Daily Intel Brief
A bag with an explosive was found at a festival in Sweden, researchers find counterfeit Android phones with backdoor to WhatsApp, and Japan is considering deploying long-range missiles...
Counterterrorism
A bag with an explosive charge was found in a Stockholm park during an annual cultural festival and police have opened a preliminary investigation into attempted public destruction, police in Sweden said Monday. On Sunday, a bag was found and its content was…
'Revenge for insulting Prophet': Islamic State terrorist held by Russia was planning attack in India
An Islamic State (IS) terrorist, detained by Russia, has admitted in a video that he was planning an attack in India to take revenge for 'insulting the Prophet'. A video published by the CSO of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) shows a suicide bomber admitting that he...
Military & Defense
The United States and South Korea on Monday kicked off their largest joint military exercise in five years, drills that were put on pause during the Trump administration in an attempt to sway North Korea toward nuclear disarmament. The war games, now known as Ulchi…
Japan is considering the deployment of 1,000 long-range cruise missiles to boost its counterattack capability against China, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday. The missiles would be existing arms modified to extend their range from 100 km (62 miles) to…
Cybersecurity
Budget Android device models that are counterfeit versions associated with popular smartphone brands are harboring multiple trojans designed to target WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business messaging apps. The trojans, which Doctor Web first came…
A hospital southeast of Paris has been the victim of an ongoing cyber attack since the weekend, with disruption to emergency services and surgeries as hackers demand a ransom of $10 million to call off the digital assault. The CHSF Hospital Centre in Corbeil-Essonnes…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
MI5 and MI6 spies supplied information that led to the torture of a British citizen in India, apparently in breach of Britain’s commitment to human rights. Jagtar Singh Johal has been arbitrarily detained in India for five years and faces the death penalty over his alleged role…
Russia’s top counterintelligence agency Monday blamed the Ukrainian spy service for the car bomb explosion that killed the daughter of a leading Russian nationalist ideologue, both of whom have been staunch supporters of President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine…
Transnational Organized Crime
South Korean police say they believe a possible relative of two children whose bodies were found in suitcases in New Zealand last week is likely in South Korea. Immigration records show that the unidentified woman in her 40s arrived in South Korea in 2018, but there has…
The government of Mexico has extradited to the United States a former La Linea cartel leader to face long-standing drug charges. According to the Mexican Attorney General's Office, Carlos Arturo Quintana, a.k.a. "El 80," was put on an airplane under the custody of U.S…