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Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post

Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 21 November 2023

Faith-Based Security Headlines

These updates are shared to help raise the situational awareness of Faith-Based organizations to best defend against and mitigate the impacts from all-hazards threats including physical security, cybersecurity, and natural disasters. 

Shut It Down for Palestine shakes the country — next step: Black Friday

 “The next big step for this movement will be on Black Friday — November 24. This is the biggest retail sales day of the year, with billions of dollars in total sales. We will hold boycotts, disruptions and rallies on this economically crucial day to make it clear that there will be no business as usual until Palestine is free.”

Related items:

Analyst Comments:

Extra caution should be taken on Friday. Some recent protests have been violent, and shoppers do not want to be caught up in threatening situations.

Weekly Security Sprint EP 43. Workplace Violence, passwords, and security quick hits.

The Gate 15 Security Sprint is a weekly rundown of the week’s notable all-hazards security news, risks and threats and some of the key focus areas for organizations to consider behind the headlines. Gate 15 team members discuss physical security, cybersecurity, natural hazards, health threats and other issues across our environment.

In this week’s Security Sprint, Dave and Andy discuss:

The above Gate 15 Weekly Security Sprint website also provides links to many security-related items of interest.

More Faith-Based Stories

16-year-old charged with murder in stabbing death of Omaha teenager held without bond (fight in church parking lot)

Firefighters put out massive blaze at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chevy Chase

Fire causes $300K in damage to La Mesa church’s community center

Burglary And Vandalism Of Vacant Molino Church Under Investigation

Enfield church, already a target of hate, vandalized before Transgender Day of Remembrance service

Flagler Beach businesses vandalized with anti-semitic slur 

Police respond to 3 bomb threats at houses of worship in Mass. and Northampton synagogue receives bomb threat in email

Pro-Hamas flyers found outside Bangor synagogue

Gorham man arrested for allegedly producing methamphetamine outside church

Rahm Emanuel’s Vacation Home Vandalized With ‘Nazis’ Graffiti

MI: Community rallies to erase symbols of hate at Kalamazoo synagogue

Sliding Through: Spreading Antisemitism on TikTok by Exploiting Moderation Gaps

Elon Musk’s ‘thermonuclear’ lawsuit over hate-adjacent ads on X… actually confirms them and Musk’s X sues Media Matters after report shows ads next to pro-Nazi posts

Tesla shareholder calls on board to suspend Elon Musk for agreeing with antisemitic post and White House joins Threads as X owner Elon Musk faces backlash over antisemitic embrace

Rightwing personalities use X to bring antisemitic theories to light in US

UK: Alleged neo-Nazi, 15, built firework launcher to attack Jewish family

German police arrest 18-year-old over far-right attack plot

Germany arrests suspected antisemite who threatened to murder Jews and Police raid homes of people accused of posting antisemitic speech on social media; German authorities have raided the homes of 17 people in the state of Bavaria accused of spreading antisemitic hate speech and threats targeting Jews online

Catholic Relief Services Staff Brave Dangers of War to Aid Palestinians in Gaza

Safeguarding is not yet on the agenda for many Churches, Anglican commission warns

Elder confesses to setting Pakistani church fire after initially blaming extremistsar

Select All-Hazards Stories

Worldwide Caution (20 Nov)

Information for U.S. Citizens in the Middle East (20 Nov)

The Gangster and the Bride: The Framing of Femininity and Masculinity in News Coverage of Jihadist Terrorism

Four people hurt, shooter dead at Walmart in Beavercreek and Walmart Speaks Out After Two Mass Shootings Occur at Stores Within 24 Hours

Utah Man Charged for Violent Threats Against Members of a Palestinian Rights Organization

The Epidemic of Violence in American Hospitals

Tech CEOs are set to testify in a Senate online child sexual exploitation hearing in December

US defense secretary meets with Zelenskyy in Kyiv to show steadfast support for Ukraine

Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records

Pro-Palestinian marches are far more frequent than pro-Israeli ones. How U.S. reaction to the war has changed

2024, the year of elections

International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) – Operation “Swords of Iron.” Real-Time Analysis of Operation Swords of Iron

Hamas chief says truce deal with Israel is ‘close’

Netanyahu Pressed to Eliminate Hezbollah Threat

Eastern U.S. Storm to Bring Pre-Thanksgiving Travel Impacts National Weather Service

HHS launches another round of free COVID tests

Canadian Centre for Cyber SecurityShoppers, beware of cyber scams this Black Friday and Cyber Monday, federal partners warn

Black Friday & Cyber Monday | A Guide to Avoiding Cyber Scams During the Holidays

Climate Activists Tell the EV Industry to Fix Its Filthy Supply Chain

Comparative Study Results on Linux and Windows Ransomware Attacks, Exploring Notable Trends and Surge in Attacks on Linux Systems and THE PLATFORM MATTERS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON LINUX AND WINDOWS RANSOMWARE ATTACKS

Cybersecurity Insurance and Data Analysis Working Group Re-Envisioned to Help Drive Down Cyber Risk

X CEO says Apple and others ‘temporarily paused’ ads over ‘misleading and manipulated article’

More Security-focused Content

Read a report detailing attacks on Faith-Based organizations following the Dobbs ruling.
Read the October 2023 Threat Level Statement Update
Access all-hazards resources from public and private sector partners, curated by the FB-ISAO team.

The FB-ISAO’s sponsor Gate 15 publishes a free daily newsletter called the SUN. Curated from their open source intelligence collection process, the SUN informs leaders and analysts with the critical news of the day and provides a holistic look at the current global, all-hazards threat environment. Ahead of the daily news cycle, the SUN allows current situational awareness into the topics that will impact your organization. To sign-up for The SUN, please sign up below.

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