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Russian cyber-espionage campaign disrupted after router hacks expose users in Ukraine, the EU and the US
Russian military intelligence used compromised Wi-Fi routers in Ukraine, the EU and the United States to intercept sensitive internet traffic, according to a joint operation by the SBU, FBI and European partners that disrupted more than 100 servers and removed…
The Development and Deployment of Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Technology
Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) technology occupies a peculiar space in the evolution of modern warfare. It promises the ability to incapacitate an adversary’s infrastructure without the immediate physical destruction associated with conventional weapons. Yet behind this seemingly “clean” form of warfare…
Diplomat or Spy? Inside the latest UK-Russia Intelligence Clash
The expulsion of a British diplomat from Moscow this week is the latest twist in a long-running cycle of espionage accusations, retaliations, and diplomatic brinkmanship between Russia and the United Kingdom—one that stretches back through the Cold War and has…
Cyber actors linked to Russia target messaging app users, FBI warns
The United States has warned that cyber actors associated with Russian intelligence services are targeting users of commercial messaging applications, with Signal identified as a particular focus in a campaign that has already compromised thousands of individual accounts worldwide. In…
‘From Bucha to Brussels’: Baltic and Nordic states seek entry ban on Russian combatants
Eight EU member states have called on the bloc’s leadership to prepare a Schengen entry ban for people who have served in the Russian armed forces, marking the clearest coordinated push yet for an EU-wide response to a growing long-term…
Drones reshape the Gulf battlefield as Ukraine’s anti-Shahed expertise draws interest
Iran’s use of Shahed-type one-way attack drones has become one of the defining features of the present Gulf crisis, not least because the weapon combines relatively low cost with the ability to threaten energy infrastructure, shipping and military facilities across…
Counter Terrorism Officers Detain Trio in Intelligence Probe
In the early hours of this morning, counter terrorism officers moved quietly through addresses in London and Wales, executing a series of arrests that underline a growing and uneasy reality: the contest between Britain and hostile state actors is no…
Belgium seizes suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker linked by US sanctions to Iranian shipping network
Belgian authorities have seized a tanker identified as part of Russia’s so-called shadow fleet in what appears to be the country’s first operation of this kind at sea. The vessel, Ethera, was intercepted overnight off the Belgian coast and escorted…
Secret Tunnels and Hybrid Pressure: How Belarus and Russia Are Testing Europe’s Eastern Border
Belarus’s use of migration pressure against the European Union is no longer confined to flights, forest crossings and organised pushes at the frontier. According to reporting by The Telegraph, citing Polish officials, border guards discovered four underground tunnels under the…
Blasts Targeting Ukrainian Police Raise Fears of a New Kremlin Destabilisation Campaign
A series of explosions targeting or affecting Ukrainian police facilities in Lviv, Mykolaiv and Dnipro within a matter of days has prompted renewed concern in Kyiv over a possible campaign of destabilisation aimed at law enforcement. On Monday, 23 February,…