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 — Wave 1 patch shipped 13-MAY. ~225,000
PAN-OS interfaces internet-facing. Unit 42 attribution: CL-STA-1132, likely
state-sponsored. FCEB BOD due 27-MAY.
GEO-CF-LBN — Lebanon ceasefire Day 29 of EXTENDED period, deteriorating.
T-3 to ~17-MAY expiry. IDF wave of strikes on 7 south-Lebanon villages
today. Houthi drone intercepted near Eilat 12-MAY (first since CF). 3rd
round of US-mediated LBN-ISR talks Thu-Fri Washington.
GEO-001 — Trump rejected Iran’s 14-point MoU counter-proposal 10-11 MAY.
Ceasefire on life support per Gulf News. CIA assessment: Iran can sustain
blockade ~4 more months.
HLTH-001 — Dr. Stephen Kornfeld confirmed as first US Andes hantavirus
case today; transferred to UNMC biocontainment, currently asymptomatic.
18 Americans in federal quarantine Day 3. 15 additional Americans monitored
across 9 states. Surveillance window through ~21-JUN.
WX-001 — SPC Slight Risk central and eastern Kansas. Large hail (potentially
2″+) and severe wind gusts. Dry microburst threat South High Plains. KS
Ulysses WXN81 NWR transmitter OOS inside the dry-microburst corridor.
GEO-AXIS-001 — Russia hit Ukraine with ~800-drone barrage overnight 13-14
MAY. 41 missiles and 652 drones intercepted. 6+ killed. Sarmat ICBM tested
12-MAY. Trump-brokered 3-day CF expired 11-MAY.
CN-001 — Trump-Xi Beijing summit Day 1 today. Xi flagged Taiwan as “most
important issue.” Day 2 closure tomorrow 15-MAY.
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