Anyine who's worried about #DEWs and #WAMI should not look into "#Starshield" aka. #SpaceX's *#militarized #payload on #Starlink satellites...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starshield
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directed-energy_weapon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide-area_motion_imagery
New #phishing campaign uses #DBatLoader to drop #Remcos RAT.
The infection relies on #UAC bypass with mock directories, obfuscated .cmd scripts, Windows #LOLBAS techniques, and advanced persistence techniques. At the time of analysis, the samples had not yet been submitted to #VirusTotal 
Execution chain:
#Phish 
Archive DBatLoader CMD SndVol.exe (Remcos injected)
#ANYRUN allows analysts to quickly uncover stealth techniques like LOLBAS abuse, injection, and UAC bypass, all within a single interactive analysis session. See analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/c57ca499-51f5-4c50-a91f-70bc5a60b98d/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=dbatloader&utm_term=150525&utm_content=linktoservice
Key techniques:
#Obfuscated with #BatCloak .cmd files are used to download and run #payload. Remcos injects into trusted system processes (SndVol.exe, colorcpl.exe). Scheduled tasks trigger a Cmwdnsyn.url file, which launches a .pif dropper to maintain persistence. Esentutl.exe is abused via LOLBAS to copy cmd.exe into the alpha.pif file. UAC bypass is achieved with fake directories like “C:\Windows “ (note the trailing space), exploiting how Windows handles folder names.
This threat uses multiple layers of stealth and abuse of built-in Windows tools. Behavioral detection and attention to unusual file paths or another activity are crucial to catching it early. #ANYRUN Sandbox provides the visibility needed to spot these techniques in real time 
Evolution of the price per kg of payload (LEO) for several space missions:
Space Shuttle - $19.8k/kg
Ariane 5 - $10.3k/kg
Soyuz FG - $7.2k/kg
H-IIB - $7.1k/kg
LongMarch 3B - $5.8k/kg
Polar Satellite - $3.9k/kg
SpaceX Falcon - $2.7k/kg
SpaceX Falcon 9 (reuse) - $1.9k/kg
The eighth flight test of #Starship is preparing to launch as soon as 
Monday, March 3.
The upcoming flight will target objectives not reached on the previous test, including Starship’s first #payload 
deployment and multiple #reentry experiments geared towards returning the upper stage to the launch site for #catch 
. The flight also includes the launch, return, and catch of the #SuperHeavy booster. https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-8
#Zhuque3's #payload capacity to #LEO will be 21,000 kilograms expendable, 18,300 kg when the first stage is recovered 
downrange, 12,500 kg when returning to the launch site.
#Tianlong3 : 17,000 kg to #LEO, 14,000 kg to 500-km #SSO
#Ceres2 : 1,600 kg to 500-km #LEO, 1,300 kg to 500-km SSO
#Pallas1's three-core-stage : 30,000 kg to #LEO
#Nebula1's improved version 8,000 kg to #LEO
#Kinetica2 : 12,000 kg to #LEO, 7,800 kg to #SSO
#Hyperbola3 : 8,500 kg to LEO
https://spacenews.com/china-to-debut-new-long-march-and-commercial-rockets-in-2025/
Launch Feb 11, 2025 11:00 CET https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7518
The #LongMarch8A with increased capability of up to 7 tonnes to a 700 km #SSO can use a larger 5.2 meters diameter 
payload fairing. A planned future launch vehicle variant of the #LongMarch8 will be partially reusable by featuring a combined booster recovery of the first stage and the boosters as a single unit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_8
#LongMarch9 should have a maximum #payload capacity of 150,000 kg to #LEO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_9
Interesting article about payload configurations of the MQ-9 Reaper.
https://dronewars.net/2024/04/09/outdragon-revealed/
#drones #payload #MQ9Reaper #military
Calculating the size of a TCP Packet Payload
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Part of a series on Cybersecurity Math. Also, Network Security.
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by Teri Radichel | Mar 25, 2023
#tcp #networksecurity #cybersecurity #packet #payload #hexadecimal
https://medium.com/cloud-security/calculating-the-size-of-a-tcp-packet-payload-4d35c708bff
It currently costs a client more than $60 million 
to launch on a #SpaceX #Falcon 9 vehicle.
In contrast, it costs some $170 million (€150 million) to launch a commercial #satellite on an #Ariane 5. #Arianespace intends to slash the #cost of launching the Ariane 6 by around 40 #percent (170x0,6 = $102 million ) https://www.ibtimes.com/arianespace-vs-spacex-ariane-6-rockets-will-be-40-cheaper-launch-2758492
#LaunchVehicle estimated #payload cost per kg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_launch_market_competition#2010-2020s:_Competition_and_pricing_pressure
Picture : https://www.statista.com/chart/21904/estimated-cost-per-seat-on-selected-spacecraft
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