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.
Today, Dave and Andy
Opening:
- The Gate 15 Interview EP 72. Amira Dhalla on Take9, the Power of the Pause, SS26 and the World Cup!
- Defending the Collective — AI Powered Threats and the New ISAC Playbook — Cyber Threat Alliance
Main Topics:
Ransomware & Cyber Threats
- Health-ISAC: Health Sector Heartbeat 2026 Q2 – 2026: Q2 Cybersecurity Trends and Threats in the Health Sector
- June Incident Response Insights — Health-ISAC
- 2026 Health-ISAC CISO Benchmarking Report — Health-ISAC
- 15 Latest Cyber Threat Trends Shaping Cybersecurity in 2026 — CloudSEK — 19 Jul 2026. CloudSEK identified ransomware, phishing, artificial intelligence-enabled attacks, deepfakes, zero-day exploitation, supply-chain compromise, insider threats, cloud weaknesses, credential abuse and quantum threats, among the major cyber risks shaping 2026.
Kidnappings Increased 60 Percent Between 2020 and 2025, Analysis Says — Security Management — 16 Jul 2026. Recorded kidnappings increased 60 percent globally between 2020 and 2025, with every region except Asia Pacific reporting growth. Mass kidnappings increased 154 percent as criminal groups exploited conflict, displacement, inequality, and weak state security, particularly in parts of Africa. Perpetrators are also draining victims’ mobile banking accounts, making repeated ransom demands, and targeting cryptocurrency holders based on information gathered through social media.
Iran hackers resume threats to hit critical infrastructure with ‘unforgettable lessons’ — Threat Beat — 19 Jul 2026. The Iran-linked Handala group resumed public threats against U.S. and allied critical infrastructure following the collapse of the ceasefire and renewed military strikes. The group referenced electricity, water, fuel, retail, and information technology targets and warned of future actions intended to deliver unforgettable lessons. Handala previously claimed destructive attacks against a U.S. medical technology company and alleged compromises involving water utilities, ports, and government personnel, although individual claims require independent verification. Target is energy, water, healthcare, maritime, retail, government, and information technology organizations in the United States and allied countries. Dig highlights renewed Iranian cyber signaling that may precede disruptive, destructive, or hybrid operations against civilian infrastructure during the expanding conflict.
- Iran strikes Kuwait plant critical to drinking water supply — Straight Arrow News
Quick Hits:
- Beware of Disaster Fraud — Federal Emergency Management Agency
- DHS network intrusion was twice ruled a false positive before breach confirmed
- The Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak Is About to Get Much Bigger
- Cyclosporiasis Outbreak with Unknown Source — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Everyone Thinks They Have This Diarrhea Parasite. Do They?
- House Passes Seven-Year TRIA Reauthorization — The Real Estate Roundtable
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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