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Securing Tomorrow: Your Daily Dose of Cyber Safety, Tech Trends, National Security News, and Inspiration.
“A Dorito asks nothing of you, which is its great gift.”
-Aimee Bender
I. National Security: Key developments in national security, particularly cyber and technological warfare.
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Celebrate The Air Force’s Newest ‘Flying Dorito’ With This T-Shirt
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The new “Waritos” holiday T‑shirt celebrates the B‑21 Raider—nicknamed the “Flying Dorito” for its wedge‑shaped stealth design—by pairing the bomber’s silhouette with a festive graphic, while the limited‑run merch also reissues popular designs like “On A Silent Night,” “Stealthier Things” and “Tonopah Canyons,” all available for a short window before the sale ends on Monday. Click here to read more.
II. Tech Trends: Updates on emerging technology trends shaping the digital world.
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Oxford’s word of the year is here, and it says everything about the current social media landscape
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Oxford University Press named “rage bait” its 2025 Word of the Year, defining it as online content deliberately crafted to provoke anger or outrage in order to boost clicks and engagement; the term’s usage has tripled over the past year, reflecting growing awareness of how digital platforms manipulate emotions rather than merely sparking curiosity, while the runners‑up were “biohacking” (self‑experimenting with technology) and “aura farming” (curating a charismatic public persona). Click here to read more.
III. Inspiration: Articles centered on faith that offer guidance and reflection.
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Biblical “Better to Give than to Receive” Explains Black Friday Burnout
- The commentary urges readers to resist Black‑Friday consumerism and instead embrace the biblical principle that “it is more blessed to give than to receive,” noting that the holiday shopping frenzy fuels spiritual emptiness and financial stress for many Americans, while generosity—whether through time, service or modest gifts—offers lasting joy and aligns with Jesus’ teachings about storing up heavenly treasure rather than earthly possessions. 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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Facial Recognition’s Trust Problem
- Facial‑recognition technology faces a major trust gap because public‑surveillance deployments capture images without consent, store them in opaque databases and have repeatedly proved insecure—examples include Clearview’s GDPR violations, the 2018 Mexico‑City hack that let criminals track FBI informants, and recent breaches of license‑plate‑scanner operators—while access‑control uses are more consensual but still raise privacy concerns; solutions such as ZeroTier’s encrypted mesh networking can isolate camera feeds to prevent lateral hacks, and Alcatraz.ai’s “privacy‑first” approach stores only irreversible facial‑map hashes rather than images, enabling secure, consent‑based authentication without exposing personal biometrics. 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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Israeli defense giants climb int’l ranks, record double-digit revenue growth in 2024, report says
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Israeli defense firms Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries and Elbit Systems each posted double‑digit revenue growth in 2024, lifting their combined arms sales by 16 % to $16.2 billion and moving up the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Top 100 list—Elbit rose to 25th, IAI to 31st and Rafael to 34th—while the overall Top 100 recorded a record $679 billion in sales, driven by conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza and rising tensions in East Asia, showing that geopolitical backlash over Israel’s Gaza actions has not dampened global demand for its weapons. Click here to read more.
