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Daily Strategic Intelligence Report
Stay Informed. Stay Ahead.
Friday, January 23, 2026
Produced by: Harrison Doyle
AI Models Used: Claude (Anthropic) & GPT (OpenAI)
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Executive Summary
23 Top Articles |
41/41 Active Sources |
6 Categories |
Category Breakdown: 🌍Geopolitics: 5 articles 🕵️Espionage: 2 articles 👁️Surveillance Technology & Privacy: 2 articles 🔒Cybersecurity: 5 articles 🤖Artificial Intelligence: 4 articles 📰Other: 5 articles Articles ranked by recency, relevance, and source authority |
WFP warns of imminent food assistance cuts in Nigeria as violence and hunger surges across the north
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is sounding the alarm as more than one million people in northeast Nigeria risk being cut off from emergency food and nutrition assistance within weeks unless urgent new funding is received. As a result, and for the first time in Nigeria, WFP's assistance will be limited to only 72,000 people.
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Drawing the Digital Line
Jadyn Ocampo, Small Wars Journal As many different aspects of governance, including military operations, become increasingly integrated with cyberspace, policymakers must decide how to.
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At Davos, a loss of trust was evident. Can NATO survive Greenland dispute?
Disagreements over Donald Trump’s claim to Greenland have eroded mutual trust within NATO and weakened the Western alliance, perhaps fatally.
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Trump Launches ‘Board of Peace’ in Davos
With nearly 25 countries already signed on, critics fear that the new body could challenge the United Nations’ authority.
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Most countries on Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ banned from immigrant visas
Many of the countries that signed on to join President Trump’s “Board of Peace” to stabilize Gaza are also banned from immigrant visas by the State Department.
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Ukraine arrests two Russian spies inspecting Oreshnik missile damage
The junior partner in the spy duo traveled from Transcarpathia to Lviv, where the rocket had struck in the night to Jan. 9, the SBU said.
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Russian hacker group using Internet service providers to spy on foreign embassies
A HACKER GROUP LINKED to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has compromised Russia’s domestic internet infrastructure and is using it to target foreign diplomats stationed in Russia.
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New infosec products of the week: January 23, 2026
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from cside, Obsidian Security, Rubrik, SEON, and Vectra AI. cside targets hidden website privacy violations with Privacy Watch cside announced the launch of Privacy Watch. The platform prevents website privacy violations on the client-side, a risk surface that is traditionally unmonitored.
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Spanish judge closes NSO Group spyware probe due to lack of cooperation from Israel
The case dates to May 2022, when the court launched a probe into the alleged spying on devices belonging to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Defence Minister Margarita Robles.
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Trivial Telnet authentication bypass exposes devices to complete takeover
Computers with Telnet open are in immediate danger of being compromised due to a critical vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass authentication. The Telnet remote access protocol has long been superseded by the more secure and encrypted SSH, but many IoT and embedded devices have continued to ship with Telnet exposed on the LAN interface for debugging purposes over the years.
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Hackers get $1,047,000 for 76 zero-days at Pwn2Own Automotive 2026
Pwn2Own Automotive 2026 has ended with security researchers earning $1,047,000 after exploiting 76 zero-day vulnerabilities between January 21 and January 23.
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Hacker legen Websites von Conceptnet-Kunden lahm
Der Regensburger IT-Dienstleister Conceptnet wurde Opfer einer Ransomware-Attacke.fadfebrian - shutterstock.com Der Regensburger IT-Dienstleister Conceptnet informiert derzeit auf seiner Internetseite über eine technische Störung, die durch einen Ransomware-Angriff verursacht wurde. Berichten zufolge haben sich die Täter um den 13. Januar 2026 Zugriff auf die IT-Infrastruktur des Unternehmens verschafft.
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Organizations Warned of Exploited Zimbra Collaboration Vulnerability
CISA has added the Zimbra flaw to the KEV catalog along with three other bugs exploited in the wild.
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Infotainment, EV Charger Exploits Earn Hackers $1M at Pwn2Own Automotive 2026
Pwn2Own participants disclosed a total of 76 vulnerabilities during the three-day event.
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Will ChatGPT Ads Change OpenAI? + Amanda Askell Explains Claude’s New Constitution
“The question is not are these first couple of ads that we’re seeing from OpenAI going to be good or not? It’s whether two or three years from now, ChatGPT is being steered toward ad-friendly topics.
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Five Ways People Are Using Claude Code
The artificial intelligence tool generates computer code when people type prompts, so those with no coding experience can create their own programs and apps.
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ChatGPT can embrace authoritarian ideas after just one prompt, researchers say
Artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT can quickly absorb and reflect authoritarian ideas, according to a new report.
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AIs are Getting Better at Finding and Exploiting Internet Vulnerabilities
Really interesting blog post from Anthropic. This illustrates how barriers to the use of AI in relatively autonomous cyber workflows are rapidly coming down, and highlights the importance of security fundamentals like promptly patching known vulnerab.
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Why Trump Should Accept Putin’s New START Offer
Extending the nuclear treaty is not about trust—it’s about pragmatism.
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‘It’s the sovereignty of the country’: Guinea-Bissau says US vaccine study suspended
Despite US pushback, officials in west Africa say controversial hepatitis B study on pause amid ethics concernsUS health officials insisted it was still on. African health leaders said it was cancelled. At the heart of the controversy is the west African nation of Guinea-Bissau - one of the poorest countries in the world and the proposed site of a hotly debated US-funded study on vaccines.
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Leaked video shows Venezuela regime’s desperate struggle to control message
Interim leader Delcy Rodríguez told influencers of US threat to kill leaders if they did cooperate after capture of MaduroThe communications minister holds a phone up to a microphone before a gathering of regime-friendly influencers.
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Winter Storm Watch: Where It's Expected to Bring Heavy Snow, Ice
More than 170 million Americans are bracing for a potentially catastrophic winter storm stretching 2,000 miles from New Mexico to New England. At least a dozen states are already declaring states of emergency ahead of a menacing forecast of ice, snow and sleet. NBC’s Ryan Chandler reports and TODAY’s Dylan Dreyer tracks the storm’s projected path.
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Trump Rescinds Canada's Invite to Join 'Board of Peace' After Spat
NBC News has learned that President Donald Trump has discussed adding troops and more military bases in Greenland to support his Golden Dome missile defense system which is still in its planning stages, according to two former U.S. officials. It comes as Trump is withdrawing his invitation to Canada to join his “Board of Peace" following a feud with Prime Minister Mark Carney.
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OSINT INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING
Daily Strategic Intelligence Report
Stay Informed. Stay Ahead.
This newsletter aggregates intelligence from 41 vetted sources.
Generated: 2026-01-23 at 12:52:26 UTC
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