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Live updates: China confirms Hong Kong crossing will reopen on January 8

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A US-made M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, known as Himars, is deployed during military exercises near Skede, Latvia © Gints Ivuškāns/AFP/Getty Images

The Australian government said on Thursday it would spend more than A$1bn (US$680mn) on advanced missile defences, including the US-made Himars system that has proved successful in defending Ukraine from Russian invasion.

The Himars package, which includes launchers, missiles and training rockets, will provide the Australian army with a “significant capability boost”, said Richard Marles, the country’s defence minister.

CEA, an Australian company, will provide a radar system to be integrated with the Himars launchers, he added.

The US state department said in May that it had approved the sale of Lockheed Martin’s M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launchers and related equipment for an estimated US$385mn.

The system is expected to be deployed in Australia in 2026-2027.

“In the current strategic environment, it’s important the Australian Defence Force is equipped with high-end, targeted military capabilities,” Marles said.

The Himars announcement comes a day after Canberra signed a deal with Norwegian group Kongsberg to supply naval missiles for Australian destroyers and frigates from 2024.

Australia in recent years has taken a more high-profile defence posture, with the previous conservative government increasing military spending and signing a trilateral security pact with the US and UK in 2021.

Last month, US defence secretary Lloyd Austin said after a meeting with Marles that Washington would “deepen our defence co-operation” with Canberra.

Austin said the US plans to deploy more fighters, bombers and other assets in Australia in the face of “dangerous and coercive” Chinese actions in the Indo-Pacific region.

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CDSL provides updates on pending settlement after being hit by cyber attack

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Days after trade-related activity and back-end operations at Central Depository Services (India) (CDSL) were disrupted due to a malware attack, the country’s largest depository on Sunday shared an update on pending settlement-related activities.

“The CDSL systems after due checks and validations have been made live. The systems are functional to carry out depository activities,” the company statement read.

It further noted, “In co-ordination with the other Market Infrastructure Institutions (MIIs), the pending settlement related activities pertaining to the Business Day – Friday, November 18, 2022, have been successfully completed.”

Settlement services at CDSL were affected on Friday due to cyber attacks on few of its internal machines. Brokers said services such as pay-in, pay-out, pledge, or unpledged securities for margin were down due to system failure at the CDSL. However, trading was not affected, according to reports.

However, the company added that there was no prima facie compromise of investor data.

“Earlier today (Friday, November 18, 2022), Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL’s) detected malware in few of its internal machines,” the company had informed the stock exchanges .

“As a matter of abundant caution, the Company immediately isolated the machines and disconnected itself from other constituents of the capital market. As per initial findings, there is no reason to believe that any confidential information or the investor data has been compromised,” CDSL noted.

The CDSL team had reported the incident to the relevant authorities and was working…

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Onapsis’ new features and platform updates enable users to protect their business-critical ERP apps

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Onapsis announced an expansion of its platform with a suite of new and enhanced ERP security capabilities.

Following Onapsis Research Labs’ recent milestone of 1,000 discovered zero-day vulnerabilities and the launch of its Threat Intel Center, these new capabilities and platform updates continue to build on their unique threat intelligence and insights to enable customers to more seamlessly and efficiently protect their business-critical ERP applications.

Given the growing complexity of the modern ERP landscape, companies often don’t know where to begin or frequently lack the deep visibility, capabilities, and knowledge to effectively analyze their ERP attack surface and understand the true risk to their organizations. As a result, digital transformation projects (such as SAP RISE, S/4HANA, and Oracle migrations) are potentially vulnerable to attack by sophisticated threat actors, and critical data (such as intellectual property or personally identifiable information) and the business itself are increasingly at risk of compromise and financial impact.

Onapsis’ new and enhanced features will provide security teams with deep visibility into their ERP attack surface and crucial insights from the Onapsis Research Labs, enabling them to more effectively prioritize, mitigate, and remediate the largest threats to their business.

“As organizations continue to evolve their ERP landscapes and expand to the cloud, they face growing challenges on how to properly secure these critical systems,” said Mariano Nunez, CEO and co-founder of Onapsis. “Our customers rely on our threat intelligence and market-leading solutions now, more than ever, to make sense of the complexity, reduce their attack surface, and protect the critical ERP applications that power their businesses. Our new and enhanced capabilities deliver huge security advantages and efficiencies that take a significant burden off of security teams and provide complete peace of mind, knowing that Onapsis is securing what matters most.”

The latest Onapsis ERP security release targets three key areas for SAP and Oracle customers:

Operationalizing the most impactful and timely global threat intelligence from the…

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Xi to Unveil Leadership in China Communist Party Congress: Live Updates

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Hu Jintao, the former Chinese leader, was unexpectedly escorted out of the Communist Party congress. He apparently paused to speak to President Xi Jinping before leaving.CreditCredit…Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

It was a moment packed with symbolism.

China’s frail former leader, Hu Jintao, who presided over one of China’s more open and prosperous periods, was shepherded out of the closing session of an important political meeting on Saturday, a rare disruption in a highly choreographed proceeding.

Mr. Hu, 79, was sitting in the front row next to his successor, Xi Jinping, when two attendants approached his table. One tried to lift him out of his chair, an effort Mr. Hu resisted. But then he stood up by himself, as the attendants continued standing behind him, while some of the senior officials nearby looked on in apparent concern.

After a brief exchange with the attendants, Mr. Hu, who appeared hesitant and possibly confused, said a few words to Mr. Xi, who gave the elder leader an expressionless nod, and Li Keqiang, who as China’s premier is the nation’s second-ranking official. Then Mr. Hu was led out of the hall.

Observers cycled through possible explanations: A positive Covid-19 test? Something else health-related? Or a scripted political gesture for international cameras to capture and frame?

The truth, like much else with Chinese politics, will probably never be revealed. But the timing, moments after reporters were allowed to enter the hall, was at least suggestive.

“Given how carefully these meetings are rehearsed and arranged, the fact that they let this happen in front of everyone, in front of the media, is the most important thing,” said Henry Gao, a law professor at Singapore Management University.

Last Sunday, in his keynote speech at the opening of the Party Congress, Mr. Xi went down a list of dissatisfactions, those accumulated during the decade before his rule. They included weakness in the Party, in the economy, and in national security, as well as the Party’s posture toward Hong Kong and Taiwan.

“With Xi, he doesn’t do these things for nothing,” Mr. Gao said. “Hu was the one in power 10 years ago.”

Mr. Hu, who led China from 2003 to 2013,…

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