Counterterrorism
Armed counter-terrorism officers will be deployed on British cross-Channel ferries for the first time this summer, though government sources said there was no specific threat to passenger vessels. Firearms police from the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) are to be posted on…
A terrorist who plotted to kidnap and behead a British Muslim soldier is to remain in prison after the Parole Board decided he should not be released. Parviz Khan, from Birmingham, was handed a life sentence, with a minimum of 14 years at Leicester Crown Court in February…
A British minister affirmed the UK’s denunciation of all forms of terrorism committed by the Houthis during his visit to Abu Dhabi on Monday. James Cleverly, Minister for Middle East and North Africa at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, met Dr Anwar…
Military & Defense
Russia issued a scathing public rebuke of America on Monday, saying the United States is “whipping up tensions” based on “unfounded accusations” that Moscow is preparing to launch a military strike on Ukraine. The meeting at the United Nations Security Council did…
North Korea completed a test launch on Sunday with an intermediate-range ballistic missile that can reach Guam, the nation confirmed Monday. The capability makes it possible for North Korea to fulfill its threat that it made back in 2017 to then-President Donald Trump…
Military police fatally shot a man who breached the main gate at Kentucky's Fort Knox and tried to run over officers, officials said. The shooting happened early Sunday when the man drove toward Fort Knox police officers after initially fleeing from them through the gate…
Cybersecurity
The Australian Red Cross has warned its clients they may be affected after its parent company was hit by a major “cyber security incident”. The Australian branch of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it is contacting clients and reviewing its local…
Threat actors are using a customized public exploit for the Log4Shell vulnerability to attack and take over Ubiquiti network appliances running the UniFi software, security firm Morphisec said in a report last week…
The researcher found that he could gain unauthorized camera access via a shared iCloud document that could also “hack every website you’ve ever visited.” A researcher who showed Apple how its webcams can be hijacked via a universal cross-site scripting bug (UXSS) Safari…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
Unlike in 2018, when suspected Russian hackers disrupted telecasts of the Winter Olympics’ opening ceremony in South Korea, researchers and cybersecurity officials appear to be less concerned about a similarly disruptive cyber incident affecting this week’s games in Beijing…
More than a year after taking office, President Joe Biden has yet to find a nominee to oversee the nation’s counterintelligence efforts and combat influence campaigns by foreign adversaries like Russia — and there’s no contender in sight. The National…
Finland is weathering a bout of Pegasus infections, along with a Facebook Messenger phishing scam. The controversial Pegasus spyware, developed by NSO Group, has been found on the devices of Finland’s diplomatic corps serving outside the country as part of a wide-ranging…
Transnational Organized Crime
The National Crime Agency can seize £5.6m from a sophisticated global money laundering scheme involving UK companies, a court has ruled. Financial investigators can take the money from the London-based family of Javanshir Feyziyev, an MP in the Azerbaijan…
Seven people indicted here on federal drug charges two years ago were linked to massive smuggling operations that allegedly centered on corrupt airlines employees, court records recently revealed. Charged in the 2019 indictment are Kendrick “Kew” Askew, Derrick…
A day after residents in a Mexican town dominated by a drug cartel claimed soldiers fired on a protest and wounded several people, the army on Sunday said its troops were attacked. The Defense Department said army patrols around the town and a couple of other villages in the…