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MuddyWater: Snakes by the riverbank

MuddyWater targets critical infrastructure in Israel and Egypt, relying on custom malware, improved tactics, and a predictable pla...

2025 Understanding China Conference opens in Guangzhou, spotlighting 15th Five-Year Plan and China's global initiatives

A big win for European space

The member states of the European Space Agency met in Germany last week to decide on agency funding levels for the next three year...

Burning Falcon: the death of a Russian laser ASAT plane

Last week, Ukrainian drones and missiles struck a Russian air base. Among the planes destroyed there, Dwayne Day discusses, is one...

Mapping the dark side of the world (part 3): Replacing ARGON, the SAMOS E-4, and mapping the Moon

In the conclusion of his examination of satellite mapping programs in the early Cold War, Dwayne Day examines revised camera desig...

Our best energy and efforts

Delays in the development of SpaceX's Starship have promoted calls for potential changes in NASA's Artemis lunar landing plans. Ro...

Chandrayaan-3 successfully undertakes lunar flybys

Two years after carrying out its prime mission of delivering a lander to the Moon, part of India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is bac...

Practitioner's Insights: Large-scale Chinese-built wind power projects in S.Africa turn stable, abundant electricity supply for locals from luxury into reality

Civic groups in Taiwan protest Lai's arms push, oppose being dragged toward battlefield

This month in security with Tony Anscombe – November 2025 edition

Data exposure by top AI companies, the Akira ransomware haul, Operation Endgame against major malware families, and more of this m...

Risky Business #816 -- Copilot Actions for Windows is extremely dicey

In this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: Salesforce partner Gainsight h...

The wrong sort of peace leads to the next war

Donald Trump’s approach to peacemaking ignores crucial lessons from history

John Bolton thinks America is past “peak Trump”

Donald Trump’s former national security adviser speaks to The Economist

Influencers in the crosshairs: How cybercriminals are targeting content creators

Social media influencers can provide reach and trust for scams and malware distribution. Robust account protection is key to stopp...

Revisiting the Wolf Amendment after 15 years

It's been nearly 15 years since Congress passed legislation with a provision sharply restricting bilateral cooperation between NAS...

Mapping the dark side of the world (part 2): supplementing, and supplanting, the ARGON geodetic satellite program

In the early 1960s the US flew several satellite mapping missions, with mixed success. Dwayne Day describes how an alternative eff...

Space is the front line and not the final frontier: The United States should prioritize developing proactive norms of space warfare

Space is increasingly seen as a domain of warfare alongside air, land, and sea. Magdalena Bogacz argues that means the United Stat...

How AI is making spacecraft propulsion more efficient

A desire to go further and faster in space is driving interest in advanced propulsion technologies, such as nuclear systems. A tea...

COP30 ends with a whimper

The climate conference acknowledged that more climate action is needed, then failed to provide it

Chinese premier arrives in Johannesburg for 1st G20 summit in Africa