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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.
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Navy establishes first-of-its-kind information warfare squadron at Norfolk
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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.
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Inside AWS’s plan to use agentic AI to reset legacy IT
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Israeli start-up InfiniDome brings GPS jamming protection to modern battlefields
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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.