November 2016 Security News |
- Lawyer For Alleged Russian Hacker Arrested In Prague Says Client Innocent RFE/RL 30 Nov 2016 -- The Czech lawyer for Yevgeny Nikulin, the 29-year-old Russian citizen arrested in Prague two months ago on U.S. charges of hacking and data theft, claims his client is innocent.
- DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 30 Nov 2016 [PDF]
- North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Commit An Act of Terrorism Transcending National Boundaries US Dept. of Justice 29 Nov 2016-- Justin Nojan Sullivan, 20, of Morganton, North Carolina, appeared in federal court in Asheville, North Carolina today and pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to commit an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries.
- IS Calls Ohio State Attack Suspect 'Soldier of Caliphate' VOA 29 Nov 2016 -- Islamic State has claimed that Abdul Razak Ali Artan, the man who police say carried out a car-and-knife attack Monday at Ohio State University, was a "soldier of the caliphate" who was responding to calls to "target citizens of international coalition countries."
- DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 29 Nov 2016 [PDF]
- Obama Expands 9/11 Authorization to Cover Al-Shabab VOA 28 Nov 2016 -- The Obama administration has expanded its legal authority to attack the al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group al-Shabab.
- DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 28 Nov 2016 [PDF]
- Uzbek 'Extremists' Blacklisted After Prolonged Absence RFE/RL 27 Nov 2016 -- Uzbekistan's government has long warned of the dangers of militant Islam in a region where religious expression was routinely suppressed under Soviet rule. The emergence this decade of Islamic State (IS) and its particularly brutal ideology, along with its global recruitment efforts, has lent greater urgency to Tashkent's and other governments' efforts to combat religious and other forms of extremism.
- NATO and EU press ahead with cooperation on cyber defence NATO 25 Nov 2016 -- Against a backdrop of increasingly complex cyber threats, senior officials from NATO and the European Union (EU) met today (25 November 2016) to discuss the next practical steps in NATO-EU cooperation on cyber defence.
- Hollande: French Police Prevented 'Large-Scale' Attack Planned for December 1 Sputnik 25 Nov 2016 -- French intelligence services and police managed to foil terrorist attack planned for December 1, according to French President Francois Hollande.
- Australia's Most Wanted Daesh Recruiter Arrested by Turkish Authorities Sputnik 25 Nov 2016 -- Australia's most wanted Daesh operative and recruiter, Neil Prakash, was arrested in Turkey, media reported Friday, citing officials.
- IS Planned Attack on Paris-area Security Targets: Prosecutor VOA 25 Nov 2016 -- The Paris prosecutor says France has avoided an imminent terrorist attack, and five recently arrested suspects received their orders from the so-called Islamic State group. The men allegedly had been planning to strike targets near the capital next week.
- Experts Urge Southeast Asian Leaders to Gauge Threat from Regional, Returning IS Supporters VOA 25 Nov 2016 -- Hundreds of fighters from Southeast Asia have traveled to Syria and Iraq to join the Islamic State (IS) militant group, and security analysts say they are tracking growing links between the terrorist organization and regional militant groups.
- DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 25 Nov 2016 [PDF]
- DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 23 Nov 2016 [PDF]
- State Department Terrorist Designations of Victor Quispe Palomino, Jorge Quispe, Palomino and Tarcela Loya Vilchez US Dept. of State 22 Nov 2016 -- The Department of State has designated Victor Quispe Palomino, Jorge Quispe Palomino, and Tarcela Loya Vilchez as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) under Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, which imposes sanctions on foreign persons and groups determined to have committed, or pose a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism that threaten the security of U.S. nationals or the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States.
- State Department Terrorist Designations of Abdullah Ahmed al-Meshedani, Basil Hassan, and Abdelilah Himich US Dept. of State 22 Nov 2016 -- The Department of State has designated Abdullah Ahmed al-Meshedani, Basil Hassan, and Abdelilah Himich as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) under Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, which imposes sanctions on foreign persons and groups determined to have committed, or pose a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism that threaten the security of U.S. nationals or the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States.
- US Issues Europe Travel Alert for Holiday Season VOA 22 Nov 2016 -- The U.S. State Department has issued a travel alert for Americans regarding "a heightened risk of terrorist attacks throughout Europe, particularly during the holiday season."
- Key Figure in Paris, Brussels Attacks Slapped With Sanctions VOA 22 Nov 2016 -- The U.S. is taking aim at an Islamic State terror group operative thought to have played a key role in launching the terror attacks on both Paris and Brussels.
- Doctors in US, Africa Work to Contain Future Ebola Outbreaks VOA 22 Nov 2016 -- Thousands of people died during the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, but as memories fade and concerns about future outbreaks of that magnitude subside, health care specialists say the danger is not completely over.
- DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 22 Nov 2016 [PDF]
- DoD, Army Ramp Up Cybersecurity Measures With New Initiatives AFPS 21 Nov 2016 -- Two initiatives were rolled out today to strengthen the cyber security environment in the Defense Department and the Army, DoD officials announced.
- DOD Announces Digital Vulnerability Disclosure Policy and "Hack the Army" Kick-Off DoD 21 Nov 2016 -- Building on the success of the "Hack the Pentagon" bug bounty pilot in which hackers from across the country were provided legal authorization to spot vulnerabilities in specific Department of Defense networks in return for cash payments, the Department of Defense (DoD) today unveiled two new initiatives designed to further enhance the DoD cybersecurity.
- New York Man Arrested for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL US Dept. of Justice 21 Nov 2016 -- A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in the Eastern District of New York charging Mohamed Rafik Naji, 37, of Brooklyn, New York, with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
- Is the World's Biggest Surveillance Camera Maker Sending Footage to China? VOA 21 Nov 2016 -- Imagine a world where almost everyone can be tracked, and everything can be seen by cameras linked directly to the Chinese government.
- DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 21 Nov 2016 [PDF]
- Illinois Man Sentenced to 40 Months in Federal Prison for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIL US Dept. of Justice 18 Nov 2016 -- Mohammed Hamzah Khan, 21, of Bolingbrook, Illinois, was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison and 20 years supervised release, for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, by attempting to travel overseas to Syria to join ISIL.
- DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 18 Nov 2016 [PDF]
- Statement by the Small Group of the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, Berlin, Germany, November 17, 2016 US Dept. of State 17 Nov 2016
- Minnesota IS Supporters Sentenced to Total of 140 Years VOA 17 Nov 2016 -- A Minnesota judge has handed jail sentences to nine men, most of them Somali-American, who conspired to provide material support to Islamic State.
- Pakistan Claims IS Recruitment Cell Busted in Lahore VOA 17 Nov 2016 -- Authorities in Pakistan say they have captured a group of eight militants operating a recruitment cell in the country at the behest of the Syrian-based Islamic State terrorist group.
- DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 17 Nov 2016 [PDF]
- Nine Minnesota Men Sentenced for Providing Material Support to ISIL US Dept. of Justice 16 Nov 2016 -- The last three of nine men were sentenced this week in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis for conspiring and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and for conspiracy to murder outside the U.S.
- Ahmad Khan Rahimi Indicted in Manhattan Federal Court for Executing Bombing and Attempted Bombing in New York City US Dept. of Justice 16 Nov 2016 -- Ahmad Khan Rahimi aka Ahmad Rahami, 28, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, was charged today in Manhattan federal court in an eight-count indictment for offenses related to his alleged execution and attempted execution of bombings in New York City on Sept. 17
- Cybercom Commander: Public-Private Partnerships Needed for Cybersecurity AFPS 16 Nov 2016 -- The public-private cybersecurity partnership between private companies and U.S. Cyber Command and other federal agencies has been uneven so far despite some fledgling success, but collaboration is critical given growing threats to everyone from cyberspace, the commander of U.S. Cyber Command said here yesterday.
- DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 16 Nov 2016 [PDF]
- Three More Minnesota Men Sentenced for Providing Material Support to ISIL US Dept. of Justice 15 Nov 2016 -- Six of nine defendants expected to be sentenced this week for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, have now been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis.
- DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 15 Nov 2016 [PDF]
- Three Minnesota Men Sentenced for Providing Material Support to ISIL US Dept. of Justice 14 Nov 2016 -- The first three of nine defendants expected to be sentenced this week for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, were sentenced today in three separate hearings in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis.
- Three Somali-Americans Sentenced for Plotting to Join IS VOA 14 Nov 2016 -- A U.S. judge in Minnesota has given jail time to three Somali-Americans found guilty of conspiring to provide material support to Islamic State, but rewarded two of them with lighter sentences for cooperating with the government.
- DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 14 Nov 2016 [PDF]
- Russia arrests 10 militants linked to Daesh Press TV 12 Nov 2016 -- Russia's media say the domestic security service has arrested 10 suspected members of a terrorist group who were plotting attacks in the two main cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg.
- Huge explosion kills 47 people, injures 110 in Pakistan's Balochistan Press TV 12 Nov 2016 -- At least 47 people, including women and children, have been killed and over 110 others injured in a huge bomb explosion in Pakistan's Balochistan province.
- Dozens Killed In Bomb Blast At Pakistani Sufi Shrine RFE/RL 12 Nov 2016 -- Officials say a bomb exploded at a Sufi shrine in southwestern Pakistan, killing dozens and wounding many more.
- Blast Kills 43 At Crowded Sufi Shrine in Pakistan VOA 12 Nov 2016 -- The so-called Islamic State terrorist group claimed responsibility for Saturday evening's bomb attack on a crowded Sufi shrine in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province that killed at least 43 people and wounded around 100 others.
- Daesh Leader Choosing Successor in Case of Own Death Sputnik 10 Nov 2016 -- According to media reports, Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is choosing a successor among his supporters who would replace him in the event of his death.
- Terror Groups Giddy Over Trump Victory VOA 10 Nov 2016 -- It did not take long for some of the world's most notorious terror groups to start celebrating Donald Trump's win in the U.S. presidential election, trying to leverage it on social media to attract more fighters to their causes.
- Coalition Closing in on Heart of Islamic State, But Not its Head VOA 10 Nov 2016 -- For weeks, Iraqi forces backed by U.S. and coalition air power have moved ever closer to the city of Mosul, the heart of the Islamic State terror group's holdings in Iraq.
- Pakistan Asserts Leadership of Haqqani Network in Afghanistan VOA 10 Nov 2016 -- Pakistan says recent killings of Haqqani Network leaders in Afghanistan show that allegations Islamabad is harboring the terrorist group are misplaced.
- Netanyahu: Israel, Russia, US 'Need to Destroy Daesh' Sputnik 10 Nov 2016 -- Russia, Israel and other partners should work together to fight global terrorism, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday.
- DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 10 Nov 2016 [PDF]
- Tunisian military kills head of terrorist group Press TV 09 Nov 2016 -- The Tunisian army has hunted down and shot dead a leader of a militant group affiliated with the Daesh Takfiri terrorists that killed a soldier at his home in central Tunisia.
- DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 09 Nov 2016 [PDF]
- Innovative cyber program protects critical Tyndall AFB assets AFNS 08 Nov 2016 -- The 325th Communications Squadron became the first Air Combat Command squadron to join a new initiative to ensure Tyndall Air Force Base is able to train and project unrivaled combat airpower.
- German police arrest 5 suspected Daesh recruiters Press TV 08 Nov 2016 -- German police have arrested five people accused of working as recruiters for the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the country.
- 5 Men Suspected of Recruiting for Islamic State Arrested in Germany VOA 08 Nov 2016 -- Five men were arrested Tuesday in Germany on accusations of recruiting fighters for the Islamic State terrorist group. Justice Minister Heiko Mass called the arrests "an important blow to the extremist scene in Germany."
- DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 08 Nov 2016 [PDF]
- DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 07 Nov 2016 [PDF]
- US ready to hack Kremlin, Russian infrastructure: Report Press TV 05 Nov 2016 -- US military hackers have penetrated Russia's political heart and its critical infrastructure and are ready to cause damage in case Moscow attempts to disrupt the upcoming presidential election in America, a report says.
- US Military Hackers Claim Penetration of Russian Infrastructure Sputnik 05 Nov 2016 -- US military hackers have penetrated Russia's electric grid, telecommunications networks and Kremlin's command systems, making them vulnerable to attack by secret American cyber weapons, according to a series of reports by a major US television network.
- Basque Separatist ETA Leader Arrested in France VOA 05 Nov 2016 -- The leader of the once-feared Basque separatist group ETA was arrested Saturday in southwestern France during a joint operation by French and Spanish security forces, Spanish officials said.
- German army finds 20 Takfiri infiltrators Press TV 05 Nov 2016 -- The German army has found 20 Takfiri militants in its ranks who had enlisted to gain weapons and tactical training to use later in terrorist attacks.
- German Military Uncovers 'Islamists' Within Its Ranks Sputnik 05 Nov 2016 -- Germany's Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD) has discovered at least 20 "Islamists" among the country's armed forces and has put another 60 under surveillance for suspected Islamist leanings, German media reported November 5.
- Britain Invests Billions in Cybersecurity in Face of Russian Threat VOA 04 Nov 2016 -- Britain says it will spend more than $2 billion on cybersecurity and recruit 1,000 more intelligence officers as the country's intelligence services warn of increasingly aggressive espionage tactics by Moscow, a charge the Kremlin denies.
- US Warns of Possible al-Qaida Attacks in Virginia, Texas, New York VOA 04 Nov 2016 -- U.S. and state officials are looking into a possible plot by the al-Qaida terror group to launch an attack on or before the U.S. presidential election.
- DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 04 Nov 2016 [PDF]
- Report Denounces 'Gross Errors' On Afghan Guantanamo Detainees RFE/RL 03 Nov 2016 -- Eight Afghans detained in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay have been imprisoned for years on the basis of "vague accusations" rife with "gross errors of fact," according to a new report.
- Group Says Flimsy Evidence Used to Hold Afghans in Guantanamo for Years VOA 03 Nov 2016 -- An Afghanistan-based independent research group says unsubstantiated evidence and "fantastical allegations" led to years of detention for eight Afghan men at the U.S.-run prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
- IS Showing No Signs of Panic as Leader Calls for 'Total War' VOA 03 Nov 2016 -- Fewer than 5,000 Islamic State fighters trying to hold onto the Iraqi city of Mosul are being urged to fight to the death.
- DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 03 Nov 2016 [PDF]
- DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 02 Nov 2016 [PDF]
- US Slaps Sanctions on Yemeni Money Exchange for Helping al-Qaida VOA 01 Nov 2016 -- The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a Yemeni money exchange and the two brothers who own it for doing business with the al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula terrorist group.
- US Warns of Possible IS Attack in India VOA 01 Nov 2016 -- For the first time the U.S. government is publicly warning of the possibility of terrorist attacks in India carried out by the Islamic State group.
- Britain cyber security budget doubled, reaches almost £2 billion Press TV 01 Nov 2016 -- Britain has set aside £1.9 billion ($2.32bn) to beef up its cyber security measures over the next five years, two times the spending for the 2011-2016 period.
- Democrats Blast FBI Chief For Refusing To Name Russia In Hacks RFE/RL 01 Nov 2016 -- U.S. Democratic leaders have blasted FBI Director James Comey for refusing to join other top government officials in naming Russia as the hacking operation behind leaked Democratic e-mails in what one called a "blatant double standard."
- US, UAE Sanction Financial Backers of Al-Qaeda Branch in Gulf States - Treasury Sputnik 01 Nov 2016 -- US Department of the Treasury said that United States and the United Arab Emirates have introduced sanctions against supporters of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
- DHS-IAIP Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report 01 Nov 2016 [PDF]
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