Executive Summary
The chief of staff of Mali’s President and three others were killed in an ambush, Iran claims to have forced a U.S. submarine to surface in Gulf waters, and FRONTEX deploys to the Macedonian border to stop trafficking.
Counterterrorism
U.S. Air Force
The chief of staff of Mali’s President Assimi Goita and three others were killed in an ambush on their convoy in the northwest of the country near the border with Mauritania, officials said. The attack on Thursday occurred on a road between the…
Five Indian soldiers were killed and two others were wounded in a rebel ambush in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir, the army said. The soldiers were returning from a patrol in the southern Shopian district when their vehicle was…
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Military & Defense
BAE Systems
Iran said its navy forced a US submarine to surface in the Gulf waters for the first time in a decade, a move it said highlights its naval power amid heightened tensions with the United States. The claim was made in a statement by the…
The United States is sending hundreds of additional troops to East Africa to help with the evacuation of U.S. citizens and other personnel from Sudan, the Pentagon said. The move comes after a military coup in Sudan led to widespread violence…
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Cybersecurity
Unsplash
A new advanced persistent threat (APT) group dubbed "DaggerFly" has been discovered targeting African government and telecommunications organizations, according to researchers at Symantec. The group uses a combination of custom…
The Lazarus hacking group, widely believed to be linked to North Korea, has been observed pushing Linux malware through fake job offers. Researchers at ESET discovered the new campaign, which appears to be part of a broader effort to…
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Counterintelligence & Espionage
Security Service of Ukraine
Ukraine is deepening a purge of double agents in its spy service, saying top-level traitors laid the ground for last year’s Russian invasion by helping enemy forces seize the southern city of Kherson and Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the north…
In a commentary piece, the author examines the case of Jack Teixeira, a former member of the Canadian Special Operations Forces, who exposed sensitive information about Canadian and allied military activities. The author argues that…
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Transnational Organized Crime
Wikimedia Commons
The European Union border agency, Frontex, has begun deploying personnel in North Macedonia to help the country manage its border with Greece. The move is part of an ongoing effort to strengthen the EU's external borders and reduce the…
An investigation by InSight Crime has revealed that an Albanian crime group, the Farruku clan, has established a cocaine pipeline from Ecuador to Europe. The group allegedly has links to the 'Ndrangheta, a powerful Italian criminal…
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Community Corner
Memetic Warfare
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