Please enjoy our latest podcast, the weekly Security Sprint, on Spotify, Apple, as well as other locations accessible via the Spotify for Podcasters link or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
In this week’s Security Sprint, Dave and Andy discussed strengthening resilience via proactive security, drone tactics, and multidimensional threats, among many other topics.
Main Topics:
UFC 250 Attack Plot:
- FBI Arrests Two More Men in Washington and Missouri in Connection with Planned Attack on Government Officials at White House UFC event
- Five Men Arrested and Charged in Plot to Attack and Kill Government Officials and Others Attending the Ultimate Fighting Championship at White House
Ransomware & Data Breaches: A Small Southeastern Hospital Had Effective Cybersecurity Controls To Prevent, Detect, and Respond To Cyberattacks — HHS Office of Inspector General — 12 Jun 2026. HHS OIG found that a small southeastern hospital had effective cybersecurity controls to prevent, detect, and respond to simulated cyberattacks. The hospital used controls that included a custom system to block unusual or suspicious activity and detected OIG testing as suspicious. OIG issued no recommendations, making the report a useful positive benchmark for small health care entities. Target is hospital executives, health care IT teams, and cyber resilience planners with Dig highlighting that smaller hospitals can implement effective monitoring and response controls despite resource constraints.
- Killing me Gently: Inside GentleMans EDR killer framework — WeLiveSecurity by ESET
- Risky Bulletin: Klue breach impacts security firms — Risky Business
- eCrime weekly report tracks ransomware victim claims — eCrime.ch
- Prinz Eugen ransomware: a deep dive into a new Go-based encryptor
- Cato CTRL™ Threat Actor Profile: ShinyHunters – The Brand That Outlasts the Takedowns
FBI & FTC Alerts
- Scammers Use Couriers to Collect Cash in Cryptocurrency Investment Scams
- Protect Your Property from Illegal Sales Through Parcel Owner Impersonation
- Cyber Criminals Redirecting Users to Fraudulent Websites with Malicious Traffic Distribution Systems
- FTC Data Show People Reported Losing $3.5 Billion to Imposter Scams in 2025
- Take9: 9 Seconds for a Safer World. Scammers are getting smarter, but you can stay ahead of them. How? Count before you click! Count von Count is here to help you take a 9 second pause and think before you click, download, or share. And Take9 will join Andy for the July Gate 15 Interview!
Terrorism & Extremism: ISIS Editorial Calls For Lone Actor Attacks On FIFA World Cup Matches In U.S. Cities — HSToday — 19 Jun 2026. HSToday reports on a MEMRI assessment of an ISIS editorial in Al-Naba’ calling for lone actor attacks against FIFA World Cup matches in U.S. host cities. The propaganda frames the tournament as cultural aggression and urges supporters to exploit the event’s visibility. The threat is aspirational but operationally relevant because major sporting events concentrate crowds, international attention, and complex security dependencies. Target is public safety, venue security, law enforcement, and event risk teams with Dig highlighting continued jihadist interest in mass-gathering attacks around globally visible U.S. events.
- Terrorist Use of AI to Facilitate Fraud Requires Adaptability — National Counterterrorism Center
- Counter-terrorism operation disrupted Islamic State Khorasan Province activities — Europol
- FGCU student arrested after allegedly making violent threats on Discord — Gulf Coast News
- Person detained after bomb squad searches suspicious vehicle near Islamic Center of San Diego
- Blackout: Inside Germany’s far-left war on infrastructure — Politico Europe
- How State-Sponsored Hybrid Threats Are Reshaping Executive Protection in a Post-Epic Fury World
Quick Hits:
- Temperatures exceed 40C in European heatwave, three die in France
- Tropical Rainstorm Arthur makes landfall in Texas, raising flood risk across southern US
Read more about Gate 15’s full podcast menu at our Podcast page. You can subscribe and enjoy all the Gate 15 Podcasts on Spotify for Podcasters, Apple, Spotify, as well as other locations accessible from the Spotify for Podcasters link. Week-to-week, you can hear and learn more about our all-hazards threats, risks, mitigation and other issues impacting homeland security risk management from our team as well as our regular and special guests. The full podcast menu includes:
- 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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