Author: John Neff

There’s a Powerful Force in Realism

Sunday Musing: The Quiet Strength of Perseverance—Trusting God When the Journey Becomes Longer Than Expected

Biblical Insight

New Research Suggests Cosmic Dust May Help Explain the Sun’s Superheated Atmosphere

Blogging

Canada’s First Deep-Space Astronaut Steps Away from Active Duty After Historic Artemis II Mission

Artemis Program

THE SYNTHETIC HUMAN ERA: The Collapse of Natural Reproduction

THE SYNTHETIC HUMAN ERA: The Collapse of Natural Reproduction

AI & The Future

Scientists Discover the Rust on the Moon Could be Caused By the Earth

Artemis Program

Priest on Administrative Leave Arrested on Federal Child Exploitation Charges Following International Investigation

Blogging

Massachusetts Man Arrested in Connection with Armed Bank Robberies in New Hampshire and New Jersey

Bank Heist

FBI Announces $25,000 Reward in Unsolved 2023 Homicide on Pine Ridge Reservation

Blogging

NSA Restores Historic Tailored Access Operations Name for Elite Cyber Operations Unit

NSA Restores Historic Tailored Access Operations Name for Elite Cyber Operations Unit

Blogging

Federal Human Trafficking Investigation Expands After Son of Las Cruces Bounty Hunter Charged in Separate Child Exploitation Case

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Cole County Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Child Exploitation Charges Involving Multiple Victims

Blogging

LATVIAN STATE FORESTRY COMPANY CONTINUES RECOVERY WEEKS AFTER RANSOMWARE ATTACK

LATVIAN STATE FORESTRY COMPANY CONTINUES RECOVERY WEEKS AFTER RANSOMWARE ATTACK

Blogging

Maryland Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Attempting to Join ISIS and Support Terrorist Organization

Blogging

Britain Unveils Plans for AI-Powered “Cyber Shield” to Strengthen National Cyber Defense

Britain Unveils Plans for AI-Powered “Cyber Shield” to Strengthen National Cyber Defense

Artificial Intelligence

San Antonio Man Sentenced to 40 Years for Racketeering and Child Exploitation Crimes Linked to Violent Extremist Network

Blogging

Spain Arrests Suspected Supporter of Pro-Russian Hacktivist Networks Following FBI Intelligence

Spain Arrests Suspected Supporter of Pro-Russian Hacktivist Networks Following FBI Intelligence

Blogging

Former North Carolina Wedding Venue Owner Pleads Guilty to $1 Million Wire Fraud Scheme

Blogging

Former Investment Executive Pleads Guilty to Obstructing Federal Investigation Into Client Fraud Scheme

Blogging

CISA ADDS ACTIVELY EXPLOITED ADOBE COLDFUSION VULNERABILITY TO KNOWN EXPLOITED VULNERABILITIES CATALOG

CISA ADDS ACTIVELY EXPLOITED ADOBE COLDFUSION VULNERABILITY TO KNOWN EXPLOITED VULNERABILITIES CATALOG

Adobe

Five Former Georgia Police Officers Charged After Alleged Misuse of License Plate Reader Database

Blogging

Six-Planet Parade Returns to the Night Sky—Here’s What You’ll Actually See

Astronomy

FBI Returns Accused Murder Suspect to California After Nearly Eight-Year International Fugitive Hunt

Blogging

CISA ADDS THREE ACTIVELY EXPLOITED VULNERABILITIES TO KNOWN EXPLOITED VULNERABILITIES CATALOG

CISA ADDS THREE ACTIVELY EXPLOITED VULNERABILITIES TO KNOWN EXPLOITED VULNERABILITIES CATALOG

Blogging

Former College Basketball Player Charged in Alleged $2.2 Million Wire Fraud Scheme

Blogging

Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty After Pointing Firearm at Federal Task Force Officers During Albuquerque Traffic Stop

Blogging

North Carolina Teen Sentenced to Federal Prison for Threatening Mass Shootings at Multiple Universities

Blogging

FBI Offers Reward After Bank Robbery at U.S. Bank in Clovis, New Mexico

Bank Robbery

Japanese Teen Arrested After Alleged Cyberattack Disrupted Major Anime Streaming Service

Japanese Teen Arrested After Alleged Cyberattack Disrupted Major Anime Streaming Service

Blogging

Albuquerque Man Pleads Guilty After Armed Confrontation With Federal Task Force Officers During Traffic Stop

Blogging

FBI Offers $25,000 Reward in Unsolved 2023 Murder of Patrick Carlow Sr. on Pine Ridge Reservation

Blogging

NASA Tests Intelligent Rover That Could Transform Future Moon and Mars Missions

Blogging

NASA Plans First Fire Experiment on the Moon to Protect Future Artemis Astronauts

Artemis Program

A Planet of Endless Oceans? Scientists Investigate One of the Most Intriguing Worlds Ever Discovered

Astronomy

Shiveluch Volcano Sends Massive Ash Plume Skyward, Triggering Aviation Concerns Across Russia’s Far East

Blogging

Sunday Musing: The Freedom No One Can Take Away—Discovering the Liberty Only Christ Can Give

Biblical Insight

FBI Warns TeamPCP Cybercriminal Group Is Targeting Software Supply Chains and Cloud Credentials

FBI Warns TeamPCP Cybercriminal Group Is Targeting Software Supply Chains and Cloud Credentials

Blogging

Elk Grove Man Arrested After Allegedly Threatening Fourth of July Attack on Federal Infrastructure

Blogging

The Echoes of Freedom

American History

NEW BOILING HYDROTHERMAL POOL FORMS IN YELLOWSTONE AFTER RARE UNDERGROUND EXPLOSION, HIGHLIGHTING PARK’S DYNAMIC GEOLOGIC ACTIVITY

Blogging

THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ARTEMIS

Artemis Program

THE EARTH THESIS

Blogging

MAGNETIC SWITCHBACK DETECTED NEAR EARTH FOR THE FIRST TIME

Astronomy

SONY TO END PHYSICAL PLAYSTATION GAME DISCS FOR NEW RELEASES IN 2028, RAISING CONCERNS OVER DIGITAL OWNERSHIP

Blogging

FBI INCREASES REWARD TO $50,000 IN 2021 MURDER OF ARMY NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIER AS FUGITIVE REMAINS AT LARGE

Blogging

FORMER LOUISIANA WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES SECRETARY SENTENCED TO 27 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR KICKBACK CONSPIRACY

Blogging

DETROIT MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR LEADING MULTI-STATE FENTANYL TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION

Blogging

U.S. LIFTS EXPORT RESTRICTIONS ON ANTHROPIC’S FRONTIER CYBERSECURITY AI MODELS AFTER SECURITY AGREEMENT

U.S. LIFTS EXPORT RESTRICTIONS ON ANTHROPIC’S FRONTIER CYBERSECURITY AI MODELS AFTER SECURITY AGREEMENT

Artificial Intelligence

NEPHEW OF FEDERAL INMATE CHARGED AFTER ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO SMUGGLE SUBOXONE INTO PUERTO RICO DETENTION CENTER

Blogging

ALLEGED SCATTERED SPIDER MEMBER EXTRADITED TO UNITED STATES TO FACE FEDERAL CYBERCRIME CHARGES

ALLEGED SCATTERED SPIDER MEMBER EXTRADITED TO UNITED STATES TO FACE FEDERAL CYBERCRIME CHARGES

Blogging

CLARKSBURG MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO THREATENING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND ICE AGENTS

Blogging

MAJOR JAPANESE COMPANIES DISCLOSE SEPARATE CYBERATTACKS IMPACTING MILLIONS OF CUSTOMERS AND CORPORATE SYSTEMS

MAJOR JAPANESE COMPANIES DISCLOSE SEPARATE CYBERATTACKS IMPACTING MILLIONS OF CUSTOMERS AND CORPORATE SYSTEMS

Blogging

FORMER ST. LOUIS BUILDING INSPECTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO $1.64 MILLION FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING CITY REHABILITATION PROGRAMS

Blogging

UPSTATE NEW YORK WOMAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT TO PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD THROUGH CRYPTOCURRENCY TRANSFERS

Blogging

FORMER ARMY CONTRACTOR CONVICTED OF STEALING MORE THAN $1.1 MILLION IN MILITARY MEALS FROM FORT BLISS

Blogging

HOME INVASION ROBBERY CREW MEMBER SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS FOR RACKETEERING, MURDER CONSPIRACY, AND VIOLENT CRIME SPREE ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON

Blogging

CISA ADDS ACTIVELY EXPLOITED MICROSOFT SHAREPOINT DESERIALIZATION VULNERABILITY TO KNOWN EXPLOITED VULNERABILITIES CATALOG

CISA ADDS ACTIVELY EXPLOITED MICROSOFT SHAREPOINT DESERIALIZATION VULNERABILITY TO KNOWN EXPLOITED VULNERABILITIES CATALOG

Blogging

ARTESIA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO KIDNAP WOMAN WHO WAS FATALLY SHOT IN 2021

Blogging

FEDERAL INMATE PLEADS GUILTY TO DIRECTING MULTI-KILOGRAM FENTANYL TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY FROM PRISON

Blogging

U.S. SEIZES NEARLY 400 ILLEGAL STREAMING DOMAINS DURING FIFA WORLD CUP ANTI-PIRACY OPERATION

U.S. SEIZES NEARLY 400 ILLEGAL STREAMING DOMAINS DURING FIFA WORLD CUP ANTI-PIRACY OPERATION

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DIXIE COUNTY MAN INDICTED ON MULTIPLE FEDERAL CHILD EXPLOITATION CHARGES FOLLOWING MULTI-AGENCY INVESTIGATION

Blogging

CLOVIS MAN ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGED ONLINE THREATS TARGETING TEXAS PRIDE EVENT

Blogging

UKRAINE TO CONVERT MORE THAN $8.3 MILLION IN SEIZED CRYPTOCURRENCY INTO WAR BONDS FOLLOWING CYBERCRIME INVESTIGATION

UKRAINE TO CONVERT MORE THAN $8.3 MILLION IN SEIZED CRYPTOCURRENCY INTO WAR BONDS FOLLOWING CYBERCRIME INVESTIGATION

Asset Forfeiture

OKLAHOMA TEEN DIES AFTER FAMILY SAYS SHE ATTEMPTED DANGEROUS ‘BENADRYL CHALLENGE’: WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE DEADLY SOCIAL MEDIA TREND

Blogging

BUCKEYE MAN SENTENCED TO 10 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR LASER STRIKES TARGETING U.S. AIR FORCE F-35 FIGHTER JETS

Aviation Safety

CIA DIRECTOR OUTLINES MAJOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMATION AS AGENCY ACCELERATES AI, CYBER, AND DATA MODERNIZATION

CIA DIRECTOR OUTLINES MAJOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMATION AS AGENCY ACCELERATES AI, CYBER, AND DATA MODERNIZATION

Artificial Intelligence

OPERATION SUMMER HEAT RESULTS IN FEDERAL CHARGES AGAINST 25 ALLEGED MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES OF TWO MINNESOTA DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS

Blogging

NAVAJO NATION MAN CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER IN DEATH OF FATHER

Blogging

CHURCH ROCK WOMAN FEDERALLY CHARGED IN ALLEGED ASSAULT THAT HOSPITALIZED DATING PARTNER

Blogging

REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED TO LIFE IN FEDERAL PRISON AFTER ATTEMPTING TO MEET PERSON HE BELIEVED WAS A 13-YEAR-OLD CHILD FOR SEXUAL ACTIVITY

Blogging

PREWITT WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL ASSAULT CHARGE IN STABBING CASE

Blogging

CISA ADDS ACTIVELY EXPLOITED SIMPLEHELP AUTHENTICATION BYPASS VULNERABILITY TO KNOWN EXPLOITED VULNERABILITIES CATALOG

CISA ADDS ACTIVELY EXPLOITED SIMPLEHELP AUTHENTICATION BYPASS VULNERABILITY TO KNOWN EXPLOITED VULNERABILITIES CATALOG

Blogging

Privacy

Blogging

THE DIGITAL SHADOW: How America’s Roadside Surveillance Is Evolving Beyond License Plates

Artificial Intelligence

Sunday Musing: If God Had Answered That Prayer the Way I Wanted

Sunday Musing: If God Had Answered That Prayer the Way I Wanted

Biblical Insight

ANCIENT WORLD DISCOVERED AT THE EDGE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM MAY HOLD CLUES TO OUR COSMIC PAST

Astronomy

THE SYNTHETIC HUMAN ERA: The Synthetic Body and the End of Biological Intimacy

THE SYNTHETIC HUMAN ERA: The Synthetic Body and the End of Biological Intimacy

Artificial Intelligence

MOUNTAIN-SIZED ASTEROID MAKES RARE CLOSE PASS BY EARTH AS SCIENTISTS GATHER NEW INSIGHTS FROM THE FLYBY

Astronomy

FBI AND CISA WARN OF CONTINUING RUSSIAN CYBER CAMPAIGN TARGETING COMMERCIAL MESSAGING APP USERS

FBI AND CISA WARN OF CONTINUING RUSSIAN CYBER CAMPAIGN TARGETING COMMERCIAL MESSAGING APP USERS

Blogging

SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN HAWAII’S “VAMPIRE RULE,” DELIVERING MAJOR SECOND AMENDMENT VICTORY WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR NEW YORK AND OTHER STATES

Blogging

PALMDALE MAN CHARGED IN FEDERAL CHILD EXPLOITATION CASE INVOLVING MULTIPLE ALLEGED MINOR VICTIMS

Blogging

FORMER MISSOURI EXECUTIVE EXTRADITED FROM ISRAEL TO FACE FEDERAL FRAUD CHARGES IN ALLEGED $28 MILLION APARTMENT LOAN SCHEME

Blogging

FEEDING OUR FUTURE DEFENDANT TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN SOMALIA AFTER YEARS-LONG INTERNATIONAL SEARCH

Blogging

SAN DIEGO LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERS GRADUATE FROM PRESTIGIOUS FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY PROGRAM

Blogging

STAFFORD MAN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING TWO WOMEN AT U.S. INTELLIGENCE CONFERENCE

Blogging

GREECE MAN SENTENCED TO 14 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR THREATENING FBI AGENT’S FAMILY

Blogging

PRIOR FEDERAL OFFENDER PLEADS GUILTY TO OBSCENITY OFFENSE FOLLOWING PREVIOUS CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CONVICTION

Blogging

CHINESE CITIZAN CHARGED IN ALLEGED GOLD BULLION FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME TARGETING WESTERN NEW YORK VICTIM

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CAMDEN MAN SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OFFENSES

Blogging

OPERATION ENDGAME DISRUPTS GLOBAL CYBERCRIME INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORTING STEALC, AMADEY, AND SOCGHOLISH MALWARE

OPERATION ENDGAME DISRUPTS GLOBAL CYBERCRIME INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORTING STEALC, AMADEY, AND SOCGHOLISH MALWARE

Blogging

CALIFORNIA DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 18 YEARS FOR FENTANYL AND METHAMPHETAMINE DISTRIBUTION SCHEME

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FORMER ERIE RESIDENT SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL

Blogging

KANSAS MAN ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT ABOARD DELTA FLIGHT FROM HAWAII TO SEATTLE

Blogging

CISA ADDS TWO ACTIVELY EXPLOITED VULNERABILITIES TO KNOWN EXPLOITED VULNERABILITIES CATALOG

CISA ADDS TWO ACTIVELY EXPLOITED VULNERABILITIES TO KNOWN EXPLOITED VULNERABILITIES CATALOG

Blogging

FBI MOST WANTED HEALTH CARE FRAUD SUSPECT RETURNED TO UNITED STATES IN CONNECTION WITH ALLEGED $3.76 BILLION MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME

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EIGHT MEMBERS OF NORTH TEXAS ANTIFA CELL SENTENCED TO COMBINED 450 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ATTACK ON ICE DETENTION FACILITY

Blogging

GREECE MAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR THREATENING FBI AGENT AND AGENT’S FAMILY

Blogging

NORTH ANDOVER MAN FEDERALLY CHARGED IN ALLEGED ARMED ROBBERY OF DANVERS CVS PHARMACY

Armed Robbery

NAVAJO MAN FACES FEDERAL ARSON CHARGE IN CONNECTION WITH DESTROYED DWELLING

Arson

SCATTERED SPIDER MEMBERS PLEAD GUILTY IN CYBERATTACK THAT DISRUPTED LONDON TRANSIT NETWORK

SCATTERED SPIDER MEMBERS PLEAD GUILTY IN CYBERATTACK THAT DISRUPTED LONDON TRANSIT NETWORK

Blogging

FBI BOSTON TASK FORCE OPERATION RESULTS IN ARREST OF SEVEN MASSACHUSETTS MEN ON CHILD EXPLOITATION CHARGES

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