by NETPRAETOR | Jan 9, 2026 | THE DAILY PRAETORIAN
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Securing Tomorrow: Your Daily Dose of Cyber Safety, Tech Trends, National Security News, and Inspiration.
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
– Aristotle
I. National Security: Key developments in national security, particularly cyber and technological warfare.
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Italy to be site of first F-35 pilot training school outside US
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Italy will host the first F‑35 Lightning II pilot training school outside the United States at a joint military‑civilian airport near Trapani, Sicily, a $130 million project funded by the Italian government and overseen by the F‑35 Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin; the center responds to rising NATO demand as more European nations field the fifth‑generation fighter, with Italy planning to add 25 jets and Denmark 16, while the facility will feature two full‑mission simulators and begin ground instruction by December 2028, aiming for full completion in July 2029.
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II. Tech Trends: Updates on emerging technology trends shaping the digital world.
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Google: Don’t make “bite-sized” content for LLMs if you care about search rank
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Google warns that breaking articles into tiny “bite‑sized” chunks to appease large language models harms long‑term SEO, explaining that the search engine still prioritizes content written for humans rather than for AI parsing; while some publishers claim short‑term traffic gains from content chunking, Google’s engineers say the practice exploits current quirks and may backfire as ranking algorithms evolve to favor coherent, reader‑friendly material, making the tactic a risky, potentially fleeting shortcut. click here to read more.
III. Inspiration: Articles centered on faith that offer guidance and reflection.
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Grandfather Goes Viral for Recording the Entire Bible in His Own Voice for Grandchildren
- A devoted grandfather spent months recording every verse of the Bible in his own voice, creating 578 MP3 files that he placed on a flash drive as a Christmas gift for his grandchildren; the heartfelt video of the family’s reaction went viral, prompting worldwide requests for copies and leading the family to distribute the recordings by donation, highlighting how a personal, labor‑intensive project—requiring roughly 75‑80 continuous hours of reading—can touch countless listeners. 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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In Other News: 8,000 Ransomware Attacks, China Hacked US Gov Emails, IDHS Breach Impacts 700k
- SecurityWeek’s weekly roundup highlights a surge in cyber threats and notable incidents: Netskope reports organizations face an average of 223 generative‑AI data‑policy violations each month, while Jaguar Land Rover’s sales tumble after a disruptive hack; spyware founder Bryan Fleming pleads guilty, and Illinois’s Department of Human Services exposes data on 700 000 individuals due to a misconfigured mapping site; Spanish police arrest a suspect linked to the 2019 Desjardins breach, Taiwan documents a 6 % rise in Chinese intrusion attempts targeting critical infrastructure, and a Chinese group infiltrates U.S. House committee email systems; OwnCloud warns of credential theft, and Emsisoft records over 8 000 ransomware attacks in 2025, marking a 30 % increase in active groups. 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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When Caracas cracked: How the US broke through Venezuela’s Iranian, Russian, and Chinese defenses
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The United States executed Operation Absolute Resolve, a coordinated night‑time raid that seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by inserting special‑operations helicopters into Caracas, striking air‑defense sites, and disabling power and communications with cyber and electronic‑warfare attacks, thereby exposing the shortcomings of Venezuela’s foreign‑supplied arsenal from Russia, China, and Iran; Russian Buk‑M2E and S‑300VM missiles, Chinese radars, and Iranian Mohajer‑6 drones proved vulnerable to precision standoff missiles, jamming, and power cuts, while U.S. forces leveraged superior intelligence, rehearsed mission planning, and spectrum dominance to neutralize the layered defenses and extract Maduro without major ground combat, illustrating that advanced integration and readiness outweigh sheer hardware quantity in modern conflicts. click here to read more.
by NETPRAETOR | Jan 8, 2026 | THE DAILY PRAETORIAN
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Securing Tomorrow: Your Daily Dose of Cyber Safety, Tech Trends, National Security News, and Inspiration.
“Artificial Intelligence is the new electricity.”
-Andrew Ng
I. National Security: Key developments in national security, particularly cyber and technological warfare.
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Canadian NORAD Commander Explains Urgent Need For Better Sensing
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Maj. Gen. Chris McKenna explains that Canada urgently needs modern sensing tools to protect its NORAD sector, noting the lack of an indigenous airborne early‑warning platform and reliance on an aging satellite system shared with many users; he highlights ongoing projects such as a defense‑only space‑ISR constellation built on RADARSAT‑C, a partnership between MDA and Telesat for polar communications, and the Defense Enhanced Surveillance of Space Project, all aimed at improving Arctic maritime awareness. McKenna also discusses Canada’s stance on the U.S. “Golden Dome” missile‑defense concept, emphasizing integrated ground‑based effectors and a collaborative continental shield, while stressing the importance of securing key installations against drones with the Leonardo Falcon Shield RF‑detect‑and‑intercept system and exploring kinetic or directed‑energy options pending legal clearance. Finally, he outlines the three‑option study for a new airborne early‑warning aircraft—Boeing’s E‑7 Wedgetail, L3Harris’s Phoenix, or Saab’s GlobalEye—intended to fill the radar gap and support Arctic air‑defense missions, with a decision expected in the early 2030s.
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II. Tech Trends: Updates on emerging technology trends shaping the digital world.
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High RAM prices mean record-setting profits for Samsung and other memory makers
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Memory shortages and soaring RAM prices drive record profits for Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron, with Samsung forecasting a Q4 2025 operating profit of roughly $13.8 billion—more than triple its Q4 2024 earnings—and SK Hynix reporting its highest‑ever quarterly performance, posting an operating profit of about $7.8 billion and a margin jump to 47 percent; Micron, after exiting the consumer RAM market, lifts its net income to $5.24 billion in Q1 2026 and celebrates its strongest free‑cash‑flow figures, attributing the surge to AI‑driven demand for DRAM, NAND, HBM, and data‑center products, while consumers face steep price hikes, such as a 32 GB DDR5‑6000 kit climbing from $80 in August 2025 to $340 today, a trend likely to persist as AI workloads expand. click here to read more.
III. Inspiration: Articles centered on faith that offer guidance and reflection.
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What Christians Should Know About Venezuela’s Oil Industry and U.S. Involvement
- Venezuela holds the world’s largest proven oil reserves—about 17 percent of global supply, roughly 303 billion barrels as of 2023—but decades of mismanagement, corruption, sanctions, and economic collapse have crippled production; President Trump recently labeled the sector a “total bust,” while U.S. sanctions target human‑rights abuses under Maduro and have strained the state‑run PDVSA and foreign investment. Chevron, the only major U.S. oil firm still operating there, emphasizes employee safety but cannot reverse the industry’s decline, and temporary sanctions relief tied to election promises sparks debate over whether easing pressure will stabilize markets or empower an authoritarian regime. Christian readers face a moral call to pray, advocate, and act justly for Venezuelans suffering hunger, displacement, and limited services, recognizing that global policy choices affect real lives far beyond their own neighborhoods. 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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Iranian citizens under full-on digital blackout as protests enter 12th day
- Iran imposes a nationwide internet blackout as anti‑regime protests enter their 12th day, cutting off connectivity, phone lines, and Telegram channels while protesters ignite fires at TV and radio stations in cities like Isfahan; NetBlocks and Cloudflare confirm traffic plummets to near zero, yet Starlink reportedly supplies limited access for activists, and U.S. officials, including President Trump, monitor the volatile situation, which has already claimed at least 45 lives—including eight children—and sparked calls for international support. 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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Sen. Jacky Rosen calls Iran a global danger, urges tech lifeline for protesters – interview
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Senator Jacky Rosen warns that Iran’s regime fuels global terrorism and threatens worldwide stability, urging the United States to supply Iranian protesters with reliable internet and communication tools while tightening sanctions on Iran’s missile program, oil revenue, financial networks, and arms transfers; she stresses that Congress must enact comprehensive measures, coordinate with the administration, and impose secondary sanctions on entities aiding Tehran, arguing that a unified coalition—U.S., Israel, and regional allies—will compel the regime to change. Rosen also highlights her work on integrated air‑defense, maritime security, and cyber‑space collaborations that protected Israel after the October 7 attacks, and she backs expanding the Abraham Accords to reinforce long‑term regional peace. click here to read more.
by NETPRAETOR | Jan 7, 2026 | THE DAILY PRAETORIAN
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Securing Tomorrow: Your Daily Dose of Cyber Safety, Tech Trends, National Security News, and Inspiration.
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
-Peter Drucker
I. National Security: Key developments in national security, particularly cyber and technological warfare.
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U.S. Forces Seize Fleeing Russian-Flagged Oil Tanker In North Atlantic (Updated)
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U.S. forces intercepted the Russian‑flagged oil tanker Marinera (formerly Bella 1) in the North Atlantic after weeks of tracking, deploying 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment assets—including MH‑6 Little Birds launched from a Coast Guard cutter—alongside Coast Guard boarding teams and, reportedly, AC‑130J Ghostrider gunships; the operation, coordinated with the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence and supported by RAF surveillance and naval assets, seized the vessel that had been used by a shadow fleet to evade sanctions on Russian, Iranian and Venezuelan oil, prompting Russian officials to denounce the boarding as a breach of international law while U.S. officials emphasized the legal warrant and the ship’s alleged involvement in illicit oil transport; simultaneous U.S. actions also captured another sanctioned tanker, Sophia, in the Caribbean, underscoring the administration’s aggressive stance on sanction enforcement.
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II. Tech Trends: Updates on emerging technology trends shaping the digital world.
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Friction-maxxing: why 2026 is embracing inconvenience to feel more human
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2026 embraces “friction‑maxxing,” a trend that pushes people to seek inconvenience—paying cash, using flip phones, confronting tense conversations—to rebuild resilience and reclaim authentic humanity amid relentless algorithmic ease; hosts of The Social CTV argue that deliberate discomfort sharpens mental stamina, improves problem‑solving, and deepens personal connections, urging habits such as drafting emails without AI help, tolerating uncertainty, and tackling challenges manually rather than relying on chatbots, thereby counteracting the passive, stress‑free lifestyle shaped by digital platforms. click here to read more.
III. Inspiration: Articles centered on faith that offer guidance and reflection.
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Tim Allen Opens Up About Reading the Bible and Studying Paul’s Teachings
- Tim Allen tells listeners that he is reading the Bible cover‑to‑cover and now focuses on the Apostle Paul’s letters, explaining that Paul portrays law as a tool that reveals humanity’s sinful nature; during Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast, Allen describes how studying Paul’s teachings on the law helps him grasp why moral boundaries exist. He recounts a vivid Jerusalem visit where a guide pointed out sites where Jesus walked, sparking a personal realization of Jesus’s historical presence, and he shares Paul’s dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus, highlighting the apostle’s shift from zealous Jew to Christian advocate. Allen also mentions his earlier struggle with faith after his father’s death, his recent progress through the Old Testament and Romans, and his ongoing quest to understand biblical truth. 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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Cybersecurity Firms Secured $14 Billion in Funding in 2025: Analysis
- Cybersecurity firms attracted nearly $14 billion in 2025, driven by 392 funding rounds that lifted total venture and private‑capital investment 47 percent above 2024’s $9.5 billion; Pinpoint Search Group notes the surge marks the strongest year since the 2021 peak, reflecting investors’ renewed confidence and tighter selectivity toward companies with deep technical expertise, disciplined operations, and relevance to emerging buyer priorities. Seed and Series A deals comprised two‑thirds of the rounds, yet late‑stage financings supplied most of the capital, with 30 deals exceeding $100 million accounting for eight percent of the rounds but nearly half of all dollars. Major injections went to Saviynt ($700 M), Cyera ($540 M), Armis ($435 M), Chainguard ($280 M), Vanta ($150 M), 7AI ($130 M), Noma Security ($100 M) and Dream ($100 M). Investors gravitated toward governance, identity, and AI‑security solutions, treating governance as a prerequisite for scalable AI adoption, while also targeting fraud prevention and critical‑infrastructure protection; enterprises tightened budgets, consolidated vendor stacks, and favored larger, outcome‑driven contracts. 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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Startup Nation meets the Scale-Up State: Israeli innovation heads to Texas
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The Jerusalem Post and the Texas‑Israel Alliance announce Unicorn Rodeo, a two‑day conference in Dallas on April 29‑30, 2026 that links Israeli innovators with Texas’s scale‑up ecosystem; organizers highlight Texas’s position as the U.S.’s eighth‑largest economy and a natural gateway for Israeli tech firms, aiming to turn ideas, capital, and policy into tangible economic outcomes. Speakers include Inbar Ashkenazi, Livia Link‑Raviv, Doug Deason, David Wiessman, Tal Shmueli, and George Seay, who emphasize shared values, entrepreneurial spirit, and the goal of bringing 100 Israeli companies to Texas over the next decade. The event will focus on AI, health, energy, and defense, feature panels, keynote talks, reverse pitches, and a limited‑attendance format with 300 tickets available through pre‑sale at unicornrodeo.org. click here to read more.
by NETPRAETOR | Jan 5, 2026 | THE DAILY PRAETORIAN
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Securing Tomorrow: Your Daily Dose of Cyber Safety, Tech Trends, National Security News, and Inspiration.
“Data is the new oil.”
– Clive Humby
I. National Security: Key developments in national security, particularly cyber and technological warfare.
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This Is What The Night Stalkers’ MH-60M Direct Action Penetrator Brought To The Venezuelan Op
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The Night Stalkers’ MH‑60M Direct Action Penetrator (DAP) Black Hawk played a pivotal role in the U.S. raid that seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, flying low‑altitude, night‑time attack runs that combined heavy armament—including 70 mm rockets, Hellfire missiles, a 30 mm M230 cannon, and forward‑firing miniguns—with advanced sensors such as terrain‑following radar, infrared/EO turrets, and laser designators to locate and engage targets precisely; its lightweight stub‑wing pods and multi‑station armament support structure let operators swap weapons quickly, while built‑in defensive suites—CIRCM laser countermeasures, radar and missile warning sensors, and electronic jamming—protected the aircraft from MANPADS and other threats; the DAP’s in‑flight refueling probe extended its range for the deep‑penetration mission, and its robust communications array kept it linked to supporting SOAR assets, enabling coordinated strikes on fortified positions, armored vehicles, and air‑defense systems during the operation.
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II. Tech Trends: Updates on emerging technology trends shaping the digital world.
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Nvidia CEO Huang says next generation of chips is in full production
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Jensen Huang announced at CES 2025 that Nvidia’s next‑generation chips are now in full production and can deliver roughly five times the AI computing power of the company’s prior devices, a leap he attributes to a proprietary data technique that boosts performance despite only a modest increase in transistor count; he unveiled the Vera Rubin platform, which will combine up to 72 graphics units and 36 new central processors per flagship chip and can be linked into pods containing more than a thousand chips, while also introducing “context memory storage” to speed chatbot responses and new co‑packaged‑optics networking switches to connect massive machine clusters; Huang highlighted Nvidia’s open‑source software for autonomous‑vehicle decision‑making and noted growing competition from AMD, Google’s own AI silicon, Broadcom and Cisco, emphasizing that the upcoming chips aim to stay ahead in the rapidly evolving AI market. Click here to read more.
III. Inspiration: Articles centered on faith that offer guidance and reflection.
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How 5 Evangelical Leaders Reacted to U.S. Action in Venezuela
- Evangelical leaders across the United States praised President Donald Trump’s weekend raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, framing the operation as a decisive stand against oppression, corruption, and drug trafficking; Franklin Graham thanked Trump for reducing illicit drug flows and urged prayers for Venezuelan churches, while Pastor L. Gilberto Corredera highlighted the personal anguish of his Venezuelan‑majority congregation and called for prayerful humility and a peaceful transition of power; Samuel Rodriguez celebrated the event as a moral reset affirming God‑given liberty, and Daniel R. Suhr argued that the raid fits within presidential authority and historical precedent, likening it to the 1990 Noriega operation; Albert Mohler warned that the aftermath will be crucial, insisting the strike was justified but predicting intense international criticism and urging vigilance over future U.S. actions. 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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Cyberattack Unlikely in Communications Failure That Grounded Flights in Greece
- Greek authorities say the nationwide radio‑communication failure that halted air traffic on Sunday was not a cyberattack, though investigators are still probing the root cause; noisy interference across primary and backup channels forced the shutdown of Athens and Thessaloniki airports, grounding about 120 flights and diverting many others, which left thousands of travelers stranded until operations gradually resumed Monday. Eurocontrol helped reroute aircraft, and a newly formed committee—including civil‑aviation officials, the Greek air force, Eurocontrol and a state cyber‑defence agency—has launched a judicial inquiry and internal probe to determine why the outage occurred. 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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End of uncertainty: Why Tehran now takes Trump’s warnings seriously – analysis
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Iran’s leaders, who once dismissed President Donald Trump’s harsh rhetoric, now treat his warnings as genuine threats after a series of decisive U.S. actions—direct strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities in June, the abrupt capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, and public statements promising immediate retaliation if Iranian forces kill protesters—have lent credibility to his words; faced with the prospect of U.S.‑Israeli military escalation and mounting domestic unrest, Tehran appears to be tempering its crackdown, deliberating between a brutal suppression that could trigger American intervention, a retaliatory strike against Israel that might invite overwhelming Israeli force, or a restrained approach that risks further protest spread, while senior officials reportedly draft contingency plans to flee the country. Click here to read more.
by NETPRAETOR | Jan 2, 2026 | THE DAILY PRAETORIAN
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Securing Tomorrow: Your Daily Dose of Cyber Safety, Tech Trends, National Security News, and Inspiration.
“Knowledge is power.”
-Sir Francis Bacon
I. National Security: Key developments in national security, particularly cyber and technological warfare.
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Army creates new AI-focused career field for officers
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The U.S. Army has opened a new “49B Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning” career field for officers, creating a cadre of uniformed experts tasked with integrating AI and ML into logistics, battlefield decision‑making and robotics; officers can transfer via the Volunteer Transfer Incentive Program, undergo graduate‑level training, and may later be joined by warrant officers, as part of a broader DoD push that includes a Pentagon‑wide rollout of Google’s Gemini AI for service members.
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II. Tech Trends: Updates on emerging technology trends shaping the digital world.
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OpenAI reorganizes some teams to build audio-based AI hardware products
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OpenAI is consolidating engineering, product and research teams into a single initiative to accelerate its audio‑model work, aiming to launch a new audio language model in early 2026 as a stepping stone toward dedicated hardware—such as smart speakers or audio‑focused glasses—that would broaden voice‑interface adoption beyond the text‑centric ChatGPT experience. Click here to read more.
III. Inspiration: Articles centered on faith that offer guidance and reflection.
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Brett Favre Encourages Fans to Follow Jesus in Conviction-Filled Christmas Post
- Former NFL star Brett Favre posted a Christmas‑time Instagram message declaring that his football talent comes from Jesus Christ, urging fans to “put your faith in Him who can save,” quoting Ephesians 2:8‑9 and wishing everyone a Merry Christmas; he reflected on his career, including a pivotal 2003 game played after his father’s death, and highlighted how his faith has guided his life and decisions both on and off the field. 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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New York-based fashion maker claimed by Russia-linked hackers
- Esquire Brands, a New York‑based maker of children’s footwear that licenses names like DKNY, Sam Edelman and Kenneth Cole, was hit by the Play ransomware gang, which posted a threat on the gang’s dark‑web forum to release stolen client files, payroll data, financial records and other confidential information as early as January 3; the attackers, linked to Russian‑aligned cybercrime networks, have a history of high‑profile extortions and use intermittent encryption to speed data exfiltration, prompting concerns over identity theft, phishing and corporate espionage. 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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‘We are locked and loaded’: Trump threatens to attack Iran regime if protesters harmed
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President Donald Trump warned on Truth Social that the United States is “locked and loaded” and ready to intervene militarily if Iranian authorities kill any more protestors, urging Tehran to stop the violence; Iranian officials, including an adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, dismissed the threat as dangerous interference, while opposition figures such as Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi and Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben‑Gvir voiced support for the demonstrators, amid reports of multiple deaths and arrests during the ongoing protests. Click here to read more.
