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HACKING – SolarWinds hackers aimed at access to victims’ cloud assets (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/112773/hacking/solarwinds-solorigate-attack-chain.html

DATA BREACH/HACKING – Japanese Kawasaki Heavy Industries discloses security breach (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/112765/data-breach/kawasaki-heavy-industries-cyber-attack.html

HACKING/SECURITY – CISA releases a PowerShell-based tool to detect malicious activity in Azure, Microsoft 365 (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/112751/security/cisa-azure-microsoft-365-detection-tool.html

PANDEMIC – Lessons from the pandemic (Omar Al-Ubaydli, The Science of Where Magazine)

https://www.thescienceofwheremagazine.it/2020/12/27/lessons-from-the-pandemic/

ISRAEL/PALESTINE/USA – Can Israel-Palestinian Negotiations Begin when Joe Biden Takes Office? (Pinhas Inbari, JCPA)

https://jcpa.org/can-israel-palestinian-negotiations-begin-when-joe-biden-takes-office/

ANTISEMITISM – Achievements in 2020 in the Battle Against Antisemitism (Manfred Gerstenfeld, BESA Center)

The number of antisemitic incidents worldwide increased in 2020, but the past year also saw some notable positive developments in the battle against this...

ISRAEL – Israel’s “West Point” Increasingly Shapes the IDF Ground Forces (Yaakov Lappin, BESA Center)

The Israel Defense Forces’ Tactical Command College (TCC), the Israeli equivalent of the West Point military academy, is increasingly shaping the professional cadre of...

USA/RUSSIA – Biden and Russia: Pressure, But Not Too Much (Emil Avdaliani, BESA Center)

As the world awaits Joe Biden’s inauguration as president of the US, Washington’s relations with China are under primary scrutiny. However, ties with Russia...

ARAB WORLD – ‘Atomised’ Society and Politics in the Arab World (Nourhan ElSheikh, Valdai Discussion Club)

As we’ve grown into an atomised world, something has changed within us. In creating a system for individuals and not for the community, we...

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