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Securing Tomorrow: Your Daily Dose of Cyber Safety, Tech Trends, National Defense News, and Inspiration.

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

 

– Abraham Lincoln

I. National Defense: Key developments in national defense, particularly cyber and technological warfare.

  • Time running out for military members to cast their absentee ballots

  • With the November 5 election approaching, military service members and their families voting absentee are advised to mail ballots promptly. Absentee voting rules vary by state, with many requiring ballots by Election Day, though some allow counting postmarked ballots after. Overseas voters can expedite mailing with the free Label 11-DOD service at military post offices, and if ballots haven’t arrived, backup options like the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot (FWAB) are available.

    For details, check FVAP.gov for state-specific guidance and tracking options and read the full article here. 

     

II. Tech Trends: Updates on emerging technology trends shaping the digital world.

  • Turn Your Smart Home Into a Haunted House With Spooky Tech

  • To create a high-tech Halloween, WIRED recommends enhancing decorations with smart lighting, spooky sounds, and eerie projections. Use smart lights like Philips Hue or Govee to set chilling color scenes, and link them with motion sensors for automated effects. Add hidden Bluetooth speakers to play horror sounds via Spotify or ask Alexa or Google Assistant for spooky music. For immersive visuals, consider projecting digital decorations from AtmosFX on windows or pumpkins for a haunting display that’s sure to thrill trick-or-treaters.

    For more on these tech tips, click here to read more.

     

III. Inspiration: Articles centered on faith that offer guidance and reflection.

  • Supreme Court Rules Virginia Can Resume Purge of Possible Non-Citizen Voter Registrations

  • The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed Virginia to continue its removal of approximately 1,600 alleged non-citizen voter registrations just before the general election. This decision follows an appeal by Virginia’s attorney general after a lower court blocked the removals, citing the National Voter Registration Act’s 90-day cutoff before elections. Virginia argues the action ensures only citizens vote, while opponents, including the Department of Justice, argue that valid citizens may have been mistakenly removed.

    For more information, click here to read more.

IV. Cyber Safety: A focus on the latest cybersecurity threats, tips, or breaches impacting individuals and organizations.

  • Timely Cybernews intervention helps protect PayDo customers’ financial data

  • Cybernews discovered an unprotected PayDo Elasticsearch instance containing millions of sensitive financial records, attributed to a firewall misconfiguration during AWS migration. Fortunately, no data breaches were confirmed, thanks to quick action by Cybernews and subsequent third-party audits. PayDo has enhanced its security with a predictive detection system and plans a bug bounty program. Lessons include ensuring accessible communication channels, sanitizing sensitive data, and implementing proactive error-prevention measures to limit exposure risk.

    For more details, click here.

V. Shield of Israel: Coverage from The Jerusalem Post, providing an Israeli perspective on ongoing conflicts.

  • Israeli pilots reflect on Days of Repentance strike

  • Israeli Air Force personnel shared reflections on their critical roles in Operation “Days of Repentance,” a recent mission targeting Iranian sites. Key figures, including technical officer Maj. R., fighter pilot Maj. S., and air traffic controller Maj. Anael, described the extensive preparation and sense of duty involved. They emphasized the importance of accuracy and national security, noting the weight of responsibility as the country remained largely unaware. The operation underscored their dedication to Israel’s defense and readiness for future missions.

    For more on their experiences, click here.

     
     

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