Authorities Deploy AI Surveillance Towers Near San Diego
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) has installed 203 AI‑powered surveillance towers along the U.S.–Mexico border, including roughly two dozen in the San Diego sector. The towers, ranging from 120 to 180 feet tall, combine cameras, radar, 5G and Starlink links to autonomously identify humans, weapons and contraband. The deployment is part of a $1.8 billion contract and the broader $6 billion federal funding push for AI‑integrated border security. However, recent government audits show more than 30% of existing camera towers were non‑functional, raising doubts about cost‑effectiveness.
Akira Ransomware Group Can Achieve Initial Access to Data Encryption in Less than an Hour
The Akira ransomware group can move from initial access to full data encryption in under an hour, often within four hours. Active since 2023, it has extorted roughly $245 million in ransom payments through September 2025. Akira leverages zero‑day exploits, vulnerable VPNs,...
Oracle Launches Defense Isolated Cloud to Enable Secure Collaboration at Scale
Oracle announced its Defense Industrial Base Isolated Cloud Environment (DICE), an air‑gapped OCI offering that meets U.S. Secret and future Top Secret classification requirements. The service, unveiled at the Oracle Federal Forum, is undergoing security assessments and aims for provisional...
Lawmakers Renew Push for Labor Department-Backed Cyber Apprenticeship Grants
Lawmakers introduced the bipartisan Cyber Ready Workforce Act, directing the Department of Labor to launch a grant program that expands registered cybersecurity apprenticeship programs. The legislation adds House co‑sponsors to revive a previously stalled Senate effort and targets the estimated...
‘No to War’: Austria Blocks US Warplanes From Its Airspace
Austria announced it will deny any U.S. military aircraft linked to the Iran‑Israel conflict permission to use its airspace, invoking its 1955 constitutional neutrality law. Vice‑Chancellor Andi Babler publicly condemned President Trump’s “policy of chaos” and warned of a looming...
Study Highlights Untapped Potential of National Guard in Cyber Missions
A new study reveals that 32 Title 32 authorities could let National Guard cyber teams support Department of Defense missions without major policy changes. While Guard units traditionally operate under Title 32 for drills, they can already surge under Title 10, but the...
Guard, Reserve Leaders Flag Concern over Recapitalizing Fighter Fleet
Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve leaders warned that more than 80% of their fighter inventory consists of aging legacy jets with limited service life, and over half of Guard squadrons lack a clear modernization roadmap. They argue that...
Cyber Security Is Going in the Wrong Direction
A new CrowdStrike report shows cyber threats in Ireland and Europe spiralling, with AI‑enabled attacks up 89% and cloud intrusions up 266% year‑over‑year. A five‑year CybSafe study reveals employee security habits are eroding: MFA usage dropped from 94% in 2022...
How Iranian Hackers Pose a Threat to US Critical Infrastructure
Iran‑linked hacker group Handala claimed responsibility for a March 11, 2026 cyberattack on Michigan‑based medical‑device maker Stryker Corp., disrupting its internal Microsoft systems and halting order processing, manufacturing, and shipping. The incident underscores how regional geopolitical tensions can quickly spill...
RSAC 2026: AI Dominates, But Community Remains Key to Security
The RSAC 2026 conference placed artificial intelligence at the forefront of cybersecurity discussions, while its official theme emphasized the "Power of Community." Notably, the U.S. federal government was absent, leaving a void in public‑private collaboration and prompting concerns about AI governance....
ArmorPoint and Scudo360 Partner to Expand Managed Security Services
ArmorPoint has teamed up with Scudo360 to embed a 24/7 managed SOC and SIEM capability into Scudo360’s service portfolio. The co‑delivery model gives Scudo360’s mid‑market clients continuous threat monitoring and real‑time response without building their own security operations center. By...
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Austria Rejects US Requests to Use Airspace for Iran Strikes
Austria has denied the United States permission to use its airspace for military operations against Iran, invoking its 1955 neutrality law. The defence ministry said each request will be assessed individually, but no blanket overflight ban exists. Austria joins Spain,...
Iran-Backed Militias Are Destroying Iraq. Baghdad Must Take Them On.
A U.S. drone strike in Baghdad on March 13 targeted Kataib Hizballah leader Abu Hussein al‑Hamidawi, injuring him but missing his primary objective. Since the attack, Iran‑backed militias have intensified drone and rocket assaults on U.S., French, Kurdish and Iraqi facilities, tallying over...
Private Control of Space Infrastructure: Should One Company Have This Much Influence?
SpaceX now controls launch services, Starlink broadband, crew transport to the ISS, and key defense contracts, making it a de‑facto infrastructure provider across multiple space layers. The company earned this dominance through rapid iteration, vertical integration and aggressive pricing, not...
ICE Says It Bought Paragon’s Spyware to Use in Drug Trafficking Cases
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed it has purchased and deployed Paragon Solutions’ Graphite spyware in drug‑trafficking investigations. The agency’s acting director said the tool complies with constitutional requirements and poses no significant security or counter‑intelligence risks. After a...
Polish Prosecutors to Investigate Attack on Polish UN Soldiers in Lebanon
Polish prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into a March 29 improvised‑explosive‑device attack that wounded a Polish soldier serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The blast hit the convoy in Bint Jubayl, injuring the soldier’s face and head,...
So, What Was President Biden’s Grand Strategy?
The Atlantic Council podcast hosted by Matthew Kroenig features Rebecca Lissner discussing President Biden’s overarching foreign‑policy blueprint. Lissner outlines a strategy built on reinforcing alliances, promoting democratic norms, and countering China’s rising influence. The conversation also probes whether former President...
I Knew About North Korean Hackers—They Still Tricked Me and Got Into My Computer
A Fortune journalist was nearly compromised by a North Korean phishing scheme that masqueraded as a Zoom update, exposing a credential‑stealing script. The attackers leveraged a hijacked Telegram account to arrange a fake video call, a tactic the DPRK has...
TheCUBE Research Expands Cybersecurity Coverage with Krista Case Joining as Principal Analyst
theCUBE Research announced that Krista Case has joined as principal analyst and practice lead for cyber resilience and security. Case will head research on data governance, AI‑driven identity security, and next‑generation security operations centers. She will work alongside veteran analyst...
A Hitchhiker's Guide to RSAC: What You May Have Missed, From Post-Quantum to NSA Veterans
The RSA Conference (RSAC) highlighted a surge in post‑quantum cryptography initiatives, with several vendors unveiling prototype algorithms and migration roadmaps. Former NSA cyber experts presented new threat‑intel platforms that blend AI with traditional analytics, aiming to shorten detection cycles. Cloud‑native...
Residential Proxies Evaded IP Reputation Checks in 78% of 4B Sessions
GreyNoise analyzed 4 billion malicious sessions and found residential proxies evaded IP reputation checks in 78% of cases. Roughly 39% of the traffic originated from home networks, yet most proxies disappear within a month, preventing reputation feeds from cataloguing them. The...
Medtech Giant Stryker Says It’s Back up After Iranian Cyberattack
Medtech leader Stryker announced it is now fully operational after a March 11 wiper attack by the Iranian‑linked Handala group, which crippled order processing, manufacturing and shipping. The breach, framed as retaliation for U.S. actions in the Israel‑Palestine conflict, forced...
Army Launches $50B IT, Professional Services Solicitation
The U.S. Army has issued the final solicitation for a potential $50 billion, ten‑year contract that merges information technology and professional services into a single vehicle called MAPS. The contract will award up to 350 positions across five domains—engineering, management, R&D,...
Immediate Reopening of Strait of Hormuz Demanded at 40-Nation Talks
British Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper led a UK‑coordinated gathering of roughly 40 nations that called for the immediate, unconditional reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. The meeting reiterated demand for freedom of navigation after the strait has been virtually shut...
Iran Condemns Strike on Century-Old Pasteur Institute as 'Beyond a War Crime'
Iran's foreign ministry condemned a US‑Israeli airstrike on the century‑old Pasteur Institute of Iran, labeling it a war crime and a direct assault on global health security. The institute, founded in 1920 and part of the International Pasteur Network, is...
Nigerian Founder Launches ADT, a New AI Model for Cyber Defense
Glemad unveiled Autonomous Defence Transformers (ADT), the first frontier‑scale AI models built from the ground up for security reasoning and autonomous cyber defence. The PulseADT service now safeguards over 680,000 assets, handling 1.8 million security events per second, and delivers a...
Iran Drafts Protocol with Oman for Strait of Hormuz Traffic
Iran’s deputy foreign minister confirmed a draft protocol with Oman to monitor traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, emphasizing safety rather than restrictions. The agreement, described as post‑war housekeeping, includes plans to levy tolls on transiting vessels. Tehran frames the...
OpenSSH 10.3 Patches Five Security Bugs and Drops Legacy Rekeying Support
OpenSSH 10.3 introduces five security patches and a suite of new features while removing legacy rekeying support. The update fixes a shell‑injection flaw in user‑name handling, a certificate‑principal matching bug, and an ECDSA algorithm enforcement issue. It also changes certificate behavior...
Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 38 Deals Announced in March 2026
In March 2026, thirty‑eight cybersecurity‑focused M&A deals were announced, marking a rapid acceleration in the sector. The month’s headline transactions include Google’s $32 billion closure of the Wiz acquisition, Zurich’s $11 billion purchase of Beazley, and a series of AI‑security buyouts such as...
SpaceX Secures SDA-4 Launch Task Order From U.S. Space Force
SpaceX has secured a task order worth more than $178 million from the U.S. Space Force Systems Command to conduct two National Security Space Launch Phase 3, Lane 1 missions in fiscal 2027. The launches will occur from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station...
FDH Electronics Launches New Mil-Aero Ecommerce Website
FDH Aero has launched FDHElectronics.com, a dedicated e‑commerce site for its FDH Electronics division serving the mil‑aero market. The platform aggregates the company’s interconnect, wire, cable and electromechanical product lines into a single, searchable catalog. Designed with direct customer input,...
A Secure Chat App’s Encryption Is So Bad It Is ‘Meaningless’
TeleGuard, a messaging app boasting over one million downloads, claims end‑to‑end encryption but stores users' private keys on its servers. Security researchers discovered that the keys can be accessed trivially, allowing anyone to decrypt messages. The flaw also enables attackers...
US Approves Potential $83.14m GMLRS-AW Sale to Singapore
The U.S. State Department has cleared a potential Foreign Military Sale to Singapore worth $83.14 million for 45 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System‑Alternative Warhead (GMLRS‑AW) pods and related support equipment. Lockheed Martin would act as the prime contractor, delivering rockets compatible with...
Boeing, US Department of War Agree to Triple PAC-3 Seeker Output
The U.S. Department of War signed a seven‑year framework with Boeing to triple production of Patriot Advanced Capability‑3 (PAC‑3) MSE seekers, raising annual output from roughly 600 to 2,000 units. Boeing has already invested over $200 million in a new 35,000 ft²...
New Progress ShareFile Flaws Can Be Chained in Pre-Auth RCE Attacks
Researchers at watchTowr identified two critical flaws—CVE‑2026‑2699 and CVE‑2026‑2701—in Progress ShareFile’s Storage Zones Controller (SZC). The authentication bypass (CVE‑2026‑2699) lets attackers reach the admin interface, while the remote code execution bug (CVE‑2026‑2701) enables malicious ASPX webshell deployment. Chaining the vulnerabilities...
Guidance: British Forces Air Strikes in Iraq and Syria: Monthly List
The UK Ministry of Defence has published a continuously updated repository of Royal Air Force air strikes targeting Daesh in Iraq and Syria, covering monthly data from January 2014 through January 2026. The page lists individual HTML reports for each month and...
Startup Debuts Agentic AI Assistant for War
Edgerunner AI unveiled WarClaw, a custom AI agent built for military tasks and trained by former operators, capable of running offline and integrating with Microsoft Office tools. The Pentagon’s new Agent Network signals a shift toward bespoke, controllable AI for...
Outsource AI Risk to the Right People
Anthropic’s Claude was reportedly used by the Pentagon for airstrikes against Iran just hours after the Defense Department terminated its contract with the firm. The episode highlights a growing rift between U.S. officials and AI providers, while a wave of...
6K Additive Awarded US$1.95M by Defense Logistics Agency
6K Additive, Inc. secured a Phase II contract worth US$1.95 million from the Defense Logistics Agency, launching an 18‑month program to upcycle domestic military scrap into high‑value metal powders. The initiative, “Recovering Strategic Value,” will convert nickel, titanium, tungsten and niobium from...
March Land Forces Roundup: A New War Confronts the Old Drone Problem
The United States and Israel launched a series of strikes against Iranian nuclear and missile facilities in late February. Iran responded with a wave of missile and uncrewed aerial system attacks aimed at Israeli and U.S. interests throughout the Gulf,...
Australia’s Homegrown Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles Roll Off the Assembly Line
The first seven Australian‑built Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles (CRVs) have rolled off Rheinmetall Defence Australia’s Redbank plant. The programme calls for 211 Boxers, including 133 CRVs, to replace the aging ASLAV fleet under LAND 400 Phase 2. A parallel contract to produce...
Relativity, Hermeus, Astrion and Divergent Executives Join Fortastra C-Suite
Fortastra, a Los Angeles‑based space startup, has bolstered its leadership team by hiring senior executives from Relativity Space, Hermeus, Astrion and Divergent Technologies. Josh Jetter joins as chief technology officer, Sahil Desai as vice president of product, and Arnold Nowinski...
First Atlantic Nickel Accepted Into DIBC
First Atlantic Nickel Corp. has been admitted to the U.S. Defense Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC) because of its Pipestone XL awaruite nickel‑cobalt alloy project in Newfoundland. The DIBC oversees defense‑critical mineral investments, and nickel is listed as essential for aerospace,...
What Iran’s Amazon Data Center Attacks Reveal About Modern War
On 1 March 2026 Iran launched Shahed drones that struck two Amazon Web Services data centres in the United Arab Emirates and a third facility in Bahrain, marking the first deliberate kinetic attack on commercial data centres during wartime. The strikes caused...
Poland’s Refusal to Send ‘Patriots’ to Middle East Shows Europe’s Air-Defence Anxiety
The United States asked Poland to send one of its two Patriot batteries to the Middle East, but Warsaw refused, insisting the systems protect Polish and NATO eastern‑flank skies. The request highlights a severe shortage of Patriot interceptors, as Israel...
Military Cooperation Across Borders Reduced Violence in the Sahel
Formal military cooperation through the G5 Sahel Joint Force lowered jihadist violence in the 50‑km border zones of Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Chad between 2017 and 2020. Spatial regression discontinuity analysis shows a sharp drop in fatalities, especially against civilians,...
Mullin Rescinds DHS $100K Spending Approval Rule Blamed for Disaster Response Delays
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin revoked a rule that forced personal approval of any DHS expenditure over $100,000, a policy introduced by former secretary Kristi Noem. The rule had created a bottleneck that delayed at least 1,000 FEMA contracts and...
Critical Cisco IMC Auth Bypass Gives Attackers Admin Access
Cisco disclosed a critical authentication bypass (CVE‑2026‑20093) in its Integrated Management Controller (IMC) that lets unauthenticated attackers obtain admin privileges on UCS C‑Series and E‑Series servers. The flaw resides in the password‑change function and can be triggered with a crafted...
France Orders Fifth FDI Frigate From Naval Group
The French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) signed a contract on 31 March 2026 for the fifth Amiral Ronarc’h‑class FDI frigate, to be named Amiral Cabanier, with delivery slated for 2032. The vessel will be built at Naval Group’s upgraded Lorient shipyard, which can now...
How Many Aircraft Has the US Lost in Iran War?
Since late February 2026 the United States has been conducting over 12,000 combat flights in support of Operation Epic Fury against Iran. Reported losses include three F‑15 fighters, one E‑3D AWACS (with another damaged), and an estimated sixteen MQ‑9 Reaper...