Pyongyang: South Korea's Heron UAVs Invaded DPRK Airspace

"The puppet military of South Korea let a spy drone 'Heron' intrude deep into the territorial air of the DPRK four times while flying above the hotspot waters of the West Sea of Korea and its vicinity," a report by North Korea's Korea Central News Agency said Saturday.

South Korean news agency Yonhap reported that the DPRK claimed the Heron drone violated DPRK airspace between 7:46 a.m. and 8:40 p.m. Friday.

Seoul has denied the report, calling it “untrue” and saying that it merely carried out a “normal operation as planned.”

Egypt’s Nuclear Power Plant to be based on VVER-1200 Reactors

Rosatom, the atomic energy corporation in Russia, has reported that the Middle East region’s first VVER-1200 reactors will be installed at Egypt’s El Dabaa nuclear power plant (NPP), which will feature four units of the type with a total gross power output of 4,800 MW.

VVER stands for water-water power reactor – meaning that water is used both as a neutron moderator and as coolant. The-1200 prefix denotes a gross power output of 1,200 MW, making VVER-1200 one of the world’s most powerful nuclear reactors.

Watch: The US Successfully Intercepts ICBM in Historic Test

 

Report: UK's Trident Nuclear Submarines 'Vulnerable to Catastrophic Hack'

The UK’s Trident submarine fleet is vulnerable to a "catastrophic" cyber-attack that could render Britain’s nuclear weapons useless, according to a report by a London-based think-tank.

The 38-page report, 'Hacking UK Trident: A Growing Threat', warns that a successful cyber-attack could "neutralize operations, lead to loss of life, defeat or perhaps even the catastrophic exchange of nuclear warheads (directly or indirectly)."

IAI's Drone Deal with Germany Cleared by German Court

A German court on Wednesday dismissed a legal challenge from US weapons maker General Atomics to Germany's plans to lease armed drones from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), clearing the way for the drone program to go ahead.

Early last year, Germany announced it would lease Heron TP drones for about 580 million euros ($652 million) instead of buying Predator B drones from General Atomics or Switzerland's RUAG, prompting protests by both firms. General Atomics took its fight to Germany's anti-trust regulator and then to court.

Germany Fears Cyber Attacks on Elections Day

The German elections could be affected by hacking just like the US presidential elections last year, the head of the Germany’s cyber authority said yesterday. "Of course, the same could happen to us," said Arne Schönbohm, president of the Federal office for Information Security.

Analysis: Egypt is Using Minya Attack as Pretext for Intervention in Libya

During the night of May 26-27, the Egyptian Air Force carried out airstrikes in Derna, Libya following yet another horrific attack against the Coptic minority in Egypt. Earlier that day, vehicles carrying Copts on their way to a monastery were attacked at close range by gunmen, killing 28 and wounding 22. This is not the first time the Egyptians attack in Libya. In February 2015, Egyptian airstrikes targeted the very same city, after ISIS, then in control of Derna, released a video depicting the execution of 21 Egyptian Copts along the shores of Sirte, Libya.

Between Trump and the American 'Deep State': The Power of Fake News

The relationship between President Trump and what is usually defined – with Soviet terminology – as the American "deep state" is increasingly complex and conflicting.

The Manchester Attack: Events Security at a Crossroads

The suicide attack that took place last week in Manchester Arena brought many Israelis back to the horrors of the suicide bombing at the “Dolphinarium” dance club in Tel Aviv on June 1, 2001, in which 21 people were murdered, most of them teenagers. On both attacks, the murderers blew themselves up in crowded spots outside the venue. This way, the terrorist achieves maximum killing and damage while avoiding any friction with the screening control at the entrance to the venue, if it exists.

AI Process Optimization Company Inflowz Raises $3.5M from Glilot Capital Partners

Inflowz, an AI process optimization company, has completed its seed round, securing USD3.5 million solely from Glilot Capital Partners, a venture capital fund specializing in enterprise software.

Inflowz's artificial intelligence technology helps sales leaders optimize their sales processes. Presently, there is no effective way to understand how sales processes truly run, and as a result, no way to automatically analyze their performance. Companies typically identify the anomalies, then analyze them and manually refine their sales playbooks.