The geopolitical imperative for a self-reliant South Korea
US President Donald Trump’s abrupt directive on August 16, 2026, to drastically scale back the joint “Ulchi Freedom Shield” (UFS)
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Month: August 2026
India-China competition in the Indian Ocean: stability is not a reset
This article first appeared in Pacific Forum and is republished with permission. Read the original here. There are multiple interpretations
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TerminalFix campaign deploys a reverse tunnel through multistage intrusion
Microsoft Threat Intelligence provides analysis of a ClickFix campaign that uses fake CAPTCHA prompts, DLL sideloading, and a reverse tunnel,
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Bangladesh should join the Mecca pact – if the bargain’s real
Bangladesh’s problem is not its geography. It is a geopolitical imagination too often confined by geography. So long as Dhaka
Read MoreCVE-2026-41012 | Cloud Foundry bosh-vsphere-cpi-release up to 98.0.5 certificate validation
A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Cloud Foundry bosh-vsphere-cpi-release up to 98.0.5. This vulnerability affects unknown code.
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Waiting in vain for a Trump foreign-policy doctrine
There is, once again, something both depressing and hilarious about Washington’s search for a Trump foreign-policy doctrine. Well over a
Read MoreCVE-2026-70341 | Microsoft Edge code injection
A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Edge. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results
Read MoreCVE-2026-81518 | MongoDB BI Connector up to 2.14.30 TLS Handshake improper authentication
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in MongoDB BI Connector up to 2.14.30. Affected by this issue is
Read MoreCVE-2026-81532 | MongoDB BI Connector ODBC Driver up to 1.4.9 buffer overflow
A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in MongoDB BI Connector ODBC Driver up to 1.4.9. This affects an
Read MoreCVE-2026-81533 | MongoDB BI Connector ODBC Driver up to 1.4.9 buffer overflow
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in MongoDB BI Connector ODBC Driver up to 1.4.9. This
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