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Jeremy Walker

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WE ARE BACK! Security Horizons is back and in video form this time, no more just voice over! Today, we cover the FBI creating their own app to 'hack' into criminal organisations in the ANOM story. Hundreds of criminals around the world were just communicating without knowing everything was being seen by security forces. We follow up with a look at the troop withdrawal in Afghanistan, and how the government has been set up to fail by decades of mismanagement by allied military forces. We also cover the Sri Lanka Oil Spill, a Q&A covering Russian opposition groups and the readiness of infrastructure against cyber attacks, and finish up with links of the week!

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LINKS OF THE WEEK:

Drones:

My Article: https://greydynamics.com/drone-swarms-loitering-munitions-current-future-applications/

Wall St. Journal Article (sub required) : https://t.co/8GMGBRpFvM?amp=1

YES PEOPLE REALLY WERE FILLING UP BAGS WITH PETROL

https://twitter.com/Tokidok42078559/status/1392512958970822659?s=20

Johnny Harris Video on Volcanos

https://youtu.be/kqtN794yb1o

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Sources and Links:

Cybersecurity News:

https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/800-criminals-arrested-in-biggest-ever-law-enforcement-operation-against-encrypted-communication

https://www.reuters.com/world/how-an-informant-messaging-app-led-huge-global-crime-sting-2021-06-08/

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/middle-east/global-crackdown-organised-crime-after-high-tech-us-australia-sting-2021-06-08/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57413224

https://theconversation.com/fastlys-global-internet-meltdown-could-be-a-sign-of-things-to-come-162390

Kharg Fire:

https://apnews.com/article/iran-largest-warship-catches-fire-sinks-gulf-oman-f3e8126a8603326e1abc4705c6629fcd

https://apnews.com/article/dubai-iran-united-arab-emirates-persian-gulf-tensions-yemen-9c89b8a5571468f1f12be535e8825212

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-navy-warship-sinks-fire-refinery-sabotage-b1858065.html

Afghan Governance:

https://www.undocs.org/en/S/2021/486

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/25/us-commander-in-afghanistan-says-steps-for-withdrawal-have-begun

https://fpif.org/accountability_and_insurgency_in_afghanistan/

https://www.radiofree.org/2021/05/14/can-decentralization-reduce-post-war-conflict-in-afghanistan/

Sri Lankan Oil Spill:

https://news.sky.com/story/sri-lanka-cargo-ship-disaster-large-oil-spill-visible-in-satellite-images-12328569

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-57327300

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/02/cargo-ship-carrying-tonnes-of-chemicals-sinks-off-sri-lanka

Russian Opposition:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/09/russian-court-expected-to-outlaw-alexei-navalnys-organisation

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/alexei-navalny-ends-hunger-strike-russia-doctors-life-threatening-b931438.html

State of Protection of Vital Services:

https://www.cyberscoop.com/colonial-pipeline-ransomware-senate-hack/

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Weekly news hit with a breakdown of the timeline concerning Princess Latifa and her escape attempt from the Sheik in the UAE and Dubai; Worrying signs ahead of the 1st of May allied troop withdrawal in Afghanistan, potentially prolonging allied troop deployments in the region; Reported Israel airstrikes against Iranian militias in Syrian territory; How the current weather in Texas can show us how a cyber attack against civilian infrastructure can take down a superpower.

Timestamps -

  • Intro: 0:00
  • Princess Latifa: 1:23
  • Afghanistan Troop withdrawals: 12:05
  • Rest of the News: 16:01
  • Outro: 21:20

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Sources and Links:

  • Princess Latifa

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56093100

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56085734?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bmicrosoft%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56065527

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2019/country-chapters/united-arab-emirates

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2020/country-chapters/united-arab-emirates

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2021/country-chapters/united-arab-emirates

  • Afghanistan Troop withdrawals

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/world/asia/taliban-afghanistan.html

https://sofrep.com/news/taliban-have-taken-nearly-all-of-afghanistan/

https://www.voanews.com/south-central-asia/nato-chief-says-afghanistan-troop-pullout-depends-taliban

https://www.reuters.com/article/nato-afghanistan-int-idUSKBN2AI2A7

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/austin-mum-afghanistan-withdrawal-plans?utm_source=msn&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=msn_feed

  • Israel

https://sofrep.com/news/israel-launches-another-airstrike-on-iranian-presence-in-syria/

https://www.syriahr.com/en/205090/

https://sofrep.com/news/the-immortals-irans-elite-cyberwarfare-unit/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2012/8/15/iran-accused-of-setting-up-pro-assad-militias

  • Texas

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/tucker-carlson-texas-storm-blackouts-green-energy-b1802927.html

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=green+energy+texas+excuse&iar=news&ia=news

https://web.archive.org/web/20210217010434/https://twitter.com/lukelegate/status/1361149723072208896

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/02/19/texas-power-crisis-real-threat-cyberattacks-not-weather-column/4491652001/

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/FBI-warns-energy-sector-about-cyber-threats-14821717.php

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fact-check-meme-of-wind-turbine-being-de-iced-includes-2015-image-from-sweden/ar-BB1dOer9?fb_comment_id=1171497172969462_1171569652962214%253Fc

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Weekly news hit with Enrochat messages being deemed legal to use in UK courts under the 'Snoopers Charter', a breakdown of the Alexei Navalny situation in Russia with listener questions, Myanmar situation timeline, DP World and the expansion of Emirati influence in Africa, finishing with the imprisonment of an Iranian Intelligence Official in Belgium.

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Links and Sources:

Enrochat:

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252495964/EncroChat-Appeal-court-finds-digital-phone-tapping-admissible-in-criminal-trials

https://scottishlegal.com/article/thomas-ross-qc-encrochat-the-court-of-appeal-judgment

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53263310

https://www.cyberscoop.com/encrochat-encryption-drug-bust/

https://www.dpworld.com/news/releases/dp-world-and-senegal-sign-agreement-to-develop-ndayane-port/

DP World:

https://greydynamics.com/emirati-expansionism-in-africa/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/dp-world-signs-deal-to-develop-1-billion-new-senegal-port-dp-world-senegal-port-port-deal-b1778265.html

https://ecfr.eu/publication/libyas_global_civil_war1/

https://greydynamics.com/libyan-civil-war-saudi-arabia-uae-involvement/?highlight=UAE%20Libya

Navalny:

Chat between FSB officer and Navalny confirming poisoning attempt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwvA49ZXnf8&t=0s

Timeline of events: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/19/hold-alexei-navalny-timeline-from-poisoning-to-prison

Johnny Harris Explainer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrORwk_RZLM&t=1175s&ab_channel=JohnnyHarris

Others:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-55938042

https://www.csis.org/analysis/implications-poisoning-alexey-navalny

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/05/europe/navalny-court-russia-eu-intl/index.html

Assadolah Assadi

https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/mujahadeen-e-khalq-mek

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/30/rudy-giuliani-mek-iran-paris-rally

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/iranian-envoy-assadollah-assadi-found-guilty-of-paris-bomb-plot-v65d6bn9l

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/02/france-blames-iran-for-foiled-bomb-attack-near-paris

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/04/assadollah-assadi-belgian-court-sentences-iranian-diplomat-20-years-french-bomb-plot

Myanmar

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/myanmar-coup-timeline-suu-kyi-history-b1795773.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/un-rights-body-trains-spotlight-on-myanmar-following-coup-myanmar-aung-san-suu-kyi-country-china-russia-b1801401.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-56037305?at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_custom2=twitter&at_medium=custom7&at_campaign=64&at_custom3=%40BBCWorld&at_custom4=C85CBAB0-6D2E-11EB-AFB8-F67C4D484DA4

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/myanmar-draft-cybersecurity-law-adds-to-protests-over-coup-myanmar-military-dissent-privacy-military-b1801419.html

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/myanmar-police-file-charges-against-aung-san-suu-kyi-14102504?cid=TWTcna

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The United States, along with other countries and businesses, have suffered massive cyber attacks in the past few weeks. But what has happened exactly? And have there been any other attacks that might show an evidence trail? Jeremy Walker dives into this topic and answers viewers questions live on Twitch!

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