Saturday 24 October 2026

The Archive

The Archive

Space

HEO satellite spent about 78 hours near a Chinese rocket body

Australian company HEO says its Continuum-1 satellite held within 100 km of a dead Chinese rocket body in orbit for about 78 hours.

Hacking

Cisco Secure Email Gateway flaw is under attack

Cisco Secure Email Gateway has a critical flaw, CVE-2026-76461, that lets hackers take it over. It's under attack and CISA set a 17 September deadline.

Australia

Hanson offers qualified apologies: 'If I've offended people'

Pauline Hanson offered qualified apologies on 15 September to Indigenous Australians, and to Anthony Albanese over remarks about his late mother.

Live · Tesla

Zurich cuts Tesla insurance for FSD Supervised drivers in Australian first

Zurich is the first Australian insurer to rate Tesla's Full Self-Driving (Supervised) on InsureMyTesla, citing Tesla data on fewer collisions.

Breaking

US Space Force confirms it has weapons in orbit

Air Force Secretary Troy Meink confirmed on 14 September that Space Force has weapons in orbit, a Pentagon first. China and Russia replied the next day.

Australia

McCarthy calls Hanson's podcast remarks racist

Indigenous Australians Minister Malarndirri McCarthy has called Pauline Hanson's podcast remarks completely racist and demanded an absolute apology.

Space

FLEX and Sentinel-3C flew

A Vega-C rocket launched ESA's FLEX plant fluorescence explorer and Copernicus Sentinel-3C from French Guiana on 15 September. ESA has first signals.

How-to

Check the KEV Feed First

CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and its CSV and JSON feeds should be your first stop when deciding what to patch. Here's how to use them.

Australia

One Nation plan targets 750,000 fewer temporary migrants

One Nation's plan would cut temporary visa holders and unlawful non-citizens by over 750,000 in three years, then cap net migration at 130,000 a year.

EV

Sealion 7 Took Sixth

BYD's Sealion 7 sold 2,213 units in Australia in August 2026 — sixth among all vehicles — as the brand hit 8,231 and BEVs took 24.9% share.

Tesla

Tesla brings the Semi Standard Range to Europe

Tesla's Semi Standard Range for Europe can go about 550 km at 40 tonnes and charge at up to 800 kW. Deliveries start in 2027.