Intelligence

Pro-Ukraine hacker group Black Owl poses ‘major threat’ to Russia, Kaspersky says (Daryna Antoniuk – The Record)

A little-known hacking group has emerged as a major threat to Russian state institutions and critical industries, carrying out attacks aimed at causing maximum...

Profile: Harakat al-Abdal (Washington Institute for Near East Policy)

An inveterate opponent of the United States and Israel, the enigmatic Harakat al-Abdal may have become an entirely Qods Force-operated, Syria-based entity years ago,...

How Ukraine’s “Spider Web” Operation Redefines Asymmetric Warfare (Kateryna Bondar – Center for Strategic & International Studies)

On June 1, Russia’s Military Transport Aviation Day, a significant holiday for the Russian armed forces, the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) carried out...

Relative Superiority in the Drone Age: McRaven’s Playbook Meets Ukraine’s Airfield Assaults (Benjamin Jensen – Center for Strategic & International Studies)

Before dawn on June 1, 2025, Ukrainian intelligence and special-operations planners initiated truck-launched first-person-view (FPV) drones they had hidden in trucks delivering goods near...

Russia’s new Cosmos satellite orbiting near US sat, piques ASAT fears (Theresa Hitchens – Breaking Defense)

Russia’s newest satellite in its low Earth orbit (LEO) Cosmos series is in orbit near an unnamed US government satellite, according to US Space...

INDOPACOM brings AI to wargaming exercise (Lauren C. Williams – Defense One)

The Pentagon has long sought to realize the potential of artificial intelligence to help commanders; now U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is about to use AI-powered...

Meta says it disrupted influence operations linked to China, Iran, Romania (Daryna Antoniuk – The Record)

Researchers at Meta said the company dismantled three covert influence campaigns originating from China, Iran and Romania that aimed to manipulate political discourse in...

US warfighters could get robot-like brains and eyes with new Meta, Anduril helmet (Interesting Engineering)

In a significant move to reshape battlefield technology, defense contractor Anduril and tech giant Meta have formed a strategic partnership to develop and deploy...

‘Everest Group’ Extorts Global Orgs via SAP’s HR Tool (Nate Nelson – Dark Reading)

Extortionist-cum-information broker "Everest Group" has pulled off a swath of attacks against large organizations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and North America, and...

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