This DAP highlights – Arson Awareness Week is May 5-11: Protecting Houses of Worship — Fire as a Weapon / National Small Business Week and Cybersecurity Resources / College Campus Protests Continue. DAP also has More Faith-Based Stories and Select All-Hazard Stories. 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.
Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 09 August 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.
Update to Earlier Faith-Based Security Headlines
U.S. Nurse and Her Child Released by Kidnappers in Haiti
An American nurse and her child were released nearly two weeks after they were kidnapped in Haiti. She works with El Roi Haiti, a Christian education ministry in Haiti.
“It is with a heart of gratitude and immense joy that we at El Roi Haiti confirm the safe release of our staff member and friend, Alix Dorsainvil and her child who were held hostage in Port au Prince, Haiti,” the group said in a message on its website. “Today we are praising God for answered prayer!”
Alix Dorsainvil, a community health nurse married to the group’s founder and director, Sandro Dorsainvil, and the pair’s child, were kidnapped last month from the group’s location near Port-au-Prince.
Analyst Comment:
While the El Roi incident had a happy ending, all Faith-Based Organizations (FBO) should be aware of foreign risks while planning for oversees work. Groups abroad should have plans if situations deteriorate.
As was posted earlier in the DAP, the U. S. Department of State has travel advisories for all countries which can be found at Travel Advisories (state.gov).
Information about planning safer foreign travel and what to do in an emergency abroad can be found at International Travel (state.gov).
More Faith-Based Stories
NC: Robeson County church badly damaged by fire
Bristol man accused of threats against Farmington churches makes death threat, has bond doubled.
NY: Teen accused of hate crime in fatally stabbing black dancer claimed to be Muslim during attack
FLORIDA MAN ARRESTED FOR THREATENING LEADER OF MAJOR JEWISH NON-PROFIT
MT: 2 juveniles take responsibility for church vandalism in Miles City
CT: Norwich church hopes to rebuild after fire
NY: Suspect in antisemitic subway rant pleads guilty to hate crime
Local Jewish man with history of mental illness convicted of threatening S.F. synagogue
MO: Manchester police investigate antisemitic fliers tossed onto lawns Saturday
WI: Sussex antisemitic flyers, Waukesha sheriff’s office investigates
ACTOR JAMIE FOXX ISSUES APOLOGY TO JEWISH COMMUNITY AFTER ANTISEMITIC LEANING MESSAGE
NEO-NAZI LEADER CREATES WHITE SUPREMACIST TRAINING SITE IN MAINE
ADL: Clear and Present Dangers: Countering Extremism and Hate Facing Our Communities (webinar, 15 Aug)
ADL report: Antisemitism growing on political left. Anti-Jewish sentiments faced by Europeans can be a “bellwether” for U.S. Jews.
‘Unintentional antisemitism’: Catholics make common mistakes about Jesus’ Jewish identity
WA: Washington church won’t let hate win as violence against LGBTQ+ escalates
Virginia Fusion Center: FaithAware Provides nine Faith-Based incidents/articles of note, also tools and resources.
Ohio voters reject ballot measure in win for abortion rights advocates
Susan B. Anthony List calls Ohio’s rejection of Issue 1 a ‘warning’
Florida Pastor Arrested In Multimillion Dollar Shoplifting Ring
Teen accused of hate crime in fatally stabbing black dancer claimed to be Muslim during attack
14 injured in Bangladesh after protests over Quran burning
UPDATE: Kidnappers in Nigeria Demand Ransom for Priest and Seminarian
UK: Family devastated after spate of vandalism in Cirencester church
Israel committed to Christians’ safety in Jerusalem amid attacks, police say
British far-right leader prompts wave of racial abuse against Brisbane Muslims
Ontario, Canada: Fire at former Belleville church was arson: police
ADL Report Examines Antisemitism and Anti-Israel Bias in Left-Wing European Politics
Russian Baptist Bishop Detained As ‘Witness’ In Case On Alleged Fakes About Armed Forces
Bosnia arrest man suspected of Islamic State attack plan – prosecutors
Select All-Hazards Stories
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Safety plans determine parents’ and teachers’ trust in schools
Lawsuit against Patriot Front hopes to condemn group to ‘bankruptcy and irrelevancy’
Political violence in polarized U.S. at its worst since 1970s
Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rains In Mid-Mississippi, Tennessee and Ohio Valleys; Ongoing Heat Across the South National Weather Service
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EG.5 subvariant now the dominant COVID-19 strain in the U.S., picture remains unclear
What to know about Covid variant Erias, the new strain in the United States
Could walking extend your lifespan? – study
Scammers impersonate well-known companies, recruit for fake jobs on LinkedIn and other job platforms
Red-Teaming Finds OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard Still Spread Misinformation
AI Is Building Highly Effective Antibodies That Humans Can’t Even Imagine
The Risks and Rewards of ChatGPT in the Modern Business Environment
Why Are So Many Organizations Banning ChatGPT?
Meet the Brains Behind the Malware-Friendly AI Chat Service ‘WormGPT’
One woman’s Orwellian experience with disinformation
Ransomware victims clobbered by repeat attacks (referencing the Akamai report shared yesterday)
Zero-day exploits drive 143% rise in ransomware victims (referencing the Akamai report shared yesterday)
1,000% increase in dark web threat actors targeting macOS
New ‘Downfall’ Flaw Exposes Valuable Data in Generations of Intel Chips
From Risky Biz News: Patch Tuesday: Yesterday was the August 2023 Patch Tuesday. We had security updates released by Adobe, Microsoft, AMD, Intel, Citrix, Fortinet, SAP, Siemens, Zoom, and Zyxel.
The Android project, Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Drupal, GitLab, VMWare, Schneider Electric [PDF], and Cisco, released security updates last week as well.
ZDI: THE AUGUST 2023 SECURITY UPDATE REVIEW
Microsoft Releases August 2023 Security Updates
Adobe Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products
116.0.2 Firefox Release – Version 116.0.2, first offered to Release channel users on August 7, 2023
SAP security advisory – August 2023 monthly rollup (AV23-469)
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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.
Today’s DAP highlights Faith-Based Organizations’ planning for risks with oversees work and the need for plans if situations deteriorate.
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