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Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 21 November 2023
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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:
- Black Friday store hours for Walmart, Target, Macy’s and more
- TikTok: Texas Black Friday Protest Palestine
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:
- Preventing Workplace Violence: Security Awareness Considerations Infographic,
- The worst passwords of 2023 are also the most common, “123456” comes in first,
- Scams,
- Worldwide Threats to the Homeland – Committee on Homeland Security,
- Ransomware,
- FB-ISAO Newsletter, v5, Issue 11,
- And other items.
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)
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
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 Security – Shoppers, 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’
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