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In the latest episode of the Weekly Security Sprint, Dave and Andy covered the following topics:
Nashville School Shooting: This tragic incident was developing during the recording of the podcast. Dave added some comments to introduce this week’s Security Sprint and a host of links can be found in the 28 Mar Gate 15 SUN.
Gate 15’s Blue Jeans Workshops
- The Conversation: Watermarking ChatGPT, DALL-E and other generative AIs could help protect against fraud and misinformation, 27 March, shared by BJW Panelist, Todd Helmus, with the RAND Corporation
Political Violence:
- NBC: Trump warns of ‘potential death and destruction’ if he’s charged in hush money probe, 24 Mar
- Newsweek: Jim Jordan’s Response to Trump’s ‘Death & Destruction’ Post, 24 Mar
- CBS: “Significant increase” in threats online ahead of possible Trump indictment, 20 Mar
- Breaking 911: Bomb Threats Made Against Manhattan DA, Courts & NYPD HQ As Possible Trump Indictment Nears, 21 Mar
- NY Post: Envelope containing suspicious powder, death threat sent to DA Alvin Bragg’s NYC office, 24 Mar
Severe Weather:
- CNN: At least 26 dead after tornado-spawning storms roll through Southeast. One town is ‘gone,’ mayor says, 25 Mar
- AP News: EXPLAINER: Why South gets more killer tornadoes at night, 23 Mar
- The Gate 15 Interview: Climate Change Threats with Dr. Jeff Masters. Sea Level Rise, Drought, the 2023 Hurricane Season, plus Devo, Watermelon and the beauty of the Havasupai Canyon! 27 Mar
Cybersecurity Regulations:
- CISA: CIRCIA at One Year: A Look Behind the Scenes, 24 Mar (Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA))
- CISA: JCDC Cultivates Pre-Ransomware Notification Capability, 23 Mar
- CISA: Getting Ahead of the Ransomware Epidemic: CISA’s Pre-Ransomware Notifications Help Organizations Stop Attacks Before Damage Occurs, 23 Mar
Ransomware:
- Palo Alto Networks: 2022 Unit 42 Ransomware Threat Report; Understand trends and tactics to bolster defenses. Ransom Demands Jumped 144% in 2021. See What’s Next. Mar 2023
- DataBreaches.net: Blended Threats! Cyberattack disrupts Spanish medicine distribution, 23 Mar
- Lawrence Abrams and Bleeping Computer: The Week in Ransomware – March 24th 2023 – Clop overload, 24 Mar
Others:
- International protests have been shared in the SUN over the last week; see the WORLD section of that publication for a variety of links.
- Washington Post’s Cybersecurity 202: Everything you need to know about Thursday’s four cyber hearings, 24 Mar
- CyberScoop: The pressing threat of Chinese-made drones flying above U.S. critical infrastructure, 23 Mar
- CyberScoop: Fact or fiction, hacktivists’ claims of industrial sabotage in Russia or Ukraine get attention online, 22 Mar and Mandiant: We (Did!) Start the Fire: Hacktivists Increasingly Claim Targeting of OT Systems, 22 Mar
- DoJ: Justice Department Announces Arrest of the Founder of One of the World’s Largest Hacker Forums and Disruption of Forum’s Operation, 24 Mar & CyberScoop: The FBI’s BreachForums bust is causing ‘chaos in the cybercrime underground,’ 24 Mar
- CISA: Untitled Goose Tool Aids Hunt and Incident Response in Azure, Azure Active Directory, and Microsoft 365 Environments, 23 Mar
Get all these updates and more in our free daily paper, The Gate 15 SUN!
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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.
- The Risk Roundtable is a recurring monthly discussion among our team and occasional guests as we explore the all-hazards threats and risks impacting the United States and internationally.
- The Cybersecurity Evangelist, with Jennifer Lyn Walker, is a cybersecurity-focused discussion with Jen and invited guests.
- Nerd Out! Security Panel Discussion, moderated by Dave Pounder, focuses on physical security topics including terrorism, extremism, hostile events, and other pertinent topics.
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