongoing commitment to protecting customers from cyber-threats, regardless of their origin or purpose
The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has revealed that a cyber-hack last year gained access to the restricted technical information on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Australian naval vessels and defense aircraft. According to ASD incident response manager Mitchell Clarke, the cyber thief hacked into the network of a 50-person aerospace engineering firm that subcontracts to the Department of Defence
BAE Systems announced that it is developing cyber defense capabilities to help aircraft detect and mitigate cyberattacks in real time. The new capabilities — including system analysis, reverse engineering, and intrusion detection — will build upon the companys state-of-the-art threat management solutions and help protect warfighters and aircraft from a variety of cyber threats
European Union defence ministers have tested their ability to respond to a attack by computer hackers in their first cyber war game Thursday. The test was based on a simulated attack on one of the blocs military missions abroad,
US files that contain personal information of military and intelligence personnel were exposed for public download for more than a year on a misconfigured cloud server. However, it was discovered earlier this year
Chinese civilian drone manufacturer DJI, is developing a new local data mode that stops internet traffic to and from its flight control apps to provide data privacy assurance for government and enterprise customers. The move follows a US Army directive asking its members not use DJI drones due to data vulnerabilities
More than 200 vulnerabilities to US Air Force IT domains were disclosed by white-hat hackers during a 24-day period earlier this year. The 207 vulnerabilities were found from May 30 through June 23 by US and international hackers in a federal bug bounty program involving the Air Force and HackerOne, a hacker-powered security platform connecting organizations with the world's largest community of trusted hackers
The US Army has asked its members not to use off-the-shelf Chinese-made DJI drones due to cyber-vulnerabilities, Reuters reported. The US Army August 2 memo posted online and verified by Reuters applies to all DJI drones and systems using DJI components or software
Frances Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has offered to expand shipbuilding cooperation with Italy into naval vessels to renegotiate STX France shipyard ownership deal. Le Maire said in an interview published on Sunday by Le Journal du Dimanche that he will open renegotiations in Rome on August 1, Reuters reports
Thirty per cent of India's locally built Akash surface-to-air missiles (SAM) supplied to the Indian Air Force are found to be faulty, the Comptroller Auditor General of India (CAG) has observed. About 30 per cent of "strategic missiles" made by BEL - a defence public sector unit - failed when they were test-fired, the CAG repord said