Counterterrorism

Denmark mall shooting update: 3 dead and 3 in critical condition, terrorism not ruled out

Three people were killed and another three are in critical condition after a shooting in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Sunday in a shopping center. Søren Thomassen, head of the Copenhagen police operations unit said during a press conference that the gunman is a…

Taliban labels Islamic State affiliate a 'false sect'

The Taliban has declared the Islamic State affiliate ISIS-K a corrupt "sect" and forbidden Afghans from contact with it. "We call out to the nation that the seditious phenomenon called ISIS-K is void of today's age and a false sect that spreads corruption in our Islamic…

Military & Defense

North Korea slams US-South Korea-Japan military cooperation

North Korea on Sunday slammed the United States, South Korea and Japan for pushing to boost their trilateral military cooperation targeting the North, warning that the move is prompting urgent calls for the country to reinforce its military capability…

Myanmar Military Atrocities Laid Bare in Gruesome Footage

Shocking footage has recently emerged on social media of brutal killings allegedly in Myanmar’s Sagaing Region where a United Nations investigator has documented apparent war crimes by the Myanmar military. The footage, recovered from a cell phone belonging to…

Cybersecurity

CISA orders federal agencies to patch Windows bug

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Friday said that federal civilian executive branch agencies must apply remediations for a security bug affecting Microsoft devices by July 22. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-26925, was temporarily removed…

Rogue HackerOne employee steals bug reports to sell on the side

A HackerOne employee stole vulnerability reports submitted through the bug bounty platform and disclosed them to affected customers to claim financial rewards. The rogue worker had contacted about half a dozen HackerOne customers and collected bounties “in a handful of…

Counterintelligence & Espionage

Iran purges security apparatus amid Israeli espionage fears

The Iranian regime has purged senior leaders in its security apparatus, including a general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, amid fears that Israeli espionage has caused a recent spate of blunders and assassinations, the Telegraph reported. The British daily said a senior…

Chinese company’s purchase of North Dakota farmland raises national security concerns in Washington

At first glance, the largely barren, wind-swept tract of land just north of Grand Forks, North Dakota, seems to be an unlikely location for international espionage. There’s not much on the more than 300-acre patch of prime Dakota farmland right now other than dirt and tall…

Transnational Organized Crime

1 migrant killed, 7 injured near Serbia-Hungary border

A clash between two groups of migrants near the Serbia-Hungary border left one person dead and seven others injured Saturday, Serbia’s state television reported. The migrants were stranded in northern Serbia while attempting to cross into the European Union when the…

Turkey detains Russian-flagged grain ship from Ukraine

A cargo ship carrying grain from a Russian-occupied region of Ukraine has been detained by Turkish customs authorities, according to Ukraine's ambassador to Turkey. Vasyl Bodnar says "We have full co-operation. The ship is currently standing at the entrance to the port…