Intelligence

BidenCash darknet forum taken down by US, Dutch law enforcement (Jonathan Greig – The Record)

Nearly 145 domains associated with the BidenCash cybercriminal marketplace were taken down on Wednesday in a law enforcement operation led by U.S. and Dutch...

Ukraine’s military intelligence claims cyberattack on Russian strategic bomber maker (Daryna Antoniuk – The Record)

Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) said it hacked into the internal systems of Russia’s major state-owned aircraft manufacturer Tupolev, days after Ukraine launched surprise...

Tackling the Proliferation of Cyber Intrusion Capabilities (Alexandra Paulus – Lawfare)

Cyber intrusion capabilities have long been used to facilitate human rights abuses—like surveilling members of parliament, spying on opposition politicians, or tracking dissidents, journalists,...

International operation takes down crypting sites used for testing malware (Jonathan Greig – The Record)

Multiple sites used to test malware against real antivirus tools were taken down by law enforcement in the U.S. and Netherlands last week. According...

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...

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