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Operation ENDGAME strikes again: the ransomware kill chain broken at its source (Europol)

Cybercriminals around the world have suffered a major disruption after law enforcement and judicial authorities, coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, dismantled key infrastructure behind...

270 arrested in global dark web crackdown targeting online drug and criminal networks (Europol)

A global law enforcement operation coordinated by Europol has struck a major blow to the criminal underground, with 270 arrests of dark web vendors...

Russian hacker group Killnet returns with new identity (Daryna Antoniuk – The Record)

The Russian hacker group Killnet, once known for its noisy pro-Kremlin cyberattacks, has reappeared after months of silence — but not as the group...

Chinese-speaking hackers targeting US municipalities with Cityworks bug (Jonathan Greig – The Record)

A vulnerability in a critical tool used by local governments across the U.S. is being exploited by Chinese-speaking hackers, according to incident responders. Since...

Russia-aligned hackers target Tajikistan in new espionage campaign (Daryna Antoniuk – The Record)

Hackers tied to Russia have launched a new cyber-espionage campaign targeting government, academic and research institutions in Tajikistan, researchers have found. The campaign, observed...

Kremlin Uses ‘Time of Heroes’ Program to Ensure Loyalty of Ambitious Veterans (Bethany Elliott – The Jamestown Foundation)

The Kremlin celebrated veterans on Victory Day, portraying World War II and Russia’s war against Ukraine both as fights against Nazism to justify the...

Russia’s Governors Increasingly Taking Positions on Key Issues at Odds with Moscow (Paul Globe – The Jamestown Foundation)

The leaders of Russia’s federal subjects are handling three issues—abortion, alcohol sales, and migrant groups—so differently that people are traveling to different regions to...

Haiti Struggles with Criminal Insurgency as U.S. Designates Gangs as Terror Groups (Soufan Center)

The Trump administration designated two Haitian gangs as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) earlier this month, specifically Viv Ansanm...

Failed Launch and Damage of the Second Guided Missile Destroyer (Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Victor Cha and Jennifer Jun – CSIS)

On May 21, North Korea held a launching ceremony of a “newly-built 5000-tonnage destroyer,” assessed to be the second Choe Hyon-class guided missile destroyer...

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