The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) recently sanctioned more than 30 individuals, entities and vessels for enabling illicit Iranian petroleum sales and... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Justice said a former general manager for a U.S. defense contractor has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for selling his employer’s trade secrets to a Russian cyber-tools broker. Peter Williams, 39, an Australian national, was sentenced in the U.S.... Read More »
Cybersecurity platform Astelia announced it has raised $35 million in funding to use artificial intelligence to expose real risks to organizations. Company officials said Astelia uses a deep analysis of clients’ real environments via AI to map its network topology, segmentation and security... Read More »
Three Silicon Valley engineers have been indicted for conspiring to commit trade secret theft from Google and other technology companies, the U.S. Department of Justice said Feb. 19. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, in the Northern District of California, Samaneh Ghandali, 41,... Read More »
The integration of CrowdStrike Falcon Shield with the Qualtrics Platform will bring greater visibility and automated protections to customers, the companies stated. The new integration connects the two products to provide organizations with real-time visibility and automated protections for... Read More »
A new Nozomi Networks Labs OT & IoT Security Report finds that 70 percent of global ransomware activity is targeted against English-speaking countries. The company annually leverages their network of wireless monitoring sensors, inbound telemetry, partnerships, threat intelligence and other... Read More »
The Air Force Research Laboratory recently awarded Raytheon, a Virginia-based defense solutions company, a contract to develop a domestic production capability for thin film lithium niobate (TFLN) wafers. TFLN is a material used in artificial intelligence and computing technologies, data... Read More »
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Thursday it continues to strike ISIS targets in Syria. In a press release, CENTCOM said its forces had conducted 10 strikes on more than 30 ISIS targets in Syria between Feb. 3 and Feb. 12. The purpose, CENTCOM said, was to “sustain relentless... Read More »
Aerospace and defense company Ursa Major announced the launch of its new HAVOC Missile System – a medium-range missile with hypersonic capabilities designed for rapid production and scalability. The HAVOC system has complete hypersonic capabilities, officials with the company said, … Read More
The U.S. Army awarded Virginia-based BAE Systems, a defense and space manufacturing company, a more than $500 million contract in December to produce additional M109A7 Paladin Self-Propelled Howitzers and M992A3 Ammunition Carriers. The order will boost the Army’s ability to … Read More
The U.S. House of Representatives passed on Monday legislation proposed by U.S. Rep. Vince Fong (R-CA) to develop advanced technology to improve wildfire response. The bipartisan legislation, the Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response Operation (ACERO) Act, would help to develop … Read More
The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General narcotics agents seized 41 firearms in southwestern Pennsylvania in January. The total seized in the region for the year is 48. The majority of the seizures happened outside of Pittsburgh. The two largest seizures … Read More
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register regarding a proposed rule that would reduce the incentive for aliens to file fraudulent asylum claims to obtain work authorizations. The U.S. Citizenship … Read More
The U.S. Department of Defense, referred to as the Department of War by the Trump administration, recently broke ground on a new munitions campus in Bloomfield, Ind. The facility had previously been announced in Sept. 2023, and was then awarded … Read More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will host the DARPA Lift Challenge from Aug. 2-9 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. The public can attend for free. The … Read More
The U.S. Navy announced it had approved Raytheon’s StormBreaker smart weapon for use on its F/A-18-E/F Super Hornet strike fighter fleet. Officials said the StormBreaker is the only operational smart weapon that can engage both moving and stationary targets in … Read More
