4 local government officials have been killed in the Philippines in one week, raising the number of mayors and vice-mayors killed during Philippine’s war on drugs to 16. The death toll among citizens …
Stop the $50bn illegally leaving Africa annually, UN chief tasks international community
$50 billion leaves Africa illegally every year through activities like money-laundering, tax evasion, and misinvoicing. The UN Secretary-General has highlighted this statistic and urged the …
French security services ‘on the verge of implosion’, Senators warn
A recent report to the French Senate based on an investigation in 2017 has described security services in France as nearing “crisis,” with one of the authors stating that it is “on the verge of …
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15 Die in Attacks on Bars in Northern Mexican Industrial City
At least 15 people were killed when gunmen, presumably members of the Gulf cartel, coordinated attacks on five bars in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, allegedly linked to the Cartel del …
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Press releases hacked to generate over $100 million in illegal trades
For 5 years, seven stock traders and three hackers gamed the financial system by hacking press releases prior to their publication and using the information to generate over $100 million in trading …
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Cryptocurrency thieves have stolen over $760 million in 6 months
Cyber thieves have stolen $761 million from cryptocurrency exchanges in the first 6 months of 2018. This is triple the amount stolen from exchanges in all of 2017. “This overall market expansion has …
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Drone activity soaring at the US-Mexico border
Drone sightings at the U.S.-Mexican border are on track to double during fiscal year 2018 over the previous year. Only 1 of the 36 sightings from this year has resulted in a drone seizure, and the one …
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Iranian APT poses As Israeli cyber-security firm in spearphishing attempt
An Iranian cyber-espionage group posed as one of the cyber-security firms that identified its previous hacking efforts in a failed spearphishing attempt. The group copied the Israeli companies …
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North Korea ‘hacking the hell out of Latin America’
North Korea has been using cyberattacks to generate revenue for the cash-strapped government since 2016. Already in 2018, researchers have attributed a $110 million USD attack against Mexico’s state …
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Coca plant cultivation in Colombia tripled from 2013 to 2016, reversing a decades-long trend
A new UN report indicates that global cocaine production has reversed its long downwards trend since 2000, mostly due to increased government crackdowns. Recent methods of production, however, have …