“CIA Director John Brennan is planning a major expansion of the agency’s cyber-espionage capabilities as part of a broad restructuring of an intelligence service long defined by its human spy work, current and former U.S. officials said. The proposed shift reflects a determination that the CIA’s approach to conventional espionage

“Austrian police on Thursday launched several raids in Vienna and Graz, resulting in the arrest of14 people suspected of membership in the ‘Islamic State’ militant group.” Source: Austria arrests 14 suspects over ′Islamic State′ links | News | DW.COM | 27.01.2017

“SpaceX plans to blast off a rocket on Saturday for the first time since a launch pad explosion in the fall sidetracked the ambitious flight plans of company founder and entrepreneur Elon Musk.” Source: SpaceX counts down to first launch after rocket explosion | Reuters

“German police were still hunting for the terrorist who carried out the deadly truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market Tuesday as ISIS claimed responsibility for the atrocity.” Source: ISIS claims responsibility for Berlin truck crash – NY Daily News

China’s defense minister met the head of Afghanistan’s army, thanking him for Kabul’s support in fighting what Beijing says is an extremist group that seeks to split off its western region of Xinjiang. Source: China praises Afghanistan for fight against Chinese separatist group

“The U.S. approach to this digital battleground is pretty advanced. For example: Did you know that the military uses its submarines as underwater hacking platforms? In fact, subs represent an important component of America’s cyber strategy. They act defensively to protect themselves and the country from digital attack, but — more interestingly — they

An unidentified assailant shot and wounded a man in a shopping mall in the Swedish city of Malmo on Tuesday, but police said the attack had nothing to do with recent Islamist militant violence elsewhere in Europe. Source: Man shot in Swedish mall, no links to militants: police

A Houston, Texas, businesswoman held in China since March last year is expected to be charged with violating its national security, Newsweek reported on Thursday, citing a U.S. State Department official. Source: Texas woman held in China since 2015 to face security charges: Newsweek

Guatemalan police captured 106 suspected gang members in a series of raids against warring gangs responsible for a wave of drug violence, authorities said on Thursday. Source: Guatemala police raid rival gangs, more than 100 arrested

The US sentences a Chinese businessman to nearly four years in prison after he pleaded guilty to hacking sensitive military information. Su Bin admitted collaborating with hackers in the Chinese military to steal data from US defence companies between 2008 and 2014 Source: US sentences Chinese hacker for stealing military information