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US Intelligence Support Amplifies Ukraine's Deep Strike Campaign On Russian Energy Infrastructure sploited.blog/2025/10/13/u...
US Intelligence Support Amplifies Ukraine’s Deep Strike Campaign On Russian Energy Infrastructure
A recent Financial Times report revealed that the US has quietly provided intelligence support to enable Ukraine’s long-range strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, marking a significant evoluti…
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October 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Adversaries Intensify Scanning and Brute Force Activity Against Perimeter Devices sploited.blog/2025/10/08/a...
Adversaries Intensify Scanning and Brute Force Activity Against Perimeter Devices
On 3 October 2025, GreyNoise reported a ~500% increase in unique IPs scanning Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect/PAN-OS login portals, the highest level in 90 days; open-source coverage between 4–8 O…
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October 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Leaked Files Expose Iranian Charming Kitten Operations sploited.blog/2025/10/02/l...
Leaked Files Expose Iranian Charming Kitten Operations
The KittenBusters repository publicly discloses internal materials tied to the Iranian APT known as Charming Kitten (IRGC-IO Counterintelligence Unit 1500). The disclosures include official documen…
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October 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Chinese Military Modernization & Regional Security: Intelligence Summary sploited.blog/2025/09/30/c...
Chinese Military Modernization & Regional Security: Intelligence Summary
6 September 2025 – 13 September 2025 China Criticizes Canadian And Australian Warships Transiting Taiwan Strait – 6 SEPT 2025 Reuters (BEIJING) – Beijing criticized the passage of Canadian an…
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October 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Russian MiG-31s Violate NATO Airspace sploited.blog/2025/09/19/r...
Russian MiG-31s Violate NATO Airspace
Summary: On 19 September 2025, three Russian MiG-31 fighters violated Estonian airspace near Vaindloo Island, remaining inside NATO territory for about twelve minutes before being intercepted by It…
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September 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Disrupting Cartels: A Multi-Approach Strategy sploited.blog/2025/08/14/d...
Disrupting Cartels: A Multi-Approach Strategy
Military raids and high-profile arrests make headlines, but they do not end the business of cartels. Mexican and South American trafficking organizations operate like multinational corporations: di…
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August 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Boeing Labor Tensions Signal Broader Vulnerabilities in the Defense Industrial Base sploited.blog/2025/07/29/b...
Boeing Labor Tensions Signal Broader Vulnerabilities in the Defense Industrial Base
More than 3,200 union workers at Boeing’s fighter jet plants in the St. Louis area have rejected a new contract proposal, triggering a countdown to a possible strike starting 4 August. Boeing has a…
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July 30, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Iranian APTs and the Next Phase of Infrastructure Risk sploited.blog/2025/07/11/i...
Iranian APTs and the Next Phase of Infrastructure Risk
In the wake of escalating tensions in the Middle East this past spring, Iranian state-sponsored hackers turned their focus toward a new frontier: US critical infrastructure. From May through June 2…
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July 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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[Case Study] Turkey’s Nuclear Energy Development Proliferation Risk Profile  sploited.blog/2025/07/01/c...
[Case Study] Turkey’s Nuclear Energy Development Proliferation Risk Profile
Preface This document is a strategic nonproliferation analysis modeled after the IAEA’s State Evaluation Report (SER) format. Developed as part of an academic project, it assesses a specific countr…
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July 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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US-Led Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Sites: Fallout for China's Influence and Regional Nuclear Strategy sploited.blog/2025/06/27/u...
US-Led Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Sites: Fallout for China’s Influence and Regional Nuclear Strategy
Background: Operation Midnight Hammer On 13 June 2025, Israel launched a surprise air offensive against Iran, bombing a series of nuclear and military installations after alleging Tehran was on the…
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June 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Israel's Strike on Iran and the Future of Regional Stability sploited.blog/2025/06/13/i...
Israel’s Strike on Iran and the Future of Regional Stability
In the early hours of 13 June 2025, Israel launched its most significant direct assault on Iran in modern history. Codenamed Operation Rising Lion, the campaign marked a sharp turn in the long-runn…
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June 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Russia's Digital Playbook: Targeting Poland’s Election with Anti-Ukrainian Disinformation
#Disinformation #OSINT #CyberInfluence #Poland #Ukraine #AI #InformationWarfare #Elections #NationalSecurity #DigitalPropaganda #Geopolitics #ThreatIntelligence

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Russia’s Digital Playbook: Targeting Poland’s Election with Anti-Ukrainian Disinformation
As Poland approached a critical presidential runoff on June 1, Russian-linked influence networks ramped up efforts to flood Polish social media with anti-Ukrainian messaging. The Institute for Stra…
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June 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Hidden Bear: How GRU Unit 29155 Evolved Into a Cyber Sabotage Force sploited.blog/2025/06/03/h...
Hidden Bear: How GRU Unit 29155 Evolved Into a Cyber Sabotage Force
Disclaimer: This post is based on unclassified, open-source reporting and reflects my personal analysis and interpretations. The views expressed here are my own and do not represent the views or po…
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June 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Shortcut to Superpower? Rethinking Intelligence and Learning in the Age of AI sploited.blog/2025/06/01/s...
Shortcut to Superpower? Rethinking Intelligence and Learning in the Age of AI
If I can get the information faster and more efficiently with AI, is that really a bad thing? In national security, cyber defense, and intelligence work, speed and accuracy aren’t luxuries, t…
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June 2, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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[Deep Dive] Cyber Tactics and Counterterrorism Post-9/11 sploited.blog/2025/05/27/d...
[Deep Dive] Cyber Tactics and Counterterrorism Post-9/11
Disclaimer: This research uses data derived from open-source materials like public intelligence assessments, government publications, and think tank reports. This report is based solely on my perso…
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May 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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[Brief] Russia's Void Blizzard Targets the West's Digital Backbone sploited.blog/2025/05/27/b...
[Brief] Russia’s Void Blizzard Targets the West’s Digital Backbone
Microsoft Threat Intelligence has surfaced a new Russia-affiliated cyber actor: Void Blizzard, also tracked as LAUNDRY BEAR. Active since at least April 2024, this group is focused on long-term esp…
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May 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Romania has enacted new laws allowing its armed forces to shoot down enemy drones and carry out military operations on national territory during peacetime.

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Romania Authorizes Military to Shoot Down Drones, Conduct Operations in Peacetime - Militarnyi
Romania enacted new laws allowing its armed forces to shoot down enemy drones and carry out military operations during peacetime.
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May 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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[INTSUM] Doppelgänger Was Just the Beginning sploited.blog/2025/05/19/i...
[INTSUM] Doppelgänger Was Just the Beginning
Rethinking Russian Influence Operations in the Age of Weaponized Visibility Earlier this month, Sweden’s Psychological Defence Agency and Lund University released Beyond Operation Doppelgänger, a 2…
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May 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Pakistan wields Chinese weapons against India, and analysts take notes www.defensenews.com/global/asia-...
Pakistan wields Chinese weapons against India, and analysts take notes
Besides long-range aerial fights, both sides also launched drones and cruise missiles against enemy infrastructure, bringing air-defense systems into play.
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May 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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How AI voicebots threaten the psyche of US service members and spies www.defensenews.com/industry/tec...
How AI voicebots threaten the psyche of US service members and spies
Artificial intelligence voice agents with a wide range of capabilities can now guide interrogations worldwide, Pentagon officials told Defense News.
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May 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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[OPINION] Asymmetric Cyber Threats: Lessons from Guerrilla Warfare sploited.blog/2025/05/14/o...
[OPINION] Asymmetric Cyber Threats: Lessons from Guerrilla Warfare
The Digital Guerrilla When you think of cyber warfare, you often imagine digital equivalents of tanks, missiles, and grand battles between major powers. In reality, however, the cyber conflict we s…
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May 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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[INTSUM] The Escalation of GRU Unit 29155: Espionage and Sabotage Tactics sploited.blog/2025/05/08/r...
[INTSUM] The Escalation of GRU Unit 29155: Espionage and Sabotage Tactics
Background Russian GRU military intelligence Unit 29155 (aka Cadet Blizzard, Ember Bear, FrozenVista, UNC2589) is a covert subunit of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces o…
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May 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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[RESEARCH] Future Military Challenges: Beyond the Big Four Adversaries sploited.blog/2025/05/08/f...
[RESEARCH] Future Military Challenges: Beyond the Big Four Adversaries
Disclaimer: This research project uses data derived from open-source materials like public intelligence assessments, government publications, and think tank reports. This report is based solely on …
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May 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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[INTSUM] COLDRIVER's New LOSTKEYS Malware Targets Western Officials sploited.blog/2025/05/13/i...
[INTSUM] COLDRIVER’s New LOSTKEYS Malware Targets Western Officials
Summary Between Jan and Apr 2025, suspected Russian FSB-linked threat group COLDRIVER delivered LOSTKEYS malware using a fake CAPTCHA to target Western officials, journalists, think tanks, and NGOs…
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May 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM