Defence and Security

It’s confirmed by the latest ISF operations to thwart Islamic State attacks. Moreover, they’re not actions by individual Daesh militiamen, but an effort organized through a chain of command.

The Islamic State militiamen want to free their comrades, but the security of the SDF for now holds. Meanwhile, Iraq strengthens the borders to the northwest to prevent Daesh infiltration.

Clashes in Ain Issa between Kurdish forces-Islamic State militia. Damascus should send the SAA towards border with Turkey, but the war on Daesh in east will be fought only by Jazeera Storm.

They are mainly foreign fighters of the Islamic State. Some have fled, but others have taken up arms against SDF. Ankara is focusing on Daesh to weaken Kurdish defenses fro inside.

Islamic State attacks Homs, Deir Ezzor, Raqqa, Hasaka. Furthermore, a revolt broke out at Al.Hol. Ankara also provides unexpected aid to Daesh, bombing Al-Chirkin prison, home of the most dangerous jihadists.

Blitz by a group of Islamic State militants at the AlBase base in Raqqa. Daesh is getting ready and will certainly be looking at the SDF prisons. What will the Global Coalition do?

The Iran position could have a weight. Moreover, if Damascus-SDF found an agreement, the campaign would have uncertain results. Meanwhile, Jazeera Storm continues the hunt for Isis.

The SDF: From US a stab in the back. High risk of ISIS return, vanishing the sacrifice of 11,000 martyrs. Damascus, meanwhile, could use the conflict to send the SAA east of the Euphrates.

Cyber security experts tracked the bitcoin payments made by the ransomware’s victims and concluded that some of the distributors of the malware earned millions from the scheme.

The cyber security expert Marco Ramilli, founder of Yoroi-Cybaze analyzed a mail on a “weekly report”. It hides a Word document within obfuscated Macros who drops-executes the malware.

Researcher at MIT and University of California at San Diego (UCSD) developed a new machine-learning system. It illuminates some of the common qualities of the “serial hijackers.

The cyber security experts: There are two vulnerabilities linked to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data, that pose risks of XSS scripting and SQL Injection. Update it!

Threats to networks availability-integrity will become major security concern. The new technology will increase exposure to attacks and give more potential entry points for malicious hackers.

Nine of them were “Critical”, the others “Important” or “Moderate”. The first could allow an attacker to take control of an affected system, thanks to RCS. UPDATE the systems now!

Cyber security expert Joakim Kennedy found a new malware variant with a boastful note, with references to Baltimora and Greenville cyber attacks to increase pressure on victims.

Joint analysis by Malwarebytes and HYAS cyber security experts: Significant similarities between the registration information for domain names used in their infrastructure by both groups.