
THE DAILY PRAETORIAN: Cybersecurity Trends – 6/20/25
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Securing Tomorrow: Your Daily Dose of Cyber Safety, Tech Trends, National Defense News, and Inspiration.
“It is not the critic who counts… the credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.”
-Theodore Roosevelt
I. National Defense: Key developments in national defense, particularly cyber and technological warfare.
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Nuclear Countdown: US Warns Iran Could Still Make a Nuke Within Weeks, Trump to Decide US Steps Soon
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II. Tech Trends: Updates on emerging technology trends shaping the digital world.
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What Big Tech’s Band of Execs Will Do in the Army
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III. Inspiration: Articles centered on faith that offer guidance and reflection.
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Operation Rising Lion – what’s behind the name of Israel’s offensive against Iran?
- Israel’s military campaign against Iran, dubbed Operation Rising Lion, draws its name from deep biblical and literary roots, combining prophetic scripture, Jewish history, and symbolic strength. Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster explains that the term evokes Numbers 23:24, where Israel is likened to a lion rising to strike, a motif of watchful courage. The operation also echoes the Book of Esther, where Jews were empowered to defend themselves on the Hebrew date of 23rd Sivan—coinciding with recent Iranian attacks. The code name “Narnia,” reportedly used for targeted eliminations of Iranian nuclear scientists, further aligns the operation with C.S. Lewis’ Aslan, a lion who represents sacrificial leadership and divine justice. Click here to read more.
IV. Cyber Safety: A focus on the latest cybersecurity threats, tips, or breaches impacting individuals and organizations.
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16 billion passwords exposed in record-breaking data breach, opening access to Facebook, Google, Apple, and any other service imaginable
- A record-breaking 16 billion login credentials have been exposed in one of the largest data breaches in history, according to Cybernews researchers. Spread across 30 databases, these recent leaks—primarily sourced from infostealer malware—contain sensitive login data for platforms like Facebook, Google, Apple, Telegram, and more, putting users at risk of identity theft, account takeovers, and phishing attacks. Though some records may overlap, the sheer volume highlights the growing threat of credential leaks and the urgency for users to reset passwords, enable multi-factor authentication, and monitor account activity. Click here to read more.
V. Shield of Israel: Coverage from The Jerusalem Post, providing an Israeli perspective on ongoing conflicts.
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Jerusalem copes: How Israel’s capital handles the escalation with Iran
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