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September 2: German Navy Tests LORA Missile, Nepal Families Search After Floods
In European defense
The German Navy has completed two test firings of Israel Aerospace Industries’ Naval LORA ballistic missile under its operational experimentation program. IAI says an operational German vessel launched the missile and hit its target accurately in both scenarios, a notable step as European militaries seek longer-range strike options.
In tech and security
Researchers at Forescout’s Vedere Labs say they used Anthropic’s Claude to adapt a known remote-code-execution exploit between WAGO programmable logic controllers, ultimately running attacker-supplied code on live hardware. The underlying flaw is a buffer overflow in an FTP server component, and the demonstration adds to concerns about how AI tools can lower the effort needed to repurpose industrial-control exploits.
Separately, attackers are exploiting a critical SQL-injection vulnerability in Sangoma’s Switchvox SMB phone-system software. The flaw can allow unauthenticated remote code execution, including the installation of reverse shells. Organizations using affected Switchvox versions should treat patching and exposure checks as urgent.
In Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan and U.S. agents have dismantled a Pakistan-linked drug network and seized methamphetamine valued at roughly €18 million, according to Sri Lanka’s public security minister. Ananda Wijepala told parliament that much of the country’s illegal-drug supply is smuggled in by sea from the region, though the claim about its origins was presented as the government’s assessment.
In the United Kingdom
MPs have approved a new funding formula that will provide the British monarchy with £99.9 million a year from 2027. The Sovereign Grant will take about 20.5 percent of Crown Estate profits, up from 12 percent, with the government citing official travel, staffing, palace maintenance, cybersecurity, and heating upgrades. Even the royal budget now comes with an infrastructure backlog.
In Nepal
Talka Sada has spent days walking through flood-hit areas of Nepal looking for his missing son after borrowing $13 to make the journey. He says he is exhausted and losing hope as the search continues.
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