November 30, 2025
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Martin Broomhead
Aerospace AI Expert Opinions
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AI-Enabled Drones: Navigating the New Frontier of Cyber C-UAS Defense

In the rapidly evolving landscape of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force, revolutionizing operational methodologies across various industries. This development is especially evident in the drone sector, where AI integration into unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) presents unprecedented opportunities alongside critical security challenges. As AI-enhanced drones are increasingly deployed across diverse sectors—from precision agriculture to military reconnaissance—their growing autonomy and intelligence introduce significant risks, making robust cybersecurity countermeasures essential.

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Editorial Team
Aerospace Cybersecurity Executives Expert Opinions
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Security threat from the skies

Martin Broomhead AFC MRAeS, UK managing director of multinational drone security company D-Fend Solutions, gave an exclusive interview to Cyber Intelligence from the showground floor in London’s Olympia conference centre. He outlines the increasingly blurred line between physical security and cybersecurity, the main theme of this year’s International Cyber Expo, which combined with this year’s International Security Expo on the Olympia showground.

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Alexis Hess
Arrest China Cyber Espionage News
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Chinese phisher steals top US military secrets

This week, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced criminal charges against a Chinese national, Song Wu, accused of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in an effort to obtain National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) computer software and source code.

The DOJ has now revealed that the specialized software allegedly stolen by Song could be used by potentially hostile enemies to attack the US. According to the DOJ, the stolen software could be used for “industrial and military applications, such as development of advanced tactical missiles and aerodynamic design and assessment of weapons.”

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Editorial Team
Aerospace Breaking News News
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Cyber-attackers try to divert a commercial flight

Airline security has just entered a new era with news that on Saturday cybercriminals hacked the communications network on a commercial flight and tried to divert the plane to a fake destination and into the hands of the gang.

On Sunday, EL AL Israel Airlines confirmed the attack on one of its planes. During the attack, instructions were given to the El Al crew that differed from their set route, alerting them to the possibility that terrorists were planning to crash the plane or that their attackers were planning a kidnapping.

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Editorial Team
Aerospace News Phishing
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US aerospace company hit by cyber-attack

An unknown threat actor has breached an as-yet-unnamed US aerospace company. According to BlackBerry, who first highlighted the attack, the threat actor’s weaponization of a phishing attack became operational around September 2022, with the offensive phase of the attack occurring almost a year later in July of this year.

The cybercriminals responsible, whom BlackBerry has christened “AeroBlade,” are believed to have used the intervening nine months to develop the additional resources necessary to ensure access to the aerospace company’s systems to exfiltrate potentially highly valuable information – pointing to a high degree of professionalism and persistence on the part of the attacker.

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