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  • Paul Pilar Speaks

    (Yes, I stole the title from Steve Hayes) ;- ) Under normal circumstances blue-collar IOs like myself would never go up against an NIO, but seeing as how we can both append “former” to our old titles – and we’re thousands of miles apart – I don’t mind taking a crack at Paul Pillar’s Foreign…

  • Plug the Leaks

    DCIA Goss in the NY Times on leaks and leakers: At the Central Intelligence Agency, we are more than holding our own in the global war on terrorism, but we are at risk of losing a key battle: the battle to protect our classified information. […] As a member of Congress in 1998, I sponsored…

  • Those Were The Days

    A number of commentators lament what I’ll call – for lack of a better term – the state of the populace during war time. The lack of sacrifice, the lack of concern (sometimes the presence of scorn) over the endeavor we are engaged in. I thought it might be enlightening, perhaps refreshing, certainly entertaining, to…

  • Toujours en Avant

    InsideDefense (subscription required) has a great new article about the Combatant Commanders trying to address the problem of the sharing and delivery of intelligence data. Assuming all goes well, a more thorough treatment of the issues raised in the item below will be forthcoming soon (I’m likely to be the dimmest bulb in the marquee,…

  • Ironic or just funny?

    Former President Jimmy Carter says: “Under the Bush administration, there’s been a disgraceful and illegal decision _ we’re not going to the let the judges or the Congress or anyone else know that we’re spying on the American people,” Carter told reporters. “And no one knows how many innocent Americans have had their privacy violated…

  • ADVISE for DHS

    A good Christian Science Monitor article that brings up a new program, reminds us of old ones, and points out some serious issues. The comments of the EFF and EPIC folks are arguably the most important. On the one hand the data in use is personal, but at the same time it is for the…

  • My Kind of Squirrels

    Just came across these guys. Looks very promising and blogroll-worthy. Clearly much more serious than I, but then this is what passes for fun in my world. And in case I failed to mention it earlier, check out the musings on defense and security by my friend Mark at The Subtle Stirrup. He’s a real…

  • The Numbers Are In

    In as much as a blog is something of an exercise in self-indulgence, it is nevertheless nice to get a sense of who you are reaching. For those who are keen on knowing who your fellow readers are: Over 85% of you are registered as coming from a .com, which is good because it means…

  • On Target

    On Target I knew there was a reason I shopped at Target so much more than I do a certain other large retail chain. In the past few years, [Target] has taken a lead role in teaching government agencies how to fight crime by applying state-of-the-art technology used in its 1,400 stores. Target’s effort has…

  • Sense out of Non-Sense

    I’m amazed at the stunning lack of understanding about the now widely reported NSA terrorism surveillance program. I expect as much for the yak-o-sphere, but listening to the AG go round and round with the Senate Judiciary Committee made me dizzy. Surely this august panel isn’t this dim? Oh wait, I forgot we were talking…

  • Why (Media) Exploitation Matters

    Eli Lake throws a log on the fire: The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is studying 12 hours of audio recordings between Saddam Hussein and his top advisers that may provide clues to the whereabouts of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. The committee has already confirmed through the intelligence community that the recordings of…

  • Burn the Witch

    The director of the CIA has launched a major internal probe into media leaks about covert operations. In an agencywide e-mail, Porter Goss blamed “a very small number of people” for leaks about secret CIA operations that, in his words, “do damage to the credibility of the agency.” According to people familiar with the Goss…

  • The Point of the Conic Section

    Math geeks strike back!

  • Here we go again . . .

    . . . Same old stuff again . . . UPI reports that even during the “long war” recruiting intelligence officers isn’t a cake walk: U.S.News & World Report said Saturday the CIA would not be able to meet a demand by members of Congress and President George W. Bush to expand its human intelligence…

  • What? You Worry?

    Written to cast more shadows on the NSA terrorist surveillance program, but the bottom line issue is captured in the beginning of this piece in the Washington Post: Fewer than 10 U.S. citizens or residents a year, according to an authoritative account, have aroused enough suspicion during warrantless eavesdropping to justify interception of their domestic…

Briefs

  • Alleged Optus Hacker Apologizes, Deletes Customers’ Exposed Data

    Last week, Australian company Optus suffered from an attack against its customers. The attacker has since removed the leaked data from the internet and apologized for the attack. A user under the name ‘optusdata’ posted to BreachForums claiming responsibility for the attack and confirming that the only copy of the stolen data had been deleted.…

  • Sabotage to blame for Nord Stream leaks, says EU

    The EU has stated that leaks in two major gas pipelines from Russia to Europe were caused by sabotage, but did not directly accuse Russia. The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen stated that if there was deliberate disruption, there would be the strongest possible response from the EU. See: Russian Attack…

  • TikTok Facing £27m UK Regulatory Fine

    The popular social media platform TikTok will face fines of £27m in the UK due to breaches of the country’s data protection laws, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced. The Chinese social networking giant allegedly received a notice of intent that explains the laws broken. The violations noted in the statement occurred between 2018…

  • Russia Gives Citizenship to Ex-NSA Contractor Edward Snowden

    Earlier this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that former US security contractor Edward Snowden would be granted citizenship. Putin allegedly singed a decree on Monday that offered 75 foreign citizens Russian citizenship. The decree has since been published on an official government website. Snowden has been residing in Russia since 2013 to evade prosecution…

  • What we can learn about the future of digital assets regulation from recent US government reports

    On 16 September the White House released the Comprehensive Framework for Responsible Development of Digital Assets, offering recommendations designed to protect consumers, advance sustainability efforts, and further national security. A response to President Biden’s March 2022 Executive Order (EO) on cryptocurrency, which called upon federal agencies to produce a total of 21 reports exploring the…

  • Web3 is coming – with national security implications, too

    One of the messiest and thorniest national security challenges is how to keep Australians safe from manipulative online content – now, and into the future. The matter cuts across departmental jurisdictions in a way few other national security issues do – taking in questions relating to freedom of speech, defamation law, commerce, defence and intelligence,…

  • Preventing Cryptocurrency Cyber Extortion

    To solve crime, the old saying still holds: “Follow the money.” But how do you do that for cybercrimes when the money itself is decentralized and anonymous—as is the case with cryptocurrency? In today’s threat environment, it’s becoming increasingly crucial for enterprises to boost their cybersecurity maturity. Over a decade ago, Silk Road—widely regarded as the…

  • Japan cryptocurrency transfer rules take aim at money laundering

    The Japanese Government will reportedly put in place some remittance regulations in an effort to stop criminals from utilizing crypto exchanges to launder money. The new rules are expected to take effect from next spring, supposedly as early as May 2023. Japan has already implemented the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds which…

  • IRS steps up efforts to target U.S. taxpayers who failed to report and pay taxes on cryptocurrency transactions

    The IRS continues to chase U.S. taxpayers who failed to report and pay taxes on cryptocurrency transactions with a new court order allowing a summons for customer records. The agency will issue a so-called “John Doe summons” requiring M.Y. Safra Bank to turn over crypto transaction data for SFOX, a digital currency prime broker that…

  • Australian Police Probe Purported Hacker’s Ransom Demand

    Australian police are reportedly investigating claims that a hacker released the stolen data of roughly 10,000 Optus customers. In addition, the hacker reportedly demanded $1 million ransom in cryptocurrency to not leak the data. Optus is a telecommunications company and the nation’s second-largest wireless carrier. The data breach allegedly occurred last week and impacted the…

  • Death toll rises to 76 as crackdown intensifies in Iran protests- rights group

    During 11 days of protests sparked by the death of a woman in custody, at least 76 protesters have been killed by Iranian security forces. Iran Human Rights, a Norway-based organization, has accused authorities of using live ammunition and unequal force to suppress the protesters. State media has announced that the number of dead is…

  • Ebola infections grow in Uganda as death toll rises to 23

    Ebola infections have risen across districts in Uganda. The cumulative number of confirmed and suspicious deaths has risen to 23, according to health authorities in Uganda on Monday. The country declared an outbreak last Tuesday after a case was detected in the Mubende district. The virus has now spread to the Kyegegwa and Kassanda districts. …

  • Hackers Leak French Hospital Patient Data in Ransom Fight

    French hospital Corbeil-Essonnes suffered from a ransomware attack a month ago and refused to give in to ransom demands. Now, the hackers may have released the personal records and patient data online. The hospital is located near Paris and is the latest victim of a series of cyberattacks targeting French institutions and healthcare organizations. The…

  • Ukraine Predicts “Massive” Russian Cyber Assault

    Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense’s Main Directorate of Intelligence has predicted an increase in attacks originating from Russia against Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, such as the energy industry. This prediction was made on the basis that as it gets colder and winter approaches, Russia will target the energy sector to impact civilians and threaten their security. Kyiv…

  • ReasonLabs Unveils Multimillion Dollar Global Credit Card Scam

    New information from ReasonLabs indicates that scammers with origins in Russia leveraged Amazon Web Services, GoDaddy, and eNom to conduct a large-scale scam operation that stole millions of dollars from credit cards. The scam began in 2019 and continued into 2020. ReasonLabs states that the victims of the plot were customers of major credit card…

  • Almost $1M in crypto stolen from vanity address exploit

    Hacks and exploits continue to plague the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector as another vanity wallet address joins the roster of DeFi victims, which, collectively, have lost more than $1.6 billion in 2022. In an alert published by blockchain security firm PeckShield, a hacker was detected after stealing 732 Ether (ETH), around $950,000, from an address…

  • Cross-chain Bridging is Broken – But We Know How to Fix It

    As of August 2022, there’s been $2 billion total in crypto losses, with 69% of stolen crypto funds originating from hacking protocols that bridge different blockchains. The cross-chain token bridge Nomad, lost $190 million in an exploit a few weeks ago and layer-1 blockchain bridging protocol Harmony Horizon lost $100 million after a hack in…

  • 4 NFTs Stolen From Crypto Entrepreneur Jason Falovitch Worth $150k

    With hackers continuing to target prominent non-fungible token (NFT) owners, four NFTs estimated to be worth at least $150,000 were stolen from crypto entrepreneur Jason Falovitch, the co-founder of Leverage Game Media and business partner of billionaire Mark Cuban. “I got hacked last night on @opensea. Apes, doodles, eth. It’s not pretty. Please do not…

  • Does The Federal Reserve Regulate Cryptocurrency?

    Cryptocurrencies made big news as prices skyrocketed, turning investors into overnight millionaires. When anything big happens in a financial market in the U.S., you can expect regulators won’t be far behind. Among other agencies, the crypto revolution caught the attention of the Federal Reserve, America’s central bank, and a top financial regulator. Here’s what you…

  • Well-known vulnerability in private keys likely exploited in $160M Wintermute hack

    The vulnerability in private keys generated by the popular Profanity vanity key generator was noted in January and has already been implicated in at least one major hack. Blockchain cybersecurity company Certik has said a vulnerable private key was attacked in the Wintermute hack. A vulnerability in private keys generated by the Profanity app was likely…

  • Russian Military-Recruitment Centers Attacked Amid Mobilization Pushback

    Last week, Russia announced plans to mobilize 300,000 individuals to fight in the ware against Ukraine. Tensions have grown since the announcement after two military recruitment centers were attacked. In addition, lines of draft-age men have accumulated at Russia’s borders and in airports as the men attempt to leave the country and avoid the draft.…

  • Researchers Uncover Mysterious ‘Metador’ Cyber-Espionage Group

    Researchers from SentinelLabs have identified a new threat actor dubbed Metador. The threat actor has reportedly infected a telecommunications company in the Middle East and multiple Internet service providers and universities located across the Middle East and Africa. In addition, the group may be responsible for two malware platforms described as extremely complex. Although SentinelLabs…

  • Palestinians arrested, injured as far-right Jews enter Al-Aqsa

    For the second day in a row, hundreds of ultranationalist Jews have entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Est Jerusalem under the protection of Israeli authorities. Israeli police attacked Palestinians gathered in the compound and prevented others from entering. The Palestinian Red Crescent stated that at least 3 Palestinians were injured on Monday and…

  • Italy’s far right on course to win election

    The far-right leader Giorgia Meloni has won Italy’s election and is expected to become the country’s first female prime minister. Ms Meloni is also expected to form Italy’s most right-wing government since World War II. Italy is the EU’s third-biggest economy and Europe may be alarmed with the shift to the right. Speaking after the…

  • App Developers Increasingly Targeted via Slack, DevOps Tools

    According to new research, developers are facing increasing attacks via tools that they use to produce code and collaborate with other developers, including popular platforms such as Docker, Slack, and Kubernetes. Cybercriminals and threat actors are seeking to access the valuable software that these developers are working on on a daily basis. On September 18,…

  • Ransomware Affiliates Adopt Data Destruction

    According to a new report published by US security companies Cyderes and Stairwell, ransomware affiliates are experimenting with new data destruction capabilities aimed to evade detection and increase the chances of a payout. In addition, the techniques and tactics could minimize the opportunities for the development of a Decrypter. The attackers are leveraging a tool…

  • Details of Over 300,000 Russian Reservists Leaked, Anonymous Claims

    Hacktivist group Anonymous claims to have leaked the personal data of roughly 300,000 individuals mobilized by the Russian government to fight against Ukraine. The group posted a message to Twitter last week alleging that it was able to hack into the website of the Russian Ministry of Defense and leak the data. These individuals are…

  • Cyber Mercenary Group Void Balaur Continues Hack-For-Hire Campaigns

    Cyber mercenary group Void Balaur has continued to expand its offerings, including hack-for-hire campaigns. The group has allegedly suffered from disruptions to its online advertising personas but is powering through the setbacks. SentinelLabs recently published an advisory that was unveiled at LABScon last Thursday. The report was written by senior threat researcher Tom Hegel. Void…

  • Navigating the Uncharted Legal Territory of NFTs

    Over the last two years, non-fungible tokens, commonly known as NFTs, have entered the mainstream as global brands, entertainment companies, sports leagues and others have created (or “minted”) NFTs of a variety of digital works, in many cases attached to “real world” benefits. If your company is presented with an opportunity to take advantage of NFTs,…

  • Ethereum Coin Mixer Tornado Cash Is Back on GitHub

    Ethereum coin mixer Tornado Cash is now back on software hosting website GitHub. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) last month blacklisted Tornado Cash, which allows users to anonymously send and receive Ethereum. American citizens are now banned from interacting with the app, which pools together transactions to obscure their…

  • DARPA to Research Risks of Crypto to National Security in Partnership With Inca Digital

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has contracted digital asset data and analytics provider Inca Digital to research national security risks posed by cryptocurrency. DARPA, the research and development agency of the U.S. Department of Defense, plans to analyze activity related to financial applications of distributed ledgers. The agency has awarded Inca Digital a…

  • The ABCs of Cryptocurrency Security

    Blockchain hacking is not impossible, but it’s really not easy. Have you ever heard that the Bitcoin blockchain was hacked and seriously lost its function, even temporarily? If that had happened, Bitcoin would have already been destroyed. Hacking a good blockchain is almost possible, but only in fiction. However, it is not easy to argue…

  • Brazilian Federal Police Launch Operation Colossus, 6 Cryptocurrency Exchanges Involved

    The Brazilian Federal Police and the Brazilian tax authority have launched the final stage of “Operation Colossus,” a movement that has executed hundreds of court orders against cryptocurrency exchanges, arbitrage agents, and fake companies in four states of the country. 158 government officers, including 130 federal policemen, were involved in this operation, effecting search and…

  • Optus Hit By Cyber-Attack, Breach Affects Nearly 10 Million Customers

    Singapore Telecommunications Optus announced yesterday that it was investigating unauthorized access of customer data. The Australian unit of the telecoms firm allegedly suffered from a cyberattack that was halted before customer payment details and account passwords were stolen. However, roughly 9.7 million subscribers could have had other personally identifiable information exposed, such as home addresses,…

  • UK mini-budget shakes the stock market, benefits the wealthy

    A new mini-budget has been unveiled in the British parliament that intends to cut taxes and energy bills while driving economic growth. This is the most significant tax cut since 1972. The new finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng proposed the new budget and it will see cuts to national insurance, stamp duty and the top tax…

  • Dozens of migrants killed as boat sinks off Syrian coast

    71 migrants’ bodies have been found after a boat carrying them sank off Syria’s coast. 20 survivors are being treated in a hospital in the city of Tartus in Syria. Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian nationals were believed to be on board when the boat snak on Thursday.  A rescue attempt is ongoing and it is…

  • One-year-old dies as 11 more suspected Ebola cases identified in Uganda

    Another 11 suspected cases of Ebola have been reported by Uganda’s Ministry of health as of Tuesday. The ministry has also identified one probable Ebola-related death, a one-year-old. Samples for the one-year-old and 10 other suspected cases are being tested at the Uganda Virus Research Institute.  As of Tuesday night, six probable cases, 11 suspected…

  • Is Ether A Security? How The Merge Reignited Questions Around Crypto Regulation

    As the Ethereum merge fades into the background, and even the potential disruption caused by the ETHPoW has seemed to fizzle out, several questions have come back to forefront; how should crypto be regulated? Which regulatory agency should have the authority to decide this, and how will said regulation come about? In testimony delivered only hours…

  • NFTs and Secured Transactions

    Just what are the “cool kids” up to these days? Creating, marketing, and selling NFTs (and if you call them “non-fungible tokens” and not NFTs, you are most definitely not cool). It has only been about 18 months since Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s first tweet sold as an NFT for $2.9 million. And the total…

  • Explained: What is a nonce, the heart of blockchain security

    Three things make cryptocurrencies unique: decentralisation, scalability and security. Firstly, cryptos can function without a central governing body. They can also scale enough to challenge fiat currencies. And finally, they employ one of the highest forms of security available to humankind: cryptographic encryption. In this article, we will learn about a concept at the heart…

  • The impact of the Wintermute hack could have been worse than 3AC, Voyager and Celsius — Here is why

    Most crypto investors probably never heard of Wintermute Trading before the Sept. 20 $160 million hack, but that does not reduce their significance within the cryptocurrency ecosystem. The London-based algorithmic trading and crypto lending firm also provides liquidity to some of the largest exchanges and blockchain projects. As a crypto-native trading firm, meaning digital assets have…

  • Jamie Dimon calls ‘dangerous’ crypto a ‘decentralized Ponzi scheme’ that’s not ‘good for anybody’

    Cryptocurrencies are dangerous “Ponzi schemes” that put billions of dollars at risk every year, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon declared in a scathing review of the volatile digital assets. In congressional testimony on Wednesday, Dimon referred to himself as “a major skeptic” on cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. “They are decentralized Ponzi schemes, and the notion that’s good for anybody…

  • Twitter Password Reset Bug Exposed User Accounts

    Twitter has fixed an issue that allowed accounts to stay logged in on multiple devices even after resetting their passwords. This means that if an unauthorized party was able to gain access to a user’s Twitter account, they would remain logged in even after the user reset their password and logged out. The user who…

  • Iranian Hackers Hid in Albanian Networks for Over a Year

    According to a new report released by the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Iranian hackers were able to remain undetected inside an Albanian government network for 14 months. At the end of this time period, the hackers deployed destructive malware. The hack resulted in Albania severing diplomatic ties with Iran, marking the…

  • Iran police battle protesters in Tehran as unrest over woman’s death spirals

    In the worst unrest in Tehran in years, there have been battles between Iranian police and anti-government protesters. The protests, on their seventh day, are continuing in many other cities as well as Tehran. The protests were sparked by the death of a woman detained by morality police. Activists say eight protesters were shot and…

  • Russians flee to border after military call-up

    Lines have appeared along Russia’s border as men attempt to flee the country after a military call-up for the war in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilization on Wednesday. This mobilization could see 300,000 people summoned to serve in the war. Russia says the claims for fighting-aged men fleeing are exaggerated.…

  • Authorized Push Payments Surge to 75% of Banking Fraud

    Payment authorization fraud is targeting online banking customers, according to experts. In fact, security experts say that most online banking fraud occurring today is a result of customers being duped into paying scammers who are posting as a trusted entity. The scammer convinces the target that they a legitimate entity and eventually tricks the victim…

  • Asic bolsters its cryptocurrency team and looks to regulate more digital assets

    The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has bolstered it cryptocurrency team as it looks to regulate more digital assets by classifying them as financial products, a move that would make selling them to Australians more difficult. Asic has yet to decide whether to classify Ethereum, the second most popular cryptocurrency after bitcoin, as a financial product…

  • Are noncustodial crypto wallets a practical option for the everyday hodler?

    As crypto ownership becomes more and more common, holders will need to think about how they protect and hold their assets. The safest option is storing cryptocurrency in a personal wallet. Crypto wallets are programs that allow users to store, send and receive cryptocurrency. Each wallet has a private key that allows the wallet to be…

  • CoinDCX Twitter locked: Hacking verified accounts a new exploit for crypto scammers

    The Twitter account of the Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX was hacked on September 20. The intruders posted fake Ripple (XRP) promotions embedded with phishing links in an attempt to scam users. “Today, we are pumping XRP. To support our community, we are announcing a 100,000,000 XRP GIVEAWAY. Please note you can receive a bonus once.…

  • Arbitrum Rewards Hacker With 400 ETH For Detecting a Critical $400M Vulnerability

    On September 19, Arbitrum, one of the most popular Layer 2 solutions for Ethereum, paid 400 ETH (about $560,000) to a white hat hacker who found a potential vulnerability in its code. The white hat hacker, known on Twitter as Riptide, finds vulnerabilities within smart contracts written in Solidity. Riptide said the “multi-million dollar vulnerability” could…

  • Colorado is now accepting tax payments in cryptocurrency, as Gov. Polis promised

    The American state of Colorado now accepts cryptocurrency for tax payments, Gov. Jared Polis announced on Monday. The option is already available on the state Department of Revenue website. Colorado tax payments are accepted through the PayPal Cryptocurrency Hub with service fees of $1.00 plus 1.83% of the payment amount. Payments are accepted only from personal…

  • Uganda declares Ebola outbreak after one person dies

    On Tuesday, the World Health Organization confirmed that Uganda has declared an outbreak of Ebola after a case of the Sudan strain was confirmed in the country. The Sudan strain is relatively rare and was identified in a 24-year-old man in the Mubende district. Health authorities in Uganda identified the sample after investigating six suspicious…

  • Spell-Checking in Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge Browsers Leaks Passwords

    Spell-check features in both Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge are reportedly responsible for leaking sensitive user information such as username, emails, and passwords to Google and Microsoft. Specifically, the data is harvested when consumers fill in forms on popular websites and cloud-based enterprise apps. The issue was identified by security firm Otto JavaScript Security. According…

  • Video Game Publisher Admits Helpdesk Was Hijacked

    US-based video game publisher 2k has warned players not to click on links received by its help desk in the past few weeks. According to the company, its helpdesk has been breached and the links delivered to its users are fake. The firm released a brief statement on Twitter addressing the risk and stating that…

  • Two-Fifths of US Consumers Suffer Personal Data Theft

    According to a new report from the Identity Theft Resource Center, roughly 40% of US consumers have had their information stolen or compromised within the past year. The research consisted of polling 1371 consumers to determine the rate of repeat identity crimes and data breaches impacting consumers. The study found that the number of repeat…

  • Critical Vulnerability in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Allowed Unauthorized Access

    A new vulnerability has been disclosed in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. According to security researchers at Wiz, the flaw could allow unauthorized access to cloud storage volumes of all users. Therefore, the vulnerability violates cloud isolation. The security flaw has been dubbed AttachMe by researchers and was detailed in an advisory posted by Wiz earlier…

  • Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ‘tramples’ UN charter according to Japan PM

    Fumio Kishida, Japanese Prime Minister, has called for reforms after he expressed disappointment in the United Nations Security Council’s failure to respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The reforms he called for would allow the UN to better defend global peace and order. The reform proposed addresses the system that gives five states, including Russia,…

  • Myanmar army helicopters fire on school, killing six

    At least 17 children were wounded and six children were killed in Myanmar when army helicopters shot at a school on Friday. The military said it opened fire because rebels were using the school building to attack its forces. The military admitted to opening fire on the school on Tuesday, however, rejected accusations that it…

  • Unrest Turns Deadly in West Bank as Palestinian Authority’s Grip Loosens

    Earlier this week, Palestinian Authority security forces reportedly clashed with armed groups protesting unrest in the city of Nablus. The individuals were reportedly throwing stones as the unrest has intensified in the West Bank amid a series of Israeli raids and arrests of militants. The conflict left at least one Palestinian dead, and could be…