Counterterrorism
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced the State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services’ (DHSES) Office of Counter Terrorism conducted training exercises at more than 600 locations statewide in 2021. Counterterrorism experts from state and local…
Terrorist attacks in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula have displaced about 3,000 people from their homes, according to the Secretary of State for the province, Dinis Vilankulo, cited in Tuesday’s issue of the independent newssheet “Carta de Mocambique”…
A convicted terrorist who plotted to blow up pub toilets in Stoke-on-Trent is among 92 people being considered for parole. Nazam Hussain could be granted his freedom despite once being considered as dangerous as close friend Usman Khan who went on to murder two people on…
Military & Defense
A retired general has warned that another insurrection attempt could succeed in 2024 if "confusion" is successfully sown among U.S military members about who the commander in chief is. Paul Eaton, a former two-star U.S. Army major general, told NPR about his…
The Pentagon said Thursday it has streamlined the approval process for urgent use of National Guard forces in the District of Columbia, after months of study following the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. The changes give the defense secretary sole authority to approve…
Islamist militant attacks increased this past year in the Sahel region, leading to political instability that saw a coup in Mali, an attempted coup in Niger, and calls for Burkina Faso's president to resign. Burkina Faso experienced the deadliest terrorist attacks since the conflict…
Cybersecurity
A council is working to restore parts of its website 11 days after they were crippled by a cyber attack. Gloucester City Council has been trying to fix several of its online services since the incident on 20 December. Systems affected include the council's online revenue and benefits…
Operations at a Norwegian local news publisher came to a halt this week after a major attack was launched on its computer systems. The 78 newspapers owned by Amedia could not be printed on Tuesday after its network was taken offline by the breach. The company said…
Polygon has recently admitted that their network was hacked, and 801k MATIC tokens were stolen. It reports that they were informed about a vulnerability in the network by a group of white hat hackers. They informed the team that the Polygon PoS genesis contract has some…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
In the latest iteration of its crackdown against individuals and organization viewed as unfriendly to the Kremlin, Russia on Thursday designated a disparate group of activists, satirists, and others as “foreign agents.” A statement released by the Russian Ministry of…
The Jerusalem District Attorney's Office filed on Friday an indictment in the city's district court against 32-year-old Ahmed Zahara, a resident of Jerusalem, for serving as an agent for Hezbollah. According to the indictment, approximately nine years ago Zahara contacted…
China is developing terrifying brain control weapons which could be used to paralyze and control its enemies and its own people, a report says. Washington has reportedly sanctioned Beijing’s Academy of Military Medical Sciences and 11 other research firms for using…
Transnational Organized Crime
People are being urged not to post pictures of their lateral flow tests online as criminal gangs are using the codes of negative ones to create a black market in Covid passes. There is a growing illegal trade for fake Covid passes, which threaten to compromise the safety of…
Irish puppy gangs have scammed families in Scotland out of nearly €18million, an investigation into the illegal sale of dogs has found. The Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has estimated that at least 37,000 illegally bred pups are being brought…
Four Lebanese and Syrian nationals were arrested in wake of preliminary investigations by Lebanese authorities in the case of the Captagon drug shipment that was seized in the port of Beirut on Wednesday night. The “nearly nine million Captagon tablets” were intended to be…