Daily Intel Brief
Federal cybersecurity is improving, an IRGC Colonel was assassinated in Tehran, and Israel and Iran trade spy arrests...
Counterterrorism
The Department of State announced the revocation of five Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) designations under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA): Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Aum Shinrikyo, Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem, Kahane Chai…
A colonel in the powerful Iranian Revolutionary Guards has been shot dead in a rare assassination in Tehran. Two gunman on a motorbike are reported to have shot Colonel Sayad Khodai five times in a car outside his home. So far, no group has claimed…
Military & Defense
At least 24 countries have sent soldiers to support Mozambique in its fight against insurgents in northern Cabo Delgado province. The discovery of 7,000 "ghost soldiers" in the ranks of a poorly paid and badly trained army underline why Mozambique needs help. The Carta de…
One is a restaurateur who fled Belarus when he learned he was about to be arrested for criticizing President Alexander Lukashenko. Another was given the choice of either denouncing fellow opposition activists or being jailed. And one is certain his brother was…
Cybersecurity
After grappling with multiple devastating cyberattacks, experts are applauding the progress made by the White House in the year since President Biden signed an executive order aimed to strengthen federal cybersecurity. They are particularly impressed with the improvements…
With Windows 11, Microsoft Teams, Ubuntu Desktop, and the Tesla Model 3 all falling victim to hackers in one week, you might be forgiven for not noticing that Mozilla Firefox was also hacked. In just eight seconds using two critical security vulnerabilities…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
Jerusalem police have arrested five suspects in their 30s, residents of Jerusalem, on suspicion of assisting in Iranian-backed organization. All have been given an extended detentions…
Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Sunday that members of an Israeli intelligence service network had been discovered and arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. "Under the guidance of the Zionist regime's intelligence service, the network…
Transnational Organized Crime
The latest setback to U.S. anti-narcotics efforts in Mexico came earlier this month, when the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was forced to remove its flagship plane from the country for the first time in some 30 years. According to a report by Reuters, Mexican…
It's a world where petrochemical plant fumes merge into the clouds, where highways weave between parking lots and warehouses, where containers pile up like pieces of a multicolored Lego set that has fallen into the hands of a giant. The reputation of the Belgian port of…