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  • What? Us Worry?

    This isn’t to say that there is a credibility problem here, but if things hold true to form, the script for this debacle has already been written. I think we all wish them well, but we a lesson can be learned from a recent comment about another kind of software deployment. In fact, following such…

  • MFIC

    It helps to know who is in charge. This is particularly true in the military and para-military government organizations. To outsiders this seems a tempest in a tea cup, but very specific and often powerful authorities come with being a particular person in a particular position. This is illustrative of what can happen when people…

  • “We’ve got to do something . . .”

    “. . . to protect our (future) phony-baloney jobs!” A Senate committee yesterday rejected a bipartisan proposal to establish an independent office to oversee the enforcement of congressional ethics and lobbying laws, signaling a reluctance in Congress to beef up the enforcement of its rules on lobbying. I am tempted to say that intelligence work…

  • Walt’s Imperative

    Thanks guys. This was just what I needed; a new reason for my kids to wonder why daddy doesn’t love them enough to move to the Magic Kingdom. 😉

  • It’s called “Chutzpah”

    Or gall, or balls or . . .

  • Time For Consolidation?

    What are the real (practical) priorities of our IC agencies? Here is a hint: It isn’t helping capture or kill terrorists. Give up? It’s getting more money and responsibility than the guys across town. The only significant difference between any given agency is any unique collection platform they bring to the game, otherwise what is…

  • Total War-Lite

    In case you ever wondered what really made the world go round but were afraid to ask. Victory gardens are thing of the past, as are other efforts the government used to use to help bolster support for war efforts. Back in the day you needed that kind of commitment when waging total war. Today,…

  • Long nights, impossible odds . . .

    None of this makes any sense to me. I’ve never been a blue collar guy (does bagging groceries as a kid count?), nor am I an expert in management-labor relations, so perhaps my view of the sanity of unions in a government agency is a little skewed. Watching the local horror that is the NWA…

  • A Lesson from the Coasties

    The best military bar on Oahu? The Coast Guard club at Barbers Point. I long suspected that they could afford to charge only $2.00 (‘early 90s prices) for import bottled beer because it all “fell off a tanker.” But I digress . . . Distorted press reporting today points out that the Coasties had issues…

  • UK Style

    MI5 has their Able Danger moment: MI5 is facing an internal revolt by officers alarmed about intelligence failures and the lack of resources to fight Islamic terrorism. To illustrate their concern, agents have leaked more top secret documents to The Sunday Times because they want a public inquiry into the “missed intelligence” leading up to…

  • Drawing from a deeper pool

    If I remember right, somewhere deep in the IC reform legislation was a provision for the creation of an “Intelligence Reserve” . . . Sec 1053 of S.2845 to be exact. I thought of this as I read this latest item from Inside the Army (subscription): In his latest challenge to Pentagon policy, the chief…

  • Diminishing Returns

    I am reminded of some old Army training . . . or was it Computer Science . . . Hmmm. Anyway, the thrust of the lesson was a little math that helped determine how many cooks one needed to make broth (figuratively speaking), but not spoil it. The vigilant Ms. Gorman drives the point home…

  • Taking Politics out of Intelligence

    (Update below) It comes as no surprise to some that elements within our intelligence services play politics. This is not a new phenomenon, but one that has come to a head in the aftermath of the war in Iraq. Now that we have acknowledged the 800 lb gorilla, what in the world should we do…

  • Superficial

    Roll the clock back to the late fall of 2001 and remember all the kooky, crazy schemes that everyone knew al-Qaida was getting ready to unleash; bulk purchases of personal electronics, shady characters trying to learn crop dusting, swarthy men talking about weddings while standing outside of skyscrapers . . . we’ve got to do…

  • Shocker!

    No kidding?

Briefs

  • India Supreme Court stays order on mass evictions

    India’s highest court has given temporary relief to thousands of people who were going to be evicted from their homes in Uttarakhand state. The court ruled that a workable solution must be found for the forced evictions. The government officials have alleged that the people facing eviction live on lands that belong to Indian Railways. …

  • New Phishing Campaign Impersonates Flipper Zero to Target Cyber Professionals

    Security researcher Dominic Alvieri raised the alarm on several social media accounts and fake websites claiming to sell the sough after hacking tool Flipper Zero. The fraudulent sites are designed to lure cybersecurity professionals into making cryptocurrency transactions. The type of phishing is known as angler phishing and is a type of attack that involves…

  • Hacker Selling Data Allegedly Stolen From Volvo Cars Following Ransomware Attack

    A hacker listed data for sale on a public hacker forum on December 31 claiming that the data was stolen from Swedish vehicle manufacturer Volvo Cars. The hacker alleges that the data breach was a result of a ransomware attack conducted in late December. The hacker further claims that the ransomware used in the attack…

  • EU Set to Impose Coordinated Controls on Travelers From China

    The European Union member states have begun planning for the implementation of coordinated controls on passengers arriving from China. This could include mandatory pre-travel testing to avoid consequences of China’s sudden reversal of its zero-Covid policy. The decision will likely be finalized on Wednesday and would follow in the path of the US, who has…

  • South Korea-U.S. Military Drills Could Use Nuclear Assets, President Yoon Suk-yeol Says

    South Korea’s president has stated that Washington and Seoul are discussing conducting joint exercises using nuclear assets. US President Biden has since played down the claim. President Yoon Suk-yeol stated that the goal of the drills would be to practice extended deterrence methods. Although South Korea does not possess its own nuclear weapons, it is…

  • Researchers Discover New Linux Malware Targeting WordPress Sites

    Research by cybersecurity firm Dr. Web has found that a new strain of Linux malware is targeting websites based on WordPress. The malware has been named Linux.BackDoor.WordPressExploit.1 and targets 32-bit versions of Linux. The malware is primarily used to hack websites based on content management systems and to inject malicious script onto webpages. The backdoor…

  • No Major Spike in Reported Ransomware in 2022

    Emsisoft has reported that there was no spike in ransomware attacks reported in 2022. The report found that over 200 organizations in the healthcare, government, and education sectors were compromised by ransomware in the past year, representing a similar figure to 2021. Emsisoft published the findings in a recent report that analyzed ransomware incidents in…

  • CISA Says Two Old JasperReports Vulnerabilities Exploited in Attacks

    Two JasperReports flaws have been added to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The library is reportedly the world’s most popular open source reporting engine and now includes flaws in the JasperReports software that enable non-technical users to create reports and perform more functions. The CISA allegedly learned about the…

  • Google to Pay Indiana $20 Million to Resolve Privacy Suit

    Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has confirmed that Google will pay Indiana roughly $20 million to resolve a lawsuit regarding alleged deceptive location tracking practices. The state of Indiana sued the technology giant due to an investigation that concluded Google continued to track users’ location data after they opted out. Indiana found that the users…

  • LockBit Hands Ransomware Decryptor to Kids’ Hospital

    The prolific LockBit ransomware group has not only apologized to a children’s hospital for conducting a ransomware attack, but has also provided it with a free decryption key. The attack targeted Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) on December 18, 2022. The facility is Canada’s largest pediatric hospital and admitted that it was suffering from…

  • Ukrainian Cops Bust Major Vishing Call Center

    Ukrainian investigators have taken down a major call center operation blamed for defrauding thousands of Kazakhstani victims. The call center takedown was a collaboration between officers from Ukraine’s Cyber Police Department and the Main Investigative Department of the National Police. Police reported that 40 individuals were arrested in connection with the scheme, including three individuals…

  • Israeli Missile Strikes Briefly Shut Damascus Airport, Syria Says

    On Monday, Syria reported that Israel launches missiles on Damascus’s international airport. The assault killed two military personnel and forced the facility to briefly shut down. The move marks the latest attack that targets a key Iran ally in the region. The strikes occurred at 2 a.m. local time and caused damage to the airport.…

  • Dozens escape Mexican jail in deadly attack

    Dozens of inmates reportedly escaped from a prison located in northern Mexico after suspected cartel members launched an assault on the facility. The gunmen reportedly opened fire outside of the Chihuahua state prison in armored vehicles, targeting guards. Ten individuals were killed, including four prisoners. According to police reports, 24 inmates successfully escaped from the…

  • Ukraine claims hundreds of Russian troops killed in strike; Moscow says 63 died

    Just after midnight on Sunday, New Year’s Day, an apparent Ukrainian strike reportedly killed a large number of Russian troops. The strike targeted Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine at a vocational school housing Russian conscripts. The attack has been confirmed by both Ukrainian and pro-Russian military bloggers and former officials, however, the death toll has been debated.…

  • Data Breach at Louisiana Healthcare Provider Impacts 270,000 Patients

    A healthcare provider located in southwest Louisiana has reportedly suffered from a data breach that compromised patient medical and personal information. The Lake Charles Memorial Health System (LCMHS) is informing patients that their data was exposed during the attack, which was identified on October 25. The healthcare provider began notifying patients on December 23. LCMHS…

  • EarSpy Spying on Phone Calls via Ear Speaker Vibrations Captured by Accelerometer

    Malicious actors are using an attack method named EarSpy to leverage side-channels for eavesdropping on user’s phone communications. The technique was described by researchers in a paper published in December in collaboration between researchers from several universities, including Texas A&M University, Temple University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Rutgers University, and the University of Dayton.…

  • Experts Warn ChatGPT Could Democratize Cybercrime

    A new artificial intelligence bot that has quickly become very popular could be utilized by cybercriminals for nefarious purposes, including learning how to craft attacks and write ransomware. ChatGPT was released last month and has already surpassed one million users on the platform. The chatbot leverages vast volumes of data spanning the internet to answer…

  • North Korean Hackers Created 70 Fake Bank, Venture Capital Firm Domains

    BlueNoroff hackers, part of the Lazarus hacking group linked to the North Korean government, have been identified deploying new techniques with an updated arsenal in a recent wave of attacks. The campaign is targeting banks and venture capital firms with financial motivations. In the past, the group has been known to target financial institutions, cryptocurrency…

  • Cybersecurity Leaders Outline Future Trends Ahead of Infosecurity Europe 2023

    Infosecurity Europe’s community of cybersecurity leaders predict that the global political unrest from this year will continue to plague 2023 and cause serious issues for the security industry. However, the leaders believe that stricter regulations and new developments in areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and more will mean that the security industry will…

  • Russia Follows Ukraine Missile Barrage With Wave of Armed Drones

    Overnight, Russia launched more than one dozen armed drones targeting Ukrainian cities and infrastructure. The missiles struck and set fire to a district government building in Kyiv, according to Ukrainian authorities. Ukrainian air defenses were successful in mitigating and shooting down at least 16 of the drones, two of which were downed approaching Kyiv and…

  • Myanmar court extends Aung San Suu Kyi’s prison sentence to 33 years

    Myanmar has sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s former leader, to seven years in prison for corruption. The sentencing brings the proceedings to an end after months of secrecy regarding the highly-politicized trial against Suu Kyi. Suu Kyi was democratically elected and served as the leader of Myanmar before being forced out of office…

  • Making Comprehensive Crypto Policy Out of Regulatory Patchwork

    Even as cryptocurrency and other digital assets resident on blockchain have increasingly permeated the public consciousness, the question of regulatory authority has largely gone unanswered. Often, seismic events in the financial industry, like the collapse of FTX, lead to clarity. Here, unfortunately, instead of leading to any kind of consensus, the early signs indicate that…

  • Blockchain analytics unable to prevent FTX-level illicit schemes

    Data transparency has been a focal point for the cryptocurrency industry, but the FTX fiasco has shown that centralized exchanges (CEXs) are not transparent enough. So far, crypto analytics firms are apparently not capable of tracking transactions to help prevent collapses like that of FTX. All Bitcoin transactions are available publicly on-chain, which means people can…

  • 3Commas Admits It Was Source of API Leak That Led to Hacks

    A group of traders last week said that $22 million worth of crypto had been stolen through compromised API keys from the trading platform 3Commas. On Wednesday, 3Commas admitted it was the source of that API leak. The announcement came after an anonymous Twitter user obtained around 100,000 API keys belonging to 3Commas users and published…

  • Alameda wallets funnel over $1.7M via crypto mixers overnight

    30 cryptocurrency wallets linked to Alameda Research, the bankrupt sister company of crypto exchange FTX, became active on Dec. 28 following four weeks of inactivity. These wallets swapped and mixed over $1.7 million worth of crypto assets through various crypto-mixing services. Crypto mixers are often used by market exploiters and criminals to obscure the transaction path…

  • Opposition governor’s arrest stirs anger in Bolivia

    In Bolivia, violent protests have broken out across the nation in the wake of the arrest of a powerful opposition politician, Luis Fernando Camacho. Camacho is the right-wing governor of the Santa Cruz province and was detained by armed police during an investigation that resembled a kidnapping, according to his supporters. Camacho is responsible for…

  • At least 19 dead in blaze on Thai border in Casino Fire

    Cambodian authorities have confirmed that at least 19 people have died after a fire spread through a Cambodian hotel-casino that lies on the border with Thailand. Hundreds of people were in the building, the Grand Diamond City, when the fire broke out on Wednesday. Videos shared to social media appear to show people jumping or…

  • UN halts some aid programs in Afghanistan after Taliban’s ban on female NGO workers

    On Wednesday, the United Nations announced that it has suspended some of its programs in Afghanistan due to the Taliban’s ban on female NGO workers. The programs were referred to as “time-critical,” especially given the incoming harsh winter weather. UN aid chief Martin Griffiths and other humanitarian groups stated that further activities will likely need…

  • Russia ready to resume gas supply to Europe via Yamal-Europe gas pipeline

    On Sunday, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak stated that Russia is preparing to resume gas supplies to Europe via the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline. The gas transport was previously stopped for political reasons, likely arising due to the Ukrainian-Russia conflict Novak stated that the relevancy of the European market in addition with the gas shortage…

  • Critical Vulnerability in Premium Gift Cards WordPress Plugin Exploited in Attacks

    Cybersecurity researchers have identified a critical severity vulnerability that lies in the YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards premium WordPress plugin. According to research, the plug is being exploited in attacks. The plugin has more than 50,000 installations, and allows online merchants to create gift cards for use on their ecommerce stores. The vulnerability was already reported…

  • Over 50 New CVE Numbering Authorities Announced in 2022

    In 2022, more than 50 organizations have been added as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA), raising the total number of CNA organizations to 260 spanning 35 countries. CNAs have the capability to assign CVE identifiers to vulnerabilities discovered within their own infrastructure, and some can assign CVEs to flaws identified by their researchers in third-party…

  • BetMGM Confirms Breach as Hackers Offer to Sell Data of 1.5 Million Customers

    BetMGM, a MGM Resort company, has suffered from a data breach that exposed personal information such as names, email addresses, postal addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, hashed Social Security numbers, account identifiers, and transaction information. The online sports betting company confirmed the data breach as hackers threatened to sell a database containing the information,…

  • Over $3 Billion Stolen In Crypto Heists: Here Are The Eight Biggest

    Pretty much everywhere you looked in crypto and blockchain last year there was some glaring problem. But ultimately falling crypto prices or company bankruptcies aren’t the worst problem for digital assets. Beyond the billions of dollars lost from the collapse of the TerraLUNA3 stablecoin and the failures of crypto financial firms CelsiusCEL Network, Voyager Digital…

  • LastPass attacker stole password vault data, showing Web2’s limitations

    Password management service LastPass was hacked in August 2022, and the attacker stole users’ encrypted passwords, according to a Dec. 23 statement from the company. This means that the attacker may be able to crack some website passwords of LastPass users through brute force guessing. LastPass first disclosed the breach in August 2022 but at that…

  • 2023 Should Be the Year of On-Chain User Security

    Next year will be a big year for building in “tech crypto.” While the investment side of crypto (aka “money crypto”) struggles to repair grotesque violations of trust in centralized finance (CeFi), tech crypto must focus even more intently on improving user safety on-chain. This issue needs to be addressed now more than ever –…

  • North Korean Hacking Group Steals Millions Posing as Japanese VCs And Banks

    North Korean group BlueNoroff has find a new way to hack into your crypto wallets. Now it resembles banks and Japanese VC firms. This December 27, Kaspersky Lab announced that the North Korean hacking group ‘BlueNoroff’ stole millions of dollars in cryptocurrencies after creating more than 70 fake domains and impersonating banks and venture capital…

  • Mango Markets Attacker Avraham Eisenberg Arrested, Charged With ‘Market-Manipulation Offenses’

    The Department of Justice announced on Tuesday the arrest of Avraham Eisenberg, charging him with “market-manipulation offenses” related to his attack on the Mango Markets crypto exchange. A second filing signed by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Thomas S. Burnett and Noah Solowiejczyk has specifically charged Eisenberg with commodities fraud and commodities manipulation. “Eisenberg engaged in a scheme involving…

  • Facebook Agrees to Pay $725 Million to Settle Privacy Suit

    Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has agreed to pay a $725 million settlement to end a long-running lawsuit that accused the network of allowing third parties to access private data. This includes the notorious Cambridge Analytica issue, one of said third parties accused of accessing users’ private data collected by the platform. The settlement is the…

  • France Fines Microsoft $64m for Imposing Ad Cookies to its Bing Users

    The Commission Nationale de L’informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), France’s digital privacy regulator, announced last week that it had fined US tech giant Microsoft roughly $64 million for violating regulations on advertising cookies. The CNIL found the Microsoft’s Bing search engine was operating with a system that did not allow users to easily opt out…

  • President Biden Signs Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act into Law

    US President Joe Biden signed the Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act into law last week. The legislation is designed to secure the federal government’s systems and data against quantum-enabled data breaches. The law aims to get ahead of the trend before quantum computing reaches the point in which they are able to break existing cryptographic…

  • TikTok’s Parent Company Admits Using the Platform’s Data to Track Journalists

    TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has confirmed that it used data collected by the popular social media platform to track journalists. ByteDance stated that it accessed data from the app to track reporters from the Financial Times and Buzzfeed in an attempt to identify the source of leaks to the media. ByteDance’s general counsel Eric Andersen…

  • Zerobot Botnet Devs Add New Functionality

    Microsoft has identified a prolific botnet called Zerobot that is spread through IoT and web application vulnerabilities. The botnet has reportedly added new capabilities and exploits to its skillset, Microsoft states. Zerobot is sold on underground cybercrime forums as a malware-as-a-service model, meaning that its authors can update its functionality regularly. The botnet is comprised…

  • Robocallers have upped their scam game and they’re after your crypto

    Professional scam organizations are targeting cryptocurrency users following the collapse of FTX, initiating millions of automated calls and text messages in an attempt to swindle information and funds. Clayton LiaBraaten, senior executive adviser at Truecaller — an app that helps identify scam callers and messages — spoke to Cointelegraph, scammers often closely follow crypto news to…

  • North Korea-linked NFT Phishing Campaign Targets OpenSea, X2Y2, Rarible Users

    Researchers have unearthed a new phishing campaign involving North Korea-linked hackers targeting NFT users purchasing tokens on platforms such as OpenSea, X2Y2, and Rarible. Users would first purchase legitimate-looking NFTs on these websites, and these NFTs would then direct the buyer to fraudulent NFT-related websites to complete the minting process. However, as per a report…

  • Defrost Finance Says Hacked Funds Have Been Returned

    Defrost Finance, which on Sunday said its V1 and V2 products had been exploited, said the hacker in the larger V1 attack has returned the funds. “We will soon start scanning the data on-chain to find out who owned what prior to the hack in order to return them to the rightful owners. As different…

  • Caroline Ellison ‘Knew That It Was Wrong,’ Implicates Sam Bankman Fried

    Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of collapsed algorithmic trading firm Alameda, told a judge that she agreed with disgraced former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in providing “materially misleading financial statements to Alameda’s lenders.” According to a transcript of her courtroom allocution, delivered on Dec. 19 but kept sealed until Bankman-Fried was released on a $250 million…

  • Beware the ‘pig butchering’ crypto scam sweeping across America

    The FBI says America has a “pig butchering” problem. And it’s costing victims millions of dollars. “We’re not talking about what’s going on at farms,” said Frank Fisher, public affairs specialist at the bureau’s Albuquerque division. “We’re talking about a cryptocurrency investment scam that is sweeping the country.” The term pig butchering refers to an…

  • Serbia puts troops on high alert over rising tensions

    The Serbian army says it is at its highest level of readiness due to weeks of increasing tensions between Serbia and Kosovo. President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, says he will protect the Serbian people and preserve the country.  There are some media claims in Serbia that Pristina is preparing an attack on ethnic Serb areas…

  • Hackers drain $8M in assets from Bitkeep wallets in latest DeFi exploit

    While many are still enjoying the holiday season, hackers are hard at work, draining around $8 million in an ongoing BitKeep wallet exploit. On Dec. 26, some users of the multichain crypto wallet BitKeep reported that their funds were being drained and transferred while they were not using their wallets. In their official Telegram group, the…

  • BTC.com parent BIT Mining hacked, $3 million in assets taken

    BTC.com parent company BIT Mining Limited said it was hacked earlier this month, with about $700,000 in client assets and $2.3 million in company assets stolen. The publicly-traded firm said it was hit by a cyberattack on Dec. 3. It reported the incident to law enforcement authorities in Shenzhen, and some of BTC.com’s digital assets…

  • Are White Hat hackers the answer to growing exploits in the crypto market

    Since its establishment in 2020, Immunefi, a prominent site for bug bounties in the cryptocurrency sector, distributed $65 million to white hat hackers. These “ethical hackers” look for weaknesses in blockchain and smart contract projects and are compensated for reporting them to Immunefi. This aids in protecting users’ assets and deters criminals from stealing money.…

  • These Crypto Founders And Bitcoin Moguls Lost $116 Billion In 2022

    In January 2022, Sam Bankman-Fried was riding high. His Bahamas-based FTX had just raised $400 million from prominent venture capitalists at a $32 billion valuation. A few weeks later, when Forbes published its annual World’s Billionaires list, SBF, as he’s known, was crypto’s second-wealthiest person, worth $24 billion. Now, Bankman-Fried is likely broke, and awaiting trial.…

  • New NFT private auction scam threatens OpenSea users

    As nonfungible tokens (NFTs) became more popular, bad actors who constantly try to exploit users within the space have become more active. Now, a new hack involving a feature on the NFT marketplace OpenSea threatens NFT holders through phishing sites. In an announcement, anti-theft project Harpie warned NFT users of a new hack involving gasless sales…

  • 3Commas API Dispute Highlights Risks of Algorithmic Trading

    Despite the bear market, cryptocurrency day traders still see opportunities to strike it rich. Many seek out an edge by employing algorithmic trading bots that automatically execute trades at a moment’s notice. There are risks in letting code make snap decisions, however. A group of investors organizing on Telegram say that they have been the…

  • Top DeFi hacks and exploits of 2022

    The collapse of centralized crypto firms became the biggest news stories in 2022, with Celsius and FTX dominating mainstream coverage. CeFi also experienced its share of hacks, such as exchanges Crypto.com, Deribit and the more than $400 million from FTX during its chaotic implosion last month. DeFi has taken a hammering, too. CeFi’s failures can…

  • Vitalik Buterin: Cryptocurrency Is ‘Better Equipped’ To Survive As An International Currency

    There are structural reasons why cryptocurrency is better equipped to survive as an international currency than traditional fiat currencies, according to Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin. He believes in its ability to make cross-border payments easier, faster, and cheaper all over the world. Modern solutions like PayPal, Wise, WorldRemit, and Western Union may have made it convenient…

  • Binance puts up a brave face even as investors pulled US$6 billion in 3 days from the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange

    Traders withdrew US$6 billion in three days from Binance, according to the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, as it assured investors who have been spooked by FTX’s collapse that it has enough capital to sustain its operations. The mass withdrawals from December 12 to 14 were all honoured, Binance said in a Chinese-language blog post on…

  • Chile plans to open embassy in occupied Palestinian territories

    Chile plans to open an embassy in the occupied territories in Palestine, a move that the Palestinian foreign ministry has welcomed. Chile’s foreign minister, Atonia Urrejola, confirmed the plan on Thursday, but did not announce a timeline. The announcement on Thursday also stated that Chile continues to recognize both Israel and Palestine as legitimate states. …

  • North Korea sold arms to Russia’s Wagner group, US says

    The United States has accused North Korea of providing weapons to the Russian mercenary group Wagner for use in Ukraine. The White House said the shipment, allegedly containing battlefield missiles and rockets, violated UN Security Council resolutions. The US also stated it would announce further sanctions on Wagner. Fighters from Wagner have increased from 1,000…

  • NASA and Russia weigh options for astronaut return after spacecraft leak

    Officials at Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, and officials at NASA are determining how ot bring home several people at the International Space Station after a Russian Soyuz spacecraft developed a leak last week. None of the seven people on board the ISS were in any danger as a result of the leak, but it is…