Counterterrorism

Norwegian police investigate Oslo shooting as possible terrorist attack

Norwegian police are investigating the Oslo shooting incident as a possible terrorist attack. Oslo’s annual Pride parade was cancelled on Saturday following a deadly shooting at a gay bar, reported CNN. Norway’s domestic intelligence service said it was working to clarify…

US Military Private Ethan Melzer pleads guilty of terrorism

US Army Private Ethan Melzer (Also known as Etil Reggard,) in conjunction with the Order of the Nine Angles terrorist group, planned an attack on his unit during a scheduled deployment to Turkey. He pled guilty to it on Friday. FBI New York Joint Terrorism Task…

Military & Defense

U.S. Held Secret Meeting With Israeli, Arab Military Chiefs to Counter Iran Air Threat

The U.S. convened a secret meeting of top military officials from Israel and Arab countries in March to explore how they could coordinate against Iran’s growing missile and drone capabilities, according to officials from the U.S. and the region. The previously undisclosed…

Russia increases its military footprint in Belarus, Ukrainian intelligence says

According to HUR, officials in Belarus’ Gomel region were notified that Russian units could be redeploying there. At the same time, Moscow is planning to station even more of its air force at Belarus airfields. Ostensibly, this is to conduct “joint airspace patrols for training…

Cybersecurity

Russia fines Google for spreading ‘unreliable’ info defaming its army

Roskomnadzor, Russia's telecommunications watchdog, has fined Google 68 million rubles (roughly $1.2 million) for helping spread what it called "unreliable" information on the war in Ukraine and the failure to remove it from its platforms. The Russian telecommunications…

Hacker selling access to 50 vulnerable networks through Atlassian vulnerability

A hacker is selling access to 50 vulnerable networks on a cybercriminal forum after breaking into systems through the recently-discovered Atlassian Confluence zero-day. The Rapid7 Threat Intelligence team told The Record that it found an access broker on the…

Counterintelligence & Espionage

Former U.S. Military Pilot Admits Acting as Paid Agent of China and Lying on National Security Background Forms

A former U.S. Army helicopter pilot-turned-civilian-contractor pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that he acted as an unregistered agent of China and accepted thousands of dollars from representatives of the Chinese government to provide aviation-related…

Turkey’s intelligence agency arrests alleged Greek spy, report

Mohamed Amar Ampara, who was apprehended in Turkey, is now being interrogated by intelligence officers, says broadcaster NTV Turkey’s national intelligence organisation has captured a Greek citizen on suspicion of espionage activities on behalf of Athens, local…

Transnational Organized Crime

Forced to Beg: Tanzania’s Trafficked Kids

A BBC undercover investigation has exposed a human trafficking network smuggling disabled children from Tanzania to Kenya. Many are taken from their parents with the promise of a better life. Instead, the children are forced to beg on the streets – often for years – while their…

Ghislaine Maxwell On Suicide Watch Ahead Of Sentencing For Child Sex Trafficking

Ghislaine Maxwell is on suicide watch at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn as she awaits her sentencing. Maxwell was found guilty in December of child sex trafficking and related charges for her role in aiding her associate and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein…