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Pentagon ends new radar effort meant for Guam missile defense
A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA is fired from a Vertical Launching System on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, as part of Flight Experiment Mission-02 on Dec. 10, 2024. (Missile Defense Agency). Early this year, the Pentagon issued a memo halting development of a new radar meant to protect Guam from high-end air and missile threats
Ingram Micro outage caused by SafePay ransomware attack
An ongoing outage at IT giant Ingram Micro is caused by a SafePay ransomware attack that led to the shutdown of internal systems, BleepingComputer has learned. Ingram Micro is one of the world’s largest business-to-business technology distributors and service providers, offering a range of solutions including hardware, software, cloud services, logistics, and training to resellers
Seeing farther, striking deeper, this brigade is pushing its drones
Two soldiers assigned to the 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, hold a security posture in support of Exercise Balikatan 25, at Aparri, Cagayan Valley, Philippines, on May 3. (SSG. Brenden Delgado/U.S. Army) Soldiers with the Hawaii-based 25th Infantry Division are in the midst of a training exercise with Philippine allies that has
Ingram Micro suffers global outage as internal systems inaccessible
IT giant Ingram Micro is experiencing a global outage that is impacting its websites and internal systems, with customers concerned that it may be a cyberattack after the company remains silent on the cause of the issues. Ingram Micro is one of the largest business-to-business technology distributors and service providers in the world, offering hardware
Inside the US Army’s C2 upgrade – what industry can expect
Opinion By Joseph Welch Tuesday, Jun 3, 2025 U.S. Army Soldiers with the 2nd Cavalry Regiment are pictured during exercise Dragoon Ready 2023. (Sgt. Rebecca Call/U.S. Army) Within the Army Transformation Initiative, the Army’s Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) effort represents a fundamental change in delivering data-driven C2 to our formations. From requirements to resourcing, acquisition
Grafana releases critical security update for Image Renderer plugin
Grafana Labs has addressed four Chromium vulnerabilities in critical security updates for the Grafana Image Renderer plugin and Synthetic Monitoring Agent. Although the issues impact Chromium and were fixed by the open-source project two weeks ago, Grafana received a bug bounty submission from security researcher Alex Chapman proving their exploitability in the Grafana components. Grafana
Setting the scene: Army to test new hub for stockpiling in Australia
Maj. Gen. Jered Helwig, the commanding general of the 8th Theater Sustainment Command, receives a tour of the Joint Theater Distribution Center in Australia on May 22, 2024. (Courtesy of the 8th Theater Sustainment Command) The U.S. Army will test a nascent capability to effectively preposition equipment and supplies forward in the Pacific theater in
NimDoor crypto-theft macOS malware revives itself when killed
North Korean state-backed hackers have been using a new family of macOS malware called NimDoor in a campaign that targets web3 and cryptocurrency organizations. Researchers analyzing the payloads discovered that the attacker relied on unusual techniques and a previously unseen signal-based persistence mechanism. The attack chain, which involves contacting victims via Telegram and luring them into running
Army to lead nuclear microreactor development to power bases
The Army is seeking to develop and field a mobile nuclear reactor to power forward-operating bases. (DOD) Some Army installations could be powered by nuclear microreactors under an executive order recently issued by President Donald Trump. The order, published May 23, calls for deploying advanced nuclear reactor technologies for national security and directs Army Secretary