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In this week’s episode, Dave and Andy discuss recent developments in a rapidly worsening global threat landscape driven by the convergence of AI, cyber, and physical risks.
Opening:
- President Donald J. Trump Unveils National AI Legislative Framework – The White House
- Emerging Attack Vectors: AI Agents & Prompt Injection Gate 15 | 16 Mar 2026
- The AI Landscape in Cybersecurity
- An AI cyberattack could trigger a satellite apocalypse in the next 2 years. Are we prepared?
- WaterISAC & EPA National Security Information Sharing Bulletin – Q1 2026 WaterISAC
- Food and Ag-ISAC finds 72 active threat actors behind persistent, sophisticated cyber attacks targeting food supply chains
- The E-ISAC’s 2025 Report: Real Progress, Remaining Constraints
Main Topics:
Severe Weather
- Spring outlook: Drought forecasted to expand in U.S. West, parts of Plains — NOAA | 21 Mar 2026
- Get Ready for a Year of Chaotic Weather in the US — Wired, 19 Mar 2026
2026 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community — Office of the Director of National Intelligence, 18 Mar 2026. The ODNI released its 2026 Annual Threat Assessment outlining key threats including China’s cyber and military expansion, Russia’s hybrid operations, Iran’s regional aggression, and persistent cyber threats from nation-state and criminal actors. The report underscores increasing convergence between cyber operations, information operations, and physical-world impacts across critical infrastructure sectors. Target: U.S. national security, critical infrastructure, and global threat landscape. Dig: The assessment reinforces the prioritization of cyber-enabled disruption and influence operations, with emphasis on adversary willingness to exploit vulnerabilities in both government and private sector systems.
Islamic State group activity in the US in 2025 Institute for Strategic Dialogue | 11 Mar 2026. ISD assesses that Islamic State inspired activity in the United States remained persistent in 2025, with two successful attacks, five disrupted plots, and six material support arrests, and says most cases involved teenagers. The dispatch highlights continued use of firearms, explosive devices, vehicle attacks, and newer surveillance tools such as Meta glasses and drones during pre attack planning. It also notes that targets varied widely, including public celebrations, military interests, nightlife venues, law enforcement, schools, and religious institutions, which complicates protective prioritization. Target: U.S. public gatherings, military interests, nightlife venues, law enforcement, schools, and religious institutions. Dig: The most operationally important point is that youth radicalization and accessible online propaganda continue to lower barriers to mobilization while emerging consumer technologies are starting to support surveillance and attack preparation.
Quick Hits:
- Government of Iran Cyber Actors Deploy Telegram C2 to Push Malware to Identified Targets — FBI IC3
- CISA Urges Endpoint Management System Hardening After Cyberattack Against U.S. Organization
- CISA and FBI Release Public Service Announcement About Russian Intelligence Services Targeting Commercial Messaging Apps
- Ransomware Under Pressure: Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures in a Shifting Threat Landscape — Google Cloud Blog
- Ransomware Spotlight: Agenda
- Amazon Threat Intelligence teams identify Interlock ransomware campaign targeting enterprise firewalls
- Hastalamuerte and Gentlemen RaaS: Analyzing TTPs of a Growing Ransomware Threat
- Beast ransomware server toolkit analysis
- Beast ransomware’s toolkit revealed by exposed directory
- Marquis ransomware gang stole data of 672,000 people in 2025 cyberattack
- ESET Research: A Deep Dive into EDR Killers – a Cornerstone of Modern Ransomware Operations
- Ransomware Affiliate ‘Gentlemen’ Emerges as Key Player
- LeakNet Ransomware: What You Need to Know
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- The Security Sprint is our weekly rundown of the week’s notable all-hazards security news, risks and threats and some of the key focus areas for organizations to consider behind the headlines. Gate 15 team members discuss physical security, cybersecurity, natural hazards, health threats and other issues across our environment.
- Nerd Out! Security Panel Discussion, moderated by Dave Pounder, focuses on physical security topics including terrorism, extremism, hostile events, and other pertinent topics.
- The Gate 15 Interview, is a monthly interview between Gate 15’s founder and Managing Director, Andy Jabbour and guests from throughout the homeland security risk management community addressing a wide range of all-hazards topics and issues.
- The Cybersecurity Evangelist, with Jennifer Lyn Walker, is a cybersecurity-focused discussion with Jen and invited guests. This is presently a Gate 15 special podcast and occasionally is updated on our Gate 15 podcast channel.
- Venue Security, The IAVM Podcast Series was a 2024 limited series podcast as Gate 15’s founder and Managing Director, Andy Jabbour hosted a series of short interviews with venue safety and security experts from the International Association of Venue Managers’ (IAVM) Venue Safety and Security Committee (VSSC) and other special guests from the IAVM community.
- The Risk Roundtable, was a monthly discussion among our team and occasional guests exploring the all-hazards threats and risks impacting the United States and internationally. This was suspended in September 2023.
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