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October 16, 2024 | International, C4ISR, Security

North Korean ScarCruft Exploits Windows Zero-Day to Spread RokRAT Malware

ScarCruft exploits a patched Windows zero-day, CVE-2024-38178, infecting devices with RokRAT malware.

https://thehackernews.com/2024/10/north-korean-scarcruft-exploits-windows.html

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  • Air Force introduces hypersonic flight research vehicle

    October 9, 2018 | International, Aerospace

    Air Force introduces hypersonic flight research vehicle

    By: Kyle Rempfer The Air Force has officially named the hypersonic flight research vehicle it is testing. The vehicle, dubbed X-60A, is being developed by Generation Orbit Launch Services Inc., under contract to the Air Force Research Laboratory's Aerospace Systems Directorate and High Speed Systems Division. X-60A is an air-dropped liquid rocket, purpose-built for hypersonic flight research. This is the first Air Force Small Business Innovative Research program to receive an experimental “X” designation, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's public affairs office announced in a press release Thursday. The Air Force Research Laboratory hopes the X-60A program will increase the frequency of flight testing while also lowering the cost of developing hypersonic technologies. “The X-60A is like a flying wind tunnel to capture data that complements our current ground test capability,” said Col. Colin Tucker, military deputy, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for science, technology, and engineering. “We've long needed this type of test vehicle to better understand how materials and other technologies behave while flying at more than 5 times the speed of sound," Tucker added. "It enables faster development of both our current hypersonic weapon rapid prototypes and evolving future systems.” X-60A is envisioned as a way to provide the Air Force, other U.S. Government agencies and private industry with a platform to more rapidly develop technologies. Rather than relying simply on ground test facilities to simulate hypersonic flight, an actual flight research vehicle will provide real conditions for researchers to gauge. The testing will likely help in the Air Force's quest for hypersonic missiles. The service has already issued two contracts to Lockheed Martin to develop hypersonic weapons: the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon and the Hypersonic Conventional Strike Weapon program. Full article: https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2018/10/08/air-force-introduces-hypersonic-flight-research-vehicle

  • European defence stocks down after report of freeze on new Ukraine military aid
  • Army set to scrap dozens of troop carriers — even as Ukraine pleads for more equipment | CBC News

    September 21, 2023 | International, Aerospace

    Army set to scrap dozens of troop carriers — even as Ukraine pleads for more equipment | CBC News

    The Canadian Army has dozens of older troop carriers it plans to send to the scrapheap this year — even though a private company has offered to refurbish them for use in Ukraine.

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