Google on Tuesday announced a significant update to its Android theft-protection arsenal, introducing new tools and settings aimed at making stolen smartphones harder for criminals to access and exploit. 1/10

Gladys West, a mathematician at the U.S. Naval Weapons Laboratory whose modeling of the Earth’s shape played a critical role in the development of GPS, the global satellite mapping system that pilots, firefighters and drivers use, has died at 95.

Japan doubles down on Trump's Genesis AI supercomputing effort... RIKEN links up with Argonne, Fujitsu, and Nvidia to build next-gen infrastructure. 🔗

U.S. politicians are shaping the country’s relationship with China, while their spouses and children are buying and selling stocks in TSMC, Alibaba, and Tencent 🔗

Germany will strike back against cyberattackers, including abroad, enabling countermeasures with a low threshold for activation. A new defense center against hybrid threats will consolidate intelligence along with defense strategies. 🔗 www.sueddeutsche.de/... 1/4

Internal Slack messages reveal growing frustration within Palantir over its relationship with the DHS, in particular, ICE’s enforcement & investigations teams. In response, Palantir updated its internal wiki detailing its work with ICE. 🔗

China hacked the mobile phones of senior officials in Downing Street for several years, in a spying operation understood to have exposing private communications to Beijing, The Telegraph can disclose. Read more here ⬇️

Lawsuit alleges Meta can read WhatsApp messages despite encryption 🔗 www.techspot.com/news/111056-...

People in Denmark are using an app to identify & avoid goods made in USA, in protest to Trump administration policies on Greenland. 🔗 cybernews.com/tech/danish-...

#ESET Research: #Russian cyber actor #Sandworm behind #cyberattack on NATO member #Poland’s power grid in late 2025. The attack involved data-wiping malware #DynoWiper. Coincidentally on the 10th anniversary of #Ukraine power grid. 🔗

The booming #CyberSecurity job market hasn’t just opened doors for veterans, it’s turned them into one of the industry’s most reliable and valued highly skilled talent pipelines. In context to a skilled manpoe shortage in the larger market. 🔗

The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon. wapo.st/49Zqv1L

LEAK: 🤯 Ted Cruz told his donors about "battling" the White House to accept a trade deal with India.... So when a donor asks Cruz who's resistant to a trade deal with India, Cruz mention 3 names: 1. Peter Navarro, 2. J. D. Vance, & 3. Donald Trump (sometimes). 🔗 www.axios.com/2026/01/25/c...

The United States is demanding access to the biometric data of millions of Europeans from the EU to maintain their visa waiver, and the Commission does not have much time to reach an agreement. #SurveillanceCapitalism #PrivacyMatters #CyberSecurity 🔗

The deployment of more intelligence officials, especially in the zones that have witnessed confrontations with the Chinese army in the recent past, will bolster the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and border security. 🔗

How two tip-offs from two states a year apart, about a possible VoIP network, led police and cyber officials to an unassuming SIM-box set-up and a befuddled village. #cybersafety #cybersecurity #digitalhyegine 🔗

Saudi Arabia is leaning on Pakistan’s military know-how, while the UAE has signed new defence deals with India. 🔗

Ukraine offers allies combat data to train AI 👇

Tools such as WhatsApp are increasingly used in top-level back-channelling. Trump’s indiscretion changes the calculation — and could leave him out of the loop. 🔗

A software program called "Tangles," police—sheriffs, Texas state cops, and even ICE—can follow the location of your smartphone without a warrant. Yet, we know little about how it has been used. Here's what investigation by Texas Observer revealed 🔗 www.texasobserver.or...

“Every Chinese citizen is required to collect intelligence for the government if asked.” 🔗 youtu.be/KhQQRg8lrAo 1/2

Author and political advisor Dan Senor, OurCrowd’s Ely Razin, and NH Ventures CEO Hyun Jun Kim explain how military-trained industry talent, combined with cross-border investment from the US, Gulf states, and Asia, bolstered Israel’s startup ecosystem. 🔗

X Is Down With More Than 100,000 Users Report Outage The problem stemmed from the cybersecurity services provider Cloudflare. Users have been left with blank screens and empty feeds.

In this episode of One Decision, guest host Rosanna Lockwood & Sir Richard Dearlove, former Chief of MI6, are joined by Dr.Anthony Vinci, the former CTO & Associate Director of Capabilities at the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). 🔗 youtu.be/6VPuyOgMY_c 1/4

The U.S. government has been contracting AI startup #Twenty, which will automate offensive cyber operations for the US cyber command using AI agents at a massive scale. Recieving Investments from the likes of CIA's IQTel. 🔗

So US ICE are using a Palentier made app - ELITE, to find neighborhoods to raid: Map interface; officers search for immigrants; click person to bring up individual dossier. Reflecting the Tech support Palentier is providing the Trump administration. 🔗

India will not be receiving full source code access to the Rafale fighter jet, but it will get meaningful operational access at a level that enables integration and customization within clearly defined boundaries. The distinction is important... 🔗 idrw.org/rafale-sour... 1/2

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Chinese authorities have told domestic firms to stop using certain U.S. & Israeli #CyberSecurity software, citing #NationalSecurity risks. Affected companies include U.S. firms #VMware, #PaloAltoNetworks, #Fortinet, as well as Israel’s #CheckPointSoftware Technologies.

UK police have blamed Microsoft Copilot for an intelligence mistake. Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant made up a non-existent football match and British police included the mistake in an intelligence report. 🔗

Italy has become a pioneer in regulating artificial intelligence (AI). Last autumn, the Italian parliament approved a draft bill concerning a legal framework aimed at regulating the development of the technology. #artificialintelligence 🔗

How is the the PLA 🇨🇳 getting ready to operate without warning against Indian 🇮🇳Army 🪖? Read below to know how Chinese Military is moving steadily towards a long-sought cold start-style operational posture.

They don't need an encryption backdoor - it's already exists everywhere. Hidden #Telegram proxy links can reveal user IP address in one click. A gentile remainder that realities like #OperationRubikon exist... #SurveillanceCapitalism #PrivacyMatters 🔗

The German armed forces have been engulfed by a scandal over sexual harassment, far-right extremism and drug use at an elite regiment that threatens to damage efforts to strengthen the military and boost recruitment. 🔗 ft.trib.al/AIITKz7

Pakistan has established a Special Protection Unit (SPU) to exclusively guard Chinese nationals working on CPEC projects, following a series of attacks. The two nations also agreed to enhance joint security mechanisms and cooperation in areas like cybercrime and counterterrorism.

Two NSA senior leaders are being assigned to run the agency's cybersecurity directorate in an acting capacity as the Trump administration's pick to lead the NSA and Cyber Command makes his way through the confirmation process 🔗

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Cloudflare pours cold water on ‘BGP weirdness preceded US attack on Venezuela’ theory. 🔗 www.theregister.com/2026/01/08/c...

Across conflict zones, internet shutdowns are used as a tactic of war. Based on testimonies from Gaza and Sudan, our new report shows how shutdowns inflict psychological, economic, political, and societal damage. Read the report ➡️

As of 18:45 UTC (1:45 pm ET/10:15 Tehran time) the internet has dropped to zero in #Iran. Following days of protests in #Iran, the regime has executed a full #InternetShutdown. At approximately 18:30 CET, Iran’s internet went dark. One more regime change in progress....

European Space Agency has issued a brief statement appearing to confirm reports that hackers compromised data in an incident last month “Our analysis so far indicates that only a very small number of external servers may have been impacted,” it added. 🔗

In a concerning development, Punjab Police have arrested a 15 year old boy in Pathankot for spying for Pakistan's ISI. He was in touch with ISI handlers for > a year. The use of children marks a "grave shift' in Pakistan's espionage strategy in India. 🔗

Group-IB analyzes the evolution of Android malware in #Uzbekistan, revealing advanced droppers, encrypted payload delivery, anti-analysis techniques, and Wonderland’s bidirectional SMS-stealing capabilities driving large-scale financial fraud. 🔗 www.group-ib.com/blo...

The Indian Army has declared 2026 as the ‘Year of Networking & Data Centricity’, to enhance connectivity, real-time decision-making, and combat effectiveness, thereby strengthening resilience and agility to build a future-ready force. 🔗

The outcome of the probe formed the basis for the #DoT to issue a directive on November 28 last year, mandating that app-based communication services like WhatsApp be continuously linked to an active, physical SIM card within the device. 🔗

Airports across Greece had problems affecting radio frequencies, causing description to services. Investigation is active with restrictions in place for safety reasons. Flight trackers show Greek airspace is largely empty. #Greece #airports #flights 🔗

The invisible necessity of ransomware negotiations - 🔗

Happy 35th Birthday WorldWideWeb – the first browser! On December 25, 1990, at CERN, a British physicist and internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee created the world's first web browser, called WorldWideWeb. Try the browser emulator worldwideweb.cern.ch... #InternetHistory

Deux policiers russes tués par un engin explosif à Moscou - #sabotage #HybridWarfare #Europe 🔗