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Liquid-fuelled rocket engine design has largely followed a simple template since the development of the German V-2 rocket in the middle of World War 2. Propellant and oxidizer are mixed …read more Continue reading Japanese Rocket Engine Explodes: Continuously and On Purpose
Microsoft is taking its Azure cloud computing platform to the final frontier – space. It now has a dedicated business unit called Azure Space for that purpose, made up of industry heavyweights and engineers who are focused on space-sector services including simulation of space missions, gathering and interpreting satellite data to provide insights, and providing […] Continue reading Microsoft debuts Azure Space to cater to the space industry, partners with SpaceX for Starlink datacenter broadband
Give someone an undetected software exploit and they’ll have access to a system for a day, the security researcher The Grugq once said, but teach them to phish and they’ll have “access for life.” North Korean hackers have been following that bit of social-engineering wisdom to a T. In recent years, they have consistently posed as job recruiters to try to phish their way into the networks of aerospace and defense firms on multiple continents. The latest activity— a months-long spying campaign against aerospace and defense firms — was revealed this week by researchers from McAfee. Malware from the campaign has been detected in the U.S. and Europe. The suspected North Korean hackers appear to be spearphishing their targets using Microsoft Word documents with job descriptions involving active defense contracts, according to McAfee. Their goal is to use that foothold to plant additional code to gather data on their targets, the researchers said. […]
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It’s not a balloon, however shiny its exterior may seem. This miniature indoor robotic airship created by the University of Auckland mechanical engineering research group [New Dexterity] is an asymmetric system experimenting with the possibilities of an open-source helium-based airship.
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For LinkedIn users, receiving unsolicited messages from pushy job recruiters comes with the territory. It’s an annoyance for some, a welcome path toward a new gig for others. What the experience isn’t supposed to entail is the theft of sensitive data from the defense company that employs you. That’s what happened to employees at two European aerospace and defense firms from September to December 2019, according to research published Wednesday. The culprit was an as-yet-unidentified advanced persistent threat (APT) group — hackers that are usually associated with governments. Their methods were relentless, even clumsy at times. The operatives “targeted a large array of employees at both organizations, across different divisions, relentlessly trying to get a foothold in their target’s network,” said Jean-Ian Boutin, head of threat research at ESET, the anti-virus firm that exposed the hacking campaign. At the end of the operation, the hackers tried to bilk one of the European […]
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A recent malware campaign targeted victims at European and Middle East aerospace and military companies – via LinkedIn spear-phishing messages. Continue reading LinkedIn ‘Job Offers’ Targeted Aerospace, Military Firms With Malware
“The best-kept secret in quantum computing.” That’s what Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) CEO Ilyas Khan called Honeywell‘s efforts in building the world’s most powerful quantum computer. In a race where most of the major players are vying for attention, Honeywell has quietly worked on its efforts for the last few years (and under strict NDA’s, […] Continue reading Honeywell says it will soon launch the world’s most powerful quantum computer
Cyber attack at Visser Precision, which builds custom parts for the aerospace and automotive industries, reveals sensitive company data. Continue reading DoppelPaymer Ransomware Used to Steal Data from Supplier to SpaceX, Tesla
Founders – it’s time to shoot for the stars. For the first time ever, TechCrunch is hosting a brand new event TC Sessions: Space on June 25th in Los Angeles. But that’s not all, because on June 24th TechCrunch will host a Pitch Night exclusively for early stage space startups. Yep, that’s right. On top […] Continue reading Calling all cosmic startups – pitch at TechCrunch’s space event in LA
What kinds of businesses might be able to operate in space? Well datacenter are one potential target you might not have thought of. Space provides an interesting environment for datacenter operations, including advanced analytics operations and even artificial intelligence, due in part to the excellent cooling conditions and reasonable access to renewable power supply (solar). […] Continue reading OrbitsEdge partners with HPE on orbital datacenter computing and analytics