THE DAILY PRAETORIAN: Cybersecurity Trends – 11/26/25

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“God created war so that Americans would learn geography.”

-Mark Twain

Japan’s Plan To Put SAMs On Strategic Island 70 Miles From Taiwan Could Be Just The Beginning
Japan is moving ahead with plans to install medium‑range Chu‑SAM surface‑to‑air missiles on Yonaguni Island—just 70 miles from Taiwan—while Japanese fighters have repeatedly scrambled to intercept Chinese drones near the island, the U.S. Marine Corps has set up a forward arming and refueling point there, and both Tokyo and Washington are bolstering regional defenses amid rising Sino‑Japanese tensions and concerns that the island could become a forward staging site for additional air‑defense and missile systems; Chinese officials have condemned the move as provocative, and the deployment marks a significant escalation in the strategic contest over the first island chain. Click here to read more.

Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week
Plex is tightening its remote‑streaming policy this week, moving away from free, unrestricted access in order to cover rising infrastructure costs, fund new features such as Common Sense Media integration, a bespoke server‑management app and an open API, and boost subscription revenue after nearing profitability and raising $40 million in 2024; the change may push longtime users who rely on Plex as a free media‑server solution toward alternatives like Jellyfin, while the company hopes the new model will satisfy investors and sustain its growth. Click here to read more.

The Pilgrims Brought the Values that Shaped Freedom-Loving America
The documentary “The Pilgrims” argues that the 1620 Mayflower settlers forged America’s core values—religious liberty, self‑government and a Bible‑based moral framework—by fleeing England’s enforced Anglicanism, signing the Mayflower Compact as a prototype of democratic rule, forging peaceful treaties with Native Americans, and enduring a brutal first winter that cemented a willingness to die for their faith; the film highlights how those early principles seeded the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the nation’s enduring emphasis on freedom, noting that roughly 30 million Americans trace ancestry to the original 51 pilgrims. Click here to read more

Asus urges immediate updates: patches released for millions of computers, routers
Asus has released urgent patches for a critical privilege‑escalation flaw (CVE‑2025‑59373, severity 8.5) in its preinstalled MyASUS utility that could let low‑privilege attackers execute code as SYSTEM on both ARM and x64 PCs, and also issued firmware updates for its routers to fix an authentication‑bypass issue in AiCloud and other vulnerabilities; users are urged to apply the updates via Windows Update or the Asus support site and to disable internet‑facing services on older, unsupported router models. Click here to read more.

‘Time to end the Oslo illusion’: Minister Strock says Israel must scrap PA security apparatus
National Missions Minister Orit Strock argued that Israel must abandon the Oslo‑era framework and dismantle the Palestinian Authority’s armed security apparatus, condemning PA legislation that pays families of prisoners, its school curriculum that she says incites hatred, and prisons that allegedly serve as safe havens for terrorists, while proposing a return to the pre‑1994 “municipal” model in which Israel retains full civil and security control over the West Bank and only non‑violent Palestinians participate in local governance, noting that such a shift would require political will and could be presented to a renewed Trump administration as the only responsible path forward. Click here to read more.