Daily Intel Brief
Drug lord behind torture and murder of DEA Agent captured, Russian spies are instructed to track Western weapon shipments, and a mass shooting was thwarted in Memphis...
Counterterrorism
Isle of Wight boy, 15, accused of planning terrorist attacks
A 15-year-old boy from the Isle of Wight has been charged with a terrorism offence. The teenager, from Cowes, was arrested by officers from Counter Terrorism Policing South East with help from Hampshire Constabulary last week. Following questioning, he was charged…
Planned mass shooting at arena thwarted: Police
A 28-year-old man distraught over a breakup with his girlfriend was arrested after police alleged he planned to shoot people leaving an event at an arena in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, according to authorities. Elijah Hyman was arrested at his apartment early…
Military & Defense
Russia strikes southern Ukraine city, attacks more in east
Russian missiles hit industrial facilities at a strategic city in southern Ukraine on Sunday as Moscow also pressed efforts to expand its gains in the country’s east. Mykolaiv Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych said the missiles struck an industrial and infrastructure facility in…
James Stavridis, a former NATO supreme allied commander for Europe, said on Sunday that the Russia-Ukraine conflict will likely conclude in four to six months, with a "frozen conflict" ending similar to the Korean War. Stavridis discussed the state of the war during a WABC…
Cybersecurity
CISA adds Windows bug to exploited list, urges agencies to patch by August 2
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ordered all federal civilian agencies to patch a Windows vulnerability by August 2 after Microsoft said it had detected exploitation of the bug. The issue – tagged as CVE-2022-22047 – carries a vulnerability score (CVSS) of 7.8…
Emerging H0lyGh0st Ransomware Tied to North Korea
Microsoft has linked a threat that emerged in June 2021 and targets small-to-mid-sized businesses to state-sponsored actors tracked as DEV-0530. Microsoft researchers have linked an emerging ransomware threat that already has compromised a number of small-to-mid…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
Russia's Information War Expands Through Eastern Europe
As bullets and bombs fall in Ukraine, Russia is waging an expanding information war throughout Eastern Europe, researchers and officials say, using fake accounts and propaganda to spread fears about refugees and rising fuel prices while calling the West an untrustworthy…
Russian Spies Instructed To Track Western Weapons' Shipments To Ukraine
Intelligence operatives of the aggressor power were tasked with identifying and tracking the routes used to transfer Western weapons to Ukraine. That's according to Ukraine's military intelligence , Ukrinform reports. Russian military attachés across the EU were tasked not…
Transnational Organized Crime
Mexican drugs lord Rafael Caro Quintero arrested
Mexican drugs lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who is on the US most wanted list, has been arrested in the western Sinaloa state, the Mexican Navy says. Mr Quintero, who is accused of kidnapping, torturing and murdering a US drug enforcement agent in 1985, was held in the…
Haiti gang violence: UN votes to ban small arms sales
The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to ban some weapon sales to Haiti, rocked by deadly gang violence. The resolution calls on UN member states to prohibit the sale of small arms, light weapons and ammunition to what it calls "non-state actors"…