Iran rejects foreign pressure on missile program
Iran’s Defense Ministry has dismissed Western calls for negotiations over the country’s missile capabilities, stressing that no foreign power has the right to interfere in its defensive strength.
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Trump Turkey Talk: Summons Military Like Stalin
This week Trump openly praised Erdoğan’s expertise in “rigged elections” while simultaneously ordering all U.S. military leadership to gather at Quantico with no stated purpose. …he quipped during a White House meeting that his …
Heritage Foundation Uses Bogus Stat to Push a Trans Terrorism Classification
By inflating numbers and narrowing definitions, Heritage promotes a false link between transgender identity and violence in its push for the FBI to create a new terrorism category.
Executive Order Brings US TikTok $14B Deal One Step Closer to Finalizing
Oracle’s oversight of an American version of TikTok will allow the app to comply with a 2024 act.
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Google Ads Used to Spread Trojan Disguised as TradingView Premium
Bitdefender warns that the TradingView Premium ad scam now targets Google ads and YouTube, hijacking verified channels to spread spyware.
Apple’s Feedback to EU Commission: Repeal Digital Markets Act
The EU will have to wait to get Live Translation and other features as Apple works on complying with the Digital Markets Act regulation.
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Fake Ukraine Police Notices Spread New Amatera Stealer and PureMiner
FortiGuard Labs exposes a high-severity phishing campaign impersonating the National Police of Ukraine to deliver Amatera Stealer (data theft) and PureMiner (cryptojacking) to Windows PCs.
Archer Health Data Leak Exposes 23GB of Medical Records
California-based Archer Health exposed 23GB of patient records, including SSNs, IDs, and medical files, after an unprotected database was found online.
Proofpoint Exec: ‘Phishing is the Leading Cause of Breaches Globally’
During Proofpoint Protect 2025, company leaders detailed how AI is being used in phishing trends and in cyber-defense tactics.
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Irish Book of Kells is Not From Kells
Here is an interesting look at authenticity of provenance. Whitworth argued that while the Kells monastery was founded in AD807, it did not become important until the later ninth century. “This is too late for the Book of Kells to have been made at Kel…