Counterterrorism
On Saturday, media sources reported that local mediation failed for the second time to release UN officials kidnapped by members of the so-called Takfiri organization since last Friday in the occupied Abyan governorate of Yemen. They explained that the Takfiri groups involved…
The Philippine Army said it prevented an attack in the southern province of Sulu after soldiers diffused an improvised explosive planted on a roadside in Patikul town. The 11th Infantry Division (11ID) announced the news late Sunday, eight hours after soldiers recovered the…
Military & Defense
Turkey has officially labeled Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a war and says it will restrict some warships from passing through key waterways, in a move that experts said could potentially hinder some of Moscow's military activities in the region. On Thursday, Russian…
Ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine took place on the worst day of bloodshed so far since the invasion began, with dozens killed in attacks on the city of Kharkiv, and more heavy missile attacks on Kyiv, in which a major military radar complex was destroyed…
Cybersecurity
Organizations that get hit by a ransomware attack may think that’s about the biggest IT emergency they’d ever have to face. That might be true if it wasn’t possible to be ambushed by two different ransomware gangs at the same time. Security experts at Sophos recently…
Satellite communications giant Viasat said a cyberattack was causing network outages impacting internet service for fixed broadband customers in Ukraine and elsewhere on its European KA-SAT network. The California-based company, which provides high-speed…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
The United States announced Monday it is expelling 12 members of the Russian Mission at the United Nations, accusing them of being “intelligence operatives” engaged in espionage. The Biden administration's action came on the fifth day of Russia's invasion of neighboring…
The “most advanced piece of malware” that China-linked hackers have ever been known to use was revealed today. Dubbed Daxin, the stealthy back door was used in espionage operations against governments around the world for a decade before it was caught…
Transnational Organized Crime
For the investigators, the human foot -- burned, but with some fabric still attached -- was the tipoff: Until recently, this squat, ruined house was a place where bodies were ripped apart and incinerated, where the remains of some of Mexico’s missing multitudes were obliterated…
The assassination of a suspected Albanian drug trafficker in Ecuador is another reminder of the increasing presence of Balkan trafficking groups in the South American country. In the last five years, three Albanian nationals have been killed in or around the port city of Guayaquil…