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In the latest Security Sprint Dave and Andy covered the following topics:
- CISA gets a deputy director as it braces for major layoffs
- FB-ISAO’s Collaboration With Those Who are Lone Defenders
- Crypto/Blockchain:
- A Record-Breaking Year for Cybercrime: Key Findings from the FBI’s 2024 IC3 Report
- Contagious Interview (DPRK) Launches a New Campaign Creating Three Front Companies to Deliver a Trio of Malware: BeaverTail, InvisibleFerret, and OtterCookie
- XRP supply chain attack: Official NPM package infected with crypto stealing backdoor
- Risky Biz News – R0AR crypto-heist
- Crypto ISAC: Ensuring The Security, Efficiency, and Resiliency Of Crypto
- The Gate 15 Interview EP 57 – Adriana Villasenor on info sharing, resilience, and racing
Main Topics:
Big 3! Risky Bulletin: FBI IC3, Verizon DBIR, Google M-Trends reports are out—here’s the conclusions!
- Verizon 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report
- M-Trends 2025: Data, Insights, and Recommendations From the Frontlines
- FBI Releases Annual Internet Crime Report
Casino hackers say they’ve got maps to slot machine vault and server room. A ransomware gang claims that it’s holding hostage the blueprints to a $700 million casino. If true, they may know more about the vaults, server rooms, and security cameras than the people building it. Hackers target Catawba Two Kings Casino, threaten to release blueprints
Vancouver Vehicle Ramming; 11 killed – Suspect charged with murder over Vancouver Filipino festival car ramming, police say victims were aged five to 65
- A man is charged with murder after SUV rams a crowd in Vancouver’s ‘darkest day’
- Vancouver ramming attack: Police determine attack was ‘deliberate’ but not ‘terrorism’ – ‘Shocking’
- A look at some recent deadly attacks involving vehicle rammings
- 4 Killed When a Car Crashes Through an Illinois After-School Center; The victims’ ages ranged from 7 to 18, the police said. Several others were injured.
Quick Hits:
- ‘No longer welcome to be alive’: Man threatened Trump, Elon Musk and Tesla owners in ‘Declaration Of War’ emails that claimed ‘newsworthy killings’ were coming, DOJ says
- Spanish distributor says restoring power after huge outage could take 6-10 hours. Portugal also hit
- New U.S. Secret Service Research Highlights Connection Between Domestic Violence and Mass Attacks
- FBI PSA – FBI Seeking Tips about PRC-Targeting of US Telecommunications & The Persistent Threat of Salt Typhoon: Tracking Exposures of Potentially Targeted Devices
- Countries shore up their digital defenses as global tensions raise the threat of cyberwarfare
- Scams & Fraud:
- Russian Propaganda Campaign Targets France with Al-Fabricated Scandals, Drawing 55 Million Views on Social Media
- Alleged former members of neo-Nazi group claim its leader is Russian spy
- NSA Publishes Recommendations for Smart Controller Security Controls and Technical Requirements for OT Environments
- Scientists Find Measles Likely to Become Endemic in the US Over Next 20 Years
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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