‘A terrible risk’: Senate appropriators dim prospects of another defense reconciliation bill
Trump’s shipbuilding, munitions, and Golden Dome efforts rely on extra-budgetary funding maneuver.
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Chinese Armor Export of the Day: The Forever Type 59
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Back on May 25th, photos surfaced of several Type 59D / ZTZ‑59D main battle tanks being loaded up for export. And because…
Microsoft Releases Record-Breaking Patch Tuesday With 208 CVEs
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for June 2026 fix a record 208 CVEs, including one actively exploited zero-day and multiple critical RCE flaws. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for June 2026 mark a record. Microsoft shipped fixes for 208 CVEs across Windows, Office, Azure, Exchange, Hyper-V, Secure Boot, BitLocker, and a range of AI tooling. […]
New calls for lawmakers to override Trump’s anti-union EO at the Pentagon
Last year, the Senate blocked a House measure to halt ban on collective bargaining at the Defense Department and other agencies.
In apparent first, Navy drone boat rescues helicopter crew downed at sea
The unmanned vessel, made by Texas-based Saronic, was sent to the region in March.
New CISA directive will reshape how agencies prioritize cyber risks, official says
Federal government will be directed to plan first to ward off the most devastating attacks.
Critical Veeam RCE Flaw Lets Low-Privilege Users Take Over Backup Servers
Veeam addressed a critical RCE vulnerability flaw in Backup & Replication that lets low-privileged domain users take control of backup servers. Veeam has patched a critical remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-44963 (CVSS v4 Score of 9.4), affecting Backup & Replication version 12.x. The flaw could allow a low-privileged domain user to execute code on […]
British firms named in UK huge Ukraine drone deal
The majority of the United Kingdom’s largest-ever drone package for Ukraine, set to deliver at least 120,000 drones this year, will be spent with British firms.
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Miasma Worm Compromises 73 Microsoft GitHub Repositories
The Miasma worm compromised 73 Microsoft GitHub repos, spreading via AI coding tools and stealing cloud credentials from developers and CI/CD systems. A self-replicating worm called Miasma has compromised 73 Microsoft GitHub repositories and forced GitHub staff to disable them. The affected repos include core Azure infrastructure like azure-functions-host and the entire Durable Task family […]
Iran war hits UK deliveries of US-made munitions
The conflict in Iran has changed the delivery schedules of some US-manufactured munitions destined for the British armed forces, the Ministry of Defence has told Parliament.
The post Iran war hits UK deliveries of US-made munitions first appeared on UK Defence Journal.