GlobalSecurity.org Daily Updates Jan 27, 2023

 

The 3 Approaches to Breach & Attack Simulation Technologies Demand for the latest and most comprehensive testing solutions continues to grow to counter the ever-increasing wave of cybercrime. Find out what methods organizations are using to meet this demand. Download Now Sponsored LATEST NEWS Jan 27, 2023 Ukraine Hit by Deadly Wave of Russian Missile Strikes as Zelenskyy Calls for Aircraft, Missiles Russia launched new missile attacks on several locations in Ukraine on Thursday, killing 11 people and wounding 11 others, authorities reported. Read More Countering the Wagner Group and Degrading Russia's War Efforts in Ukraine "The United States is sanctioning individuals and entities linked to Russia's para-military Wagner Group and its head, Yevgeniy Prigozhin - including its key infrastructure and associated front companies, its battlefield operations in Ukraine, producers of Russia's weapons, and those administering Russia-occupied areas of Ukraine. This action supports our goal to degrade Moscow's capacity to wage war against Ukraine, to promote ... Read More Treasury Sanctions Russian Proxy Wagner Group as a Transnational Criminal Organization Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is taking additional actions to degrade the Russian Federation's capacity to wage war against Ukraine by sanctioning eight individuals and 16 entities, and four aircraft. ... Read More Somalia Welcomes Killing of IS Leader Somalia's government welcomed the death of Bilal al-Sudani, the Islamic State group leader killed by U.S. special operations forces in a remote part of northern Somalia on Wednesday night. ... Read More U.S. Department of Justice Disrupts Hive Ransomware Variant The Justice Department announced its months-long disruption campaign against the Hive ransomware group that has targeted more than 1,500 victims in over 80 countries around the world, including hospitals, school districts, financial firms, and critical infrastructure. ... Read More UN envoy 'deeply alarmed' over deaths of nine Palestinians in West Bank raid The top UN official for the Middle East peace process, said on Thursday he was "deeply alarmed and saddened" at the continuing cycle of violence in the occupied West Bank, after nine Palestinians were killed during an Israeli military raid. ... Read More Panic Grips Haiti as Police Attack PM's Residence, Storm Airport Panic spread though Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, on Thursday as dozens of angry police took to the streets to protest the killing of their fellow officers by armed gangs. ... Read More Myanmar's Opium Production Said to be Surging After Years of Decline Myanmar's farmers are flocking back to opium poppy cultivation amid rising prices for the contraband crop and an economic nosedive that's wiping out jobs, reversing nearly a decade of declines, according to the latest data from the United Nations. ... Read More The 3 Approaches to Breach & Attack Simulation Technologies Demand for the latest and most comprehensive testing solutions continues to grow to counter the ever-increasing wave of cybercrime. Find out what methods organizations are using to meet this demand. Download Now Sponsored This email was sent to nshakoor@afsdata.net. You are receiving this newsletter because you opted-in to receive relevant communications from GlobalSecurity.org. To manage your email newsletter preferences, please click here. GlobalSecurity.org | 300 N. Washington St. Suite B-100 Alexandria, VA 22314