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First short-range air defense systems deploy to Europe (Defense News)

Jen Judson The first unit in Europe has received the Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) systems, according to an April 23 statement from Army Futures Command. https://www.defensenews.com/land/2021/04/23/first-short-range-air-defense-systems-deploy-to-europe/

Marines making big investments in electromagnetic warfare (Defense News)

Mark Pomerleau Recognizing the importance electromagnetic warfare will play, the Marine Corps plans to make big investments in new systems. https://www.c4isrnet.com/show-reporter/c4isrnet-conference/2021/04/23/marines-making-big-investments-in-electromagnetic-warfare/

German and British defense officials discuss ‘Eurotank’ cooperation (Defense News)

Sebastian Sprenger The defense-acquisition chiefs of Germany and the U.K. have agreed to expand the scope of their bilateral defense relations, highlighting the Main Ground...

Cloud software marketplaces are linchpin to driving innovative technology solutions into DoD (Defense News)

Matthew T. Cornelius The American military is entering an era of great power competition, where agility and quick adaptation matters more than ever. For too...

The next chapter in India-UK defence relationship (ORF)

JAVIN ARYAN Despite the cancellation of the UK Prime Minster Boris Johnson’s trip to India owing to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic, London and New...

India – The NCTD Act 2021: Neither here nor there (ORF)

RAMANATH JHA In March 2021, both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha passed the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill,...

ToxicEye RAT exploits Telegram communications to steal data from victims (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini ToxicEye is a new Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that exploits the Telegram service as part of it command and control infrastructure. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/117173/cyber-crime/toxiceye-rat-telegram.html

A new Linux Botnet abuses IaC Tools to spread and other emerging techniques (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini A new Linux botnet uses Tor through a network of proxies using the Socks5 protocol, abuses legitimate DevOps tools, and other emerging techniques. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/117155/malware/linux-botnet-emerging-techniques.html

New Qlocker ransomware infected hundreds of QNAP NAS devices in a few days (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini A new ransomware strain dubbed Qlocker is infecting hundreds of QNAP NAS devices every day and demanding a $550 ransom payment. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/117144/malware/qlocker-ransomware-infections.html

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