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Citizen Free Press

THE Liberty Daily

• Is Trump Speaking to Xi Jinping Pre-Inauguration Keeping Our Friends Close – and China Closer?
• NEW: Israel Confirms Timeline Set for Rolling Out Ceasefire/Hostage Deal With Hamas
• The Insanity Is Spreading: Here's What Kamala Harris Just Said About the ERA
• Report: FBI Makes a Decision About Agent Who Declared Bourbon Street Attack Was 'Not a Terrorist Event'
• Is the Self-Deporting Beginning? Probably Not.

• Wall Street thinks U.S. housing is overpriced.
• Merrick Garland has left the building.
• Impressionist does Bernie, Ted Cruz, DeSantis and Trump.
• Pearl clutching over Fetterman.
• Deep dive current assessment of Ukraine war.

• Trump and Xi Jinping Have a “Very Good” Call — Discuss Taiwan, TikTok, and Trade
• “Not Going To Be Pretty”: Retired NYPD Intel Officer Predicts Learning Ugly Truths About the FBI as Trump Digs Deeper
• Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller Is Urging Republicans to Slash Funding for Sanctuary Cities [VIDEO]
• Grocery Store Plastic Logic [VIDEO]
• Woman Accused of Poisoning Baby and Posting Videos Online for Donations

Krebs

• Chinese Innovations Spawn Wave of Toll Phishing Via SMS
• Microsoft: Happy 2025. Here’s 161 Security Updates
• A Day in the Life of a Prolific Voice Phishing Crew
• U.S. Army Soldier Arrested in AT&T, Verizon Extortions
• Happy 15th Anniversary, KrebsOnSecurity!

Dark Reading

• Has the TikTok Ban Already Backfired on US Cybersecurity?
• Employees Enter Sensitive Data Into GenAI Prompts Far Too Often
• 15K Fortinet Device Configs Leaked to the Dark Web
• US Sanctions Chinese Hacker & Firm for Treasury, Critical Infrastructure Breaches
• Leveraging Behavioral Insights to Counter LLM-Enabled Hacking

Sophos

• Gootloader inside out
• Sophos ZTNA Updates
• 159-CVE January Patch Tuesday smashes single-month record
• Prioritizing patching: A deep dive into frameworks and tools – Part 2: Alternative frameworks
• Prioritizing patching: A deep dive into frameworks and tools – Part 1: CVSS

Land Alerts

• Extreme Cold Watch issued January 17 at 9:05PM EST until January 22 at 10:00AM EST by NWS Cleveland OH
• Flood Warning issued January 17 at 8:02PM CST by NWS Lake Charles LA
• Flood Warning issued January 17 at 8:02PM CST by NWS Lake Charles LA
• High Surf Warning issued January 17 at 3:48PM HST until January 18 at 6:00PM HST by NWS Honolulu HI
• High Surf Warning issued January 17 at 3:48PM HST until January 18 at 6:00PM HST by NWS Honolulu HI

Marine Alerts

• Small Craft Advisory issued January 17 at 4:00PM HST until January 19 at 6:00AM HST by NWS Honolulu HI
• Small Craft Advisory issued January 17 at 8:11PM EST until January 18 at 7:00PM EST by NWS Boston/Norton MA
• Small Craft Advisory issued January 17 at 8:11PM EST until January 19 at 2:00AM EST by NWS Boston/Norton MA
• Small Craft Advisory issued January 17 at 8:11PM EST until January 18 at 7:00PM EST by NWS Boston/Norton MA
• Small Craft Advisory issued January 17 at 9:09PM AST until January 19 at 6:00AM AST by NWS San Juan PR