THE DAILY PRAETORIAN: Cybersecurity Trends – 1/22/26

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-Winston Churchill

Australia Just Took Delivery Of One Of Its Most Powerful Weapons
Australia has received its first MC‑55A Peregrine, a heavily modified Gulfstream G550 that the Royal Australian Air Force will use for airborne intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and electronic‑warfare missions; the jet landed at RAAF Base Edinburgh after a multi‑leg flight from L3Harris’s Texas facility, bearing the test registration N584GA and the No. 10 Squadron tail marking. The $1.6‑billion AISREW platform carries an extensive antenna farm, a large belly “canoe,” and a bulbous tail cone that likely house AESA arrays and other sensors, giving it up to 15 hours of endurance at 51,000 feet and enabling it to act as a data‑fusion node linking F‑35A, E‑7A Wedgetail, EA‑18G Growler, naval vessels, drones and ground forces. By integrating with Australia’s emerging collaborative combat aircraft concept, the MC‑55 can relay communications, support crewed‑uncrewed teaming with MQ‑28 Ghost Bat drones, and monitor Chinese military activity across the Indo‑Pacific from bases in Edinburgh, Darwin, Townsville and the Cocos Islands. Click here to read more.

Google begins offering free SAT practice tests powered by Gemini
Google has launched a free SAT practice service powered by its Gemini AI, letting students simply ask for a test and receive a fully interactive exam with clickable answers, graphs, and instant score analysis; the tool also offers an “Explain answer” button for each question and a post‑test interface that highlights weak areas and suggests focused study, thanks to collaboration with education partners like The Princeton Review to ensure the content mirrors the real exam. Click here to read more.

Jelly Roll breaks down, shares Gospel message live on Netflix’s ‘Star Search’: ‘Jesus is for everybody’
On Netflix’s live “Star Search,” contestant Bear Bailey performed “Hard Fought Hallelujah,” then openly testified that addiction and imperfection had led him to Jesus, prompting judge Jelly Roll to seize the moment and proclaim a gospel of redemption, saying “Jesus is for everybody” and urging viewers to recognize God’s grace; the judges praised Bailey’s emotional delivery—Chrissy Teigen gave four stars while Sarah Michelle Gellar and Jelly Roll each awarded five—and highlighted how the performance turned a reality‑TV stage into a public declaration of faith, underscoring the song’s recent award wins and Jelly Roll’s personal testimony about transformation through Christ. Click here to read more.

Redditors ask, Cybernews answers: this is why you should never let browsers remember your password
Browsers keep you logged in by storing a cryptographically generated persistent login token as a cookie whenever you tick “Remember me,” allowing you to reopen a device days or months later without re‑entering credentials, but this convenience also creates a long‑lasting credential that attackers can steal to bypass multi‑factor authentication and gain access to sensitive accounts, especially on shared or unsecured devices; Cybernews warns that while the feature isn’t inherently unsafe, it should be used selectively—only on trusted personal devices and for low‑risk services—because stolen cookies can expose personal data, financial information, and corporate resources, whereas high‑value accounts such as email, banking, cloud storage, or work platforms are best protected by requiring fresh logins each session. Click here to read more.

Greece announces cooperation agreement with Israel on anti-drone systems, cybersecurity
Greece and Israel have signed a cooperation pact to share expertise on counter‑drone systems and cybersecurity, with Defense Ministers Nikos Dendias and Israel Katz agreeing to exchange know‑how on detecting and neutralizing drone swarms and to coordinate responses to cyber threats; the deal builds on their existing air‑training center, recent joint drills, and a broader trilateral alliance that also includes Cyprus, which recently affirmed a strategic partnership and announced progress on the India‑Middle‑East‑Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC); Greece’s €25‑28 billion defence modernization program will integrate Israeli technologies such as Barak MX, David’s Sling, Spyder and PULS rocket artillery into its new “Achilles’ Shield” air‑defence network, bolstering deterrence against regional challenges. Click here to read more.