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In this week’s Security Sprint, Dave and Andy covered the following topics:
- TribalHub & Tribal ISAC!
- Health ISAC!
- Blockchain & Crypto:
Main Topics
Ransomware & Data Breaches:
- #NotRansomware:
- FBI Warns of Data Extortion Scam Targeting Corporate ExecutivesMail Scam Targeting Corporate Executives Claims Ties to Ransomware
- BianLian Denies Involvement in Ransom Letters: “Not Our Doing,” Group Tells SuspectFile.com
- SuspectFile.com – What is your official position regarding the physical letters sent to corporate executives in the United States claiming to be from your group?
- BianLian – We never do that. That is scam.
- Q4 Travelers’ Cyber Threat Report: Ransomware Goes Full Scale
- Sault Ste. Marie Tribe Says It Refused to Pay Cyberattackers’ Ransom
- Highway Robbery 2.0: How Attackers Are Exploiting Toll Systems in Phishing Scams
Terrorism:
- Press Release – Global Terrorism Index 2025: Terrorism Spreads as Lone Wolf Attacks Dominate the West & Terrorism Trends Fueled by Sahel Conflicts, Western Lone Actor Attacks
- See Something, Say Something. ‘Erratic’ man at Kentucky church told police about plans to bomb major city, cops say
- Houston teen indicted for conspiring to commit murder under new terrorism law
- Plan to attack Australia synagogue faked by organized crime: police
- A boy with a loaded shotgun boarded a plane in Australia but was tackled by a former boxer
- A driver rams a car into crowd in Germany’s Mannheim, leaving 2 dead and 11 injured
Quick Hits:
- Due to the termination of funding by the Department of Homeland Security, the Center for Internet Security no longer supports the EI-ISAC
- ‘Five Eyes alliance’ crumbling after UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada give US cold shoulder
- China!
- FBI PSA: Beijing Leveraging Freelance Hackers and Information Security Companies to Compromise Computer Networks Worldwide
- Cisco Talos exposes Lotus Blossom cyber espionage campaigns targeting governments, telecom, media
- Chinese Nationals with Ties to the PRC Government and “APT27” Charged in a Computer Hacking Campaign for Profit, Targeting Numerous U.S. Companies, Institutions, and Municipalities
- Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Holds Hearing — ” End the Typhoons: How to Deter Beijing’s Cyber Actions and Enhance America’s Lackluster Cyber Defenses”
- Former top NSA cyber official: Probationary firings ‘devastating’ to cyber, national security & Former intelligence officials denounce job cuts to federal cyber roles.
- Treasury Suspends Rule Requiring Disclosure Of LLCs’ True Owners & Dept. of Treasury Press Release: Treasury Department Announces Suspension of Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act Against U.S. Citizens and Domestic Reporting Companies
- Polish space agency investigates cyberattack on its systems
- Cybersecurity Job Satisfaction Plummets, Women Hit Hardest
- Cisco Small Business RV016, RV042, RV042G, RV082, RV320, and RV325 Routers Vulnerabilities
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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