Twitter accounts of the US President (@POTUS), First Lady (@FLOTUS) and Vice President (@VP) are highly vulnerable to cyber attacks, since they lack required security settings, according to a hacking expert who hacked over 500 accounts disseminating extremist propaganda. The current security settings of the White House accounts allowed anyone to click on the "forgot password" button and see a partially hidden email address associated with the account, a hacker who calls himself WauchulaGhost explained to
The nine Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Terrex Infantry Carrier Vehicles detained by Hong Kong authorities for two months over licensing issues will be returning to Singapore. Hong Kong authorities have completed their investigations and will be releasing the military vehicles and other equipment through APL, the commercial shipping firm that was supposed to transport the vehicles back to Singapore in November, (Jan 24), Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said in a statement on Tuesday
Elbit Systems has won a $17 million contract to supply multi spectral BrightNite system that enables helicopter pilots to fly in a Degraded Visual Environment (DVE) and during more than 90 per cent of the night, to an air force in a NATO country. The contract will be performed over a thirty-month period, the company announced today
Indian Navys second Scorpene class submarine ‘Khanderi will be launched at the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) in Mumbai on January 12. The launch will start a trail of events, which will lead to the separation of the submarine from the pontoon on which it is being assembled and its final setting afloat, an official release said
South Korea Marine Corps will replace all of its static 90mm coastal defense guns with new 70mm Low-Cost Guided Imaging Rocket (LOGIR) to allow its troop to better counter seaborne threats from North. The new weapons will be deployed by the end of the year, 2017
A new air force study warns about the possibilities of US becoming vulnerable to future attack by hypersonic missiles from China and Russia. Experts for the Air Force Studies Board at the National Academies of Science say that the federal republic country is falling behind in the technology race to develop defensive and offensive high-speed maneuvering arms
The cyber attack that affected nearly a million customers of German internet provider Deutsche Telekom this weekend was likely caused by a modified version of the Mirai worm which exploits vulnerabilities in Internet of Thing devices. The malware that disrupted TV and phone networks apart from TVs, actually crashes Internet of Thing devices or uses them as part of a botnet in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks,
Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has begun local tests of a 55 m tethered aerostat system that was acquired to enhance the republic's continuous airborne radar coverage and maritime surveillance capabilities. The system, which can detect aerial and seaborne threats at distances of up to 200 km, will be operated by the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) at the Choa Chu Kang Camp, which is located in the western part of the island,
The US Army is working on next-generation helicopters capable of flying at the speed of a jet aircraft and can be operated in extreme weather. The Army will test the new aircraft next year and will be aiming at speeds greater than 230 knots (265mph)
Indias forensic institute Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) has planned to purchase an israeli technology Cellebrite that can unlock iphones and other electronic devices. Even devices that are equipped with encryption will be vulnerable to a break-in with this technology