In Evidence
Defence
4 August 2020
The army is pressing on the Haddadah front, but there is currently no progress. Meanwhile, reinforcements arrive south of Barah. Is the aim to distract rebels or a stealth invasion?
3 August 2020
22 Islamic State militiamen captured only in July. The ISF are preparing for new raids, based on some lessons learned, while attacking Daesh also in Kirkuk.
31 July 2020
First there was a massive raid campaign, then tanks and infantry movements. Objective: Barah. Anadolu: Egypt has sent 150 soldiers to support Damascus, but the news is not confirmed.
30 July 2020
Two other Islamic State facilitators on the US blacklist: Faruq Hamud and Adnan al-Rawi. This could be a relative of Fawaz: Daesh’s "Finance minister", killed by Inherent Resolve in Syria.
29 July 2020
The convoy passed through Ain al-Arab, but was stopped by a local youth protest. It is confirmed that Ankara, accomplished its mission in Idlib, points east towards Ain Issa and Kurdistan.
28 July 2020
Daesh jihadists aim to cross the Euphrates or to reach Aleppo. Meanwhile, Damascus intensifies the campaign in Idlib and targets the militia supply routes for the first time.
27 July 2020
ISF and Inherent Resolve press Daesh in Al-Mkhisa, Tawakul, Basin, Khanaqin, Our Umm Al-Hinta and Al-Abara. Meanwhile, Spain leaves Basmaya. It is the seventh base handed by the Coalition.
24 July 2020
Putin-Erdogan agreement fulfilled thanks to TAF and HTS. The convoys are likely to move on the M4 east to Ain Issa. Meanwhile, Damascus still tries to take Barah.
Cyber
4 August 2020
NIST cyber security experts: Error rates varied from 5% to 50%, depending on their capabilities. Blacks one double rates than light-blue. However the tests have been made with digital masks only.
3 August 2020
The lure is a receipt for a parcel, that must be printed and shown to the delivery agent when the parcel would arrive. But the attachment is a malware. Beware!
31 July 2020
Eclypsium: It’s a vulnerability in the GRUB2 bootloader, that hit devices using Secure Boot. Attackers can install persistent and stealthy bootkits or malware.
30 July 2020
Joint alert by the UK NCSC and US CISA cyber security experts on the malware (aka Deker). Update the devices with the latest security fixes now!
29 July 2020
Intezer cyber security experts: It exploits undocumented techniques to stay under the radar and target publicly accessible Docker servers with DynDNS service and unique DGA based on Dogecoin.
28 July 2020
360 Total Security cyber security experts: Malware’s upgraded in camouflaging the encrypted function module, bypassing the security protection mechanism, and local persistence.
27 July 2020
The cyber security experts: Someone hacked into the malware's distribution sites and replaced payloads with memes and images. Criminals paused the spamming, but the war is not over.
24 July 2020
It has been discover by the cyber security expert Leandro Velasco. It doesn’t attack CIS countries and works without internet connection. The ransom, if it is not paid on time, triples.