THE DAILY PRAETORIAN: Cybersecurity Trends – 12/8/25

THE DAILY PRAETORIAN: Cybersecurity Trends – 12/8/25

by | Dec 8, 2025 | THE DAILY PRAETORIAN

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

“Information affects the very fabric of society. It could be the primary weapon in the future of war, and it could determine the future of humanity.”

 

― Roger Spitz

I. National Security: Key developments in national security, particularly cyber and technological warfare.

  • Navy establishes first-of-its-kind information warfare squadron at Norfolk

  • The U.S. Navy has stood up Information Warfare Squadron Two at Naval Station Norfolk as a four‑year pilot to consolidate and streamline information‑warfare capabilities—ranging from communications, cyber, electronic warfare and cryptology—to better support carrier strike groups, with Capt. Jon O’Connor assuming command and Vice Adm. Mike Vernazza calling the move a “paradigm shift” that will enhance the readiness, lethality and survivability of strike groups like Carrier Strike Group 2 led by the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. Click here to read more.

     

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

  • Inside AWS’s plan to use agentic AI to reset legacy IT

  • AWS framed agentic AI as the solution to enterprise technical debt, unveiling services such as Transform, Nova, Nova Forge, Bedrock AgentCore, Frontier Agents and AI Factories that can modernize legacy Windows, .NET, mainframe, VMware and API estates up to five times faster, cut maintenance costs by 70 % and reduce manual effort by hundreds of thousands of hours; the company highlighted real‑world results from Air Canada, QAD and Thomson Reuters, introduced autonomous agents for development, security and DevOps, and emphasized policy controls, multi‑agent orchestration and partner ecosystems to move AI from prototype to production at scale. Click here to read more.

     

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

  • Kevin Costner’s ABC Christmas Special Faithfully Recounts the Nativity Story

  • Kevin Costner narrates “Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas,” an ABC holiday special that faithfully follows the biblical Nativity—from the angel’s announcement to Mary through Jesus’ birth, the temple encounter with Simeon and a portrayal of the Wise Men visiting a young child—while interspersing reenactments filmed in Morocco with interviews from biblical scholars; the program, described by director David L Cunningham as a “Walt Disney‑style” retelling, also includes scenes of Herod’s massacre, Costner’s personal testimony of faith and a call to focus on Jesus’ purpose and kingdom. Click here to read more.
     

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

  • Chinese Hackers Exploiting React2Shell Vulnerability

  • Threat actors linked to China—specifically the Earth Lamia and Jackpot Panda groups—began probing for the newly disclosed React2Shell vulnerability (CVE‑2025‑55182) within hours of its public disclosure, using specially crafted HTTP requests to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution on vulnerable React 19 servers; AWS reported active exploitation attempts, noted that some attackers were testing fake proof‑of‑concept exploits while others were debugging real exploits, and released indicators of compromise to help organizations detect the attacks, which affect a large portion of web applications given React’s widespread use. Click here to read more.

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

  • Israeli start-up InfiniDome brings GPS jamming protection to modern battlefields

  • Israeli start‑up InfiniDome, founded in 2016 and now employing about 30 people in Israel and the United States, specializes in GNSS protection that shields drones, loitering munitions and other autonomous platforms from GPS jamming and spoofing—techniques that overwhelm or falsify satellite signals—by inserting modules between antennas and receivers that activate only when interference is detected; the company’s Aura product line, available in boxed and lightweight integration versions, has been fielded in recent conflicts against Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran, and is expanding into North America and Europe despite geopolitical backlash against Israeli arms sales. Click here to read more.

     
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THE DAILY PRAETORIAN: Cybersecurity Trends – 12/4/25

THE DAILY PRAETORIAN: Cybersecurity Trends – 12/4/25

by | Dec 4, 2025 | THE DAILY PRAETORIAN

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

“Speak softly and carry a big stick—you will go far.”

 

-Theodore Roosevelt

I. National Security: Key developments in national security, particularly cyber and technological warfare.

  • American support for larger US military and NATO grows, survey says

  • A new Ronald Reagan Institute poll shows record‑high American backing for a dominant U.S. military and strong international leadership, with 64 % of respondents wanting the United States to lead global affairs, 87 % saying the country should maintain the world’s most powerful armed forces, and 68 % supporting NATO; the survey also found bipartisan consensus on security issues—62 % favor Ukraine’s victory, 60 % would back U.S. forces defending Taiwan, and 62 % support using the military against suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean—while revealing sharp partisan splits on social‑policy matters. Click here to read more.

     

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

  • FCC approves AT&T $1 billion purchase of spectrum from UScellular

  • The FCC cleared AT&T’s $1.02 billion purchase of spectrum licenses from UScellular after the Texas carrier pledged to terminate its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, a condition the agency has imposed on telecom mergers since President Trump returned to office; while AT&T said it will have no DEI‑focused roles, the Rural Wireless Association warned the deal could worsen consolidation, raise rates and hurt rural customers, echoing similar FCC approvals for Verizon’s $20 billion Frontier acquisition and T‑Mobile’s $4.4 billion UScellular deal after DEI cuts. Click here to read more.

     

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

  • ‘The Pulpit Has Become Quiet’: Jerusalem Hosts 1,000 Pastors to Support Jewish State, Combat Antisemitism

  • Over a thousand pastors and Christian influencers gathered in Jerusalem through a partnership between Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Friends of Zion Museum, with U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and Friends of Zion founder Mike Evans urging participants to become “ambassadors” who combat rising antisemitism and promote a biblical view of Israel; the event highlighted concerns about an “ideological war” against Israel, referenced the Nova Music Festival massacre, and announced a 2026 plan to reach a million pastors and churches worldwide to reinforce support for the Jewish state. Click here to read more.
     

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

  • Engineer proves that Kohler’s smart toilet cameras aren’t very private

  • Kohler’s $599 Dekoda smart‑toilet camera, which streams health data to a subscription‑based app, claims “end‑to‑end encryption” but actually decrypts the footage on Kohler’s servers for processing, meaning the company can access the recordings; engineer and former FTC advisor Simon Fondrie‑Teitler highlighted that the term is being misused—E2EE traditionally protects data from the service provider—while Kohler’s privacy policy states it may de‑identify and use the data to train AI models, raising concerns about the true privacy of a device that records intimate bathroom activity. Click here to read more.

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

  • ‘Invade Iran or accept talks,’ ex-Israeli Air Force chief warns

  • Former Israeli Air Force commander Maj‑Gen. (ret.) Eitan Ben Eliyahu warned that Israel now faces only two realistic options regarding Iran—launch a full‑scale war, including a ground invasion, or rely on intensified economic pressure and renewed negotiations—after Operation Rising Lion in June delayed but failed to eliminate Iran’s nuclear program, prompting Tehran to adapt by improving missile accuracy, dispersing launch sites and enhancing surprise capabilities; he also cautioned that any broader Israeli action in Lebanon could jeopardize the existing agreement unless Hezbollah disarms and withdraws from the south. Click here to read more.

     
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THE DAILY PRAETORIAN: Cybersecurity Trends – 12/3/25

THE DAILY PRAETORIAN: Cybersecurity Trends – 12/3/25

by | Dec 3, 2025 | THE DAILY PRAETORIAN

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

“At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.”

 

-Frederick Douglass

I. National Security: Key developments in national security, particularly cyber and technological warfare.

  • U.S. Deploys Shahed-136 Clones To Middle East As A Warning To Iran

  • The U.S. has activated Task Force Scorpion Strike, a special‑operations unit equipped with Low‑Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones—reverse‑engineered from Iran’s Shahed‑136 and built by Arizona firm SpektreWorks—for the first time in the Middle East, fielding about two dozen troops and a swarm‑capable, $35 k platform that can be launched from catapults, rockets or vehicles and operate beyond line of sight; officials say the unit is intended to “flip the script” on Iran and its proxies, providing a scalable, low‑cost strike capability that could also be used against Houthi forces and other regional threats while paving the way for broader U.S. adoption of similar kamikaze drones. Click here to read more.

     

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

  • It works on its own: Amazon introduces three new AI agents

  • Amazon Web Services unveiled three “frontier” AI agents at re:Invent 2025—Kiro AI, which can autonomously handle development tasks for days by interpreting high‑level goals, generating code across multiple repositories, testing and creating pull requests while learning from existing code; an AWS Security Agent that spots vulnerabilities during coding and suggests fixes; and a DevOps Agent that resolves and prevents incidents to improve system reliability and performance, all designed to operate with minimal human supervision. Click here to read more.

     

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

  • ‘Nothing but a Miracle’: Cops Save Unconscious Man From Burning Car With Seconds to Spare

  • South Brunswick, New Jersey police officers Yash Shroff and Thomas Sites rescued an unconscious 26‑year‑old driver, Safwan Islam, from a burning car after his vehicle crashed into a tree and ignited; the officers smashed a window, pulled him out just before the car erupted in flames, and his father called the rescue “nothing but a miracle,” with Islam expected to make a full recovery. Click here to read more.
     

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

  • Chrome, Edge Extensions Caught Tracking Users, Creating Backdoors

  • A threat actor known as ShadyPanda has been publishing malicious Chrome and Edge extensions for about seven years, amassing over 4 million downloads and using the add‑ons to inject affiliate‑tracking code on sites like eBay, Amazon and Booking.com, log browsing data via Google Analytics, read cookies and capture search‑box inputs, and then exfiltrate the information to remote servers; after initially posing as harmless tools, the extensions were later updated to act as a remote‑code‑execution backdoor that checks an external server hourly and can run arbitrary JavaScript, allowing the attacker to pivot to ransomware, credential theft or espionage, prompting Google and Microsoft to remove the offending extensions from their stores. Click here to read more.

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

  • Israel, Lebanon hold first senior-level talks in decades as US pushes engagement

  • Israeli Deputy Head of the Foreign Policy Division Uri Reznik met in Nakura, Lebanon, with U.S. Lebanon‑affairs adviser Morgan Ortagus and Lebanese civilian envoy Simon Karam—an anti‑Hezbollah lawyer and former ambassador—to hold the first senior‑level Israel‑Lebanon talks since the 1991 Madrid conference; the parties said the meeting was positive, discussed ideas for future economic cooperation, and pledged to reconvene, while Israel reiterated that Hezbollah’s disarmament remains a prerequisite for any further progress. Click here to read more.

     
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THE DAILY PRAETORIAN: Cybersecurity Trends – 12/2/25

THE DAILY PRAETORIAN: Cybersecurity Trends – 12/2/25

by | Dec 2, 2025 | THE DAILY PRAETORIAN

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

“Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy.”

 

-Benjamin Franklin

I. National Security: Key developments in national security, particularly cyber and technological warfare.

  • How America can outproduce and outlast adversaries

  • The ReForge Commission, co‑chaired by Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks and former House Armed Services Committee chair Mac Thornberry, aims to revitalize America’s industrial base—spanning critical minerals, advanced manufacturing, energy, logistics, software and the broader innovation ecosystem—so the nation can outproduce and outlast adversaries, with a three‑pillar approach that (1) assesses current security‑driven demand, (2) crafts a resilient, software‑driven supply‑chain and manufacturing strategy, and (3) aligns incentives to draw innovation, capital and talent into defense before crises force rapid mobilization. Click here to read more.

     

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

  • OpenAI CEO declares “code red” as Gemini gains 200 million users in 3 months

  • OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman issued a “code red” warning as Google’s Gemini app surged to 650 million monthly active users—up from 450 million in July—closing the gap with ChatGPT’s 800 million weekly users, while OpenAI grapples with a $1 trillion cloud‑computing bill and no profit‑generating ad revenue, prompting the company to seek fresh capital, stake investments and a partnership with Accenture even as it prepares to launch a new reasoning model that could outpace Gemini 3. Click here to read more.

     

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

  • US military becoming more religious as nation remains more secular: study

  • A new analysis of Cooperative Election Study data shows that weekly church attendance among active‑duty U.S. service members rose from 21 % in 2010‑12 to 28 % in 2022‑24, with 45 % attending at least once a week, while civilian attendance stayed flat at 16 % and overall importance of religion among military personnel increased to 44 % versus a decline to 30 % among civilians; researchers attribute the gap to selection effects, noting that the all‑volunteer force draws heavily from Southern states that tend to be more religiously active. Click here to read more.
     

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

  • Cricket Wireless nationwide retailer, MobilelinkUSA, claimed by DragonForce ransomware

  • DragonForce, a Russian‑linked ransomware cartel that recently allied with Qilin and a revived LockBit, has claimed to have exfiltrated over 5 TB of data from Mobilelink USA—the largest authorized Cricket Wireless dealer operating 550 stores across 21 states—and posted a six‑day countdown on its dark‑web leak site demanding payment before publishing the data, which could expose millions of customers’ personally identifiable and financial information; the gang, which has attacked 185 victims in 2025, is also linked to high‑profile breaches of UK retailers, Marks & Spencer and others, and is known for “hostile takeovers” of rival ransomware groups. Click here to read more.

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

  • ‘Hezbollah disarms or Israel acts’: Netanyahu, Ortagus meet as Israel-Lebanon tensions flare

  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. Lebanon‑affairs envoy Morgan Ortagus, Defense Minister Israel Katz and IDF Intelligence Chief Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder to discuss escalating border tensions as Hezbollah’s ranks and missile stockpiles grow, warning that without a dramatic change by the end of the cease‑fire period—December 31—another round of fighting in the north is “almost inevitable”; Israeli officials say Lebanon’s government and army are failing to disarm Hezbollah, and the U.S. and Israel plan to reassess options after the deadline, with Ortagus set to convey a stark ultimatum that Hezbollah must disarm or Israel will act. Click here to read more.

     
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THE DAILY PRAETORIAN: Cybersecurity Trends – 12/1/25

THE DAILY PRAETORIAN: Cybersecurity Trends – 12/1/25

by | Dec 1, 2025 | THE DAILY PRAETORIAN

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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.

  • Celebrate The Air Force’s Newest ‘Flying Dorito’ With This T-Shirt

  • 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.

  • Oxford’s word of the year is here, and it says everything about the current social media landscape

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Israeli defense giants climb int’l ranks, record double-digit revenue growth in 2024, report says

  • 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.

     
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