14 MAY 2026 │ PREP-CON 3 ELEVATED │ Trend: DETERIORATING │ Op Epic Fury Day 76 │ Blockade Day 32 │ LBN CF Day 29 EXTENDED DETERIORATING (T-3) Eight FLASH events this cycle: CYB-005 Linux Copy Fail CVE-2026-31431 — FCEB remediation deadline TOMORROW 15-MAY. URGENT for any Linux fleet operator. CYB-001 PAN-OS RCE CVE-2026-0300 —…
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Todays Reports and new article
Todays DTR and other reports are up including the weekly Data Center and Infrastructure report – you can access them all here https://fortunefavorstheprepared.com/dtr/ I’ve re-organized the intelligence section, I’ve got some new landing pages to do yet but I also added an article on wireless recon devices here https://fortunefavorstheprepared.com/wireless-recon-devices/ I’m hoping the new home page…
Updates
Website Some of you may have noticed (because I’ve figured out how to see errors on the back end of the website 🙂 that in doing some major updates I broke stuff 🙂I’ve fixed them – I think – so if you noticed any broken links please let me know. As I mentioned, I’ve got…
A long time coming: the Personal Preparedness Assessment Report
This one has been a long time coming. The Personal Preparedness Assessment Workbook has been in customers’ hands for years. The methodology is sound, the math works, the output is genuinely useful. But there has always been the same gap. Step 1 asks the buyer to score 59 hazards for their specific address. And doing…
UNDERSTANDING COMMUNICATIONS RESILIENCY
Most people do not understand the interdependencies of critical infrastructure on electricity. Even those that do, most people do not comprehend the cascading events and effects that a disaster can have on the infrastructure. Damage to roadways, such as a broken water main, can damage communications cables that typically nearby as the surrounding ground is…
Cascade Effects and the Perfect Storm
Threat Assessment Pillar Cascade Effects and the Perfect Storm How Small Disruptions Become Systemic Failures This Page Serves Two Readers The Prepared Person, Household, or MAG Emergency Management Practitioners One disruption is a bad day. Two converging disruptions are chaos. When three or more concurrent disruptions reinforce each other across interdependent systems, you are inside…
Live – What Radio to Buy?
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Why Do I Need a Ham License?
I was asked this question on a social media post and its a blog I’ve been meaning to do so here was my answer. The FCC regulates the airwaves in the U.S. corporations, businesses, cell phone companies, etc. pay a lot, and I mean a LOT of money to have licenses and access to frequency…