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In this week’s Security Sprint, Dave and Andy covered the following topics:
- WaterISAC to host tabletop exercise to strengthen utility resilience
- Maryland Man Charged With Mailing Threatening Communications to Jewish Organizations, Including a Jewish Institution in Philadelphia
Main Topics:
- DHS NTAS Bulletin, 22 June 2025. Summary of the Threat to the United States
- Top AI models will lie, cheat and steal to reach goals, Anthropic finds. Large language models across the AI industry are increasingly willing to evade safeguards, resort to deception and even attempt to steal corporate secrets in fictional test scenarios, per new research from Anthropic… Read: Anthropic: Agentic Misalignment: How LLMs could be insider threats
Quick Hits:
- Scattered Spider Tactics Observed Amid Shift to US Targets
- Scattered Spider has moved from retail to insurance
- Retail Council Of Canada Member Notice: Cybersecurity Threat Actor Scattered Spider Attacks Retail Sector
- Hackers Weaponize Legitimate ‘Netbird’ Tool in Phishing Campaign Targeting CFOs
- Telecom giant Viasat breached by China’s Salt Typhoon hackers
- Cyber threat bulletin: People’s Republic of China cyber threat activity: PRC cyber actors target telecommunications companies as part of a global cyberespionage campaign
- Defending the Internet: how Cloudflare blocked a monumental 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack
- 13 improvised explosive devices found at home of man arrested near Pennsylvania “No Kings” protest, DA says. “Without that one report from the vigilant person at the “No Kings” rally who noticed something suspicious about Krebs’ behavior and reported to police, this threat and the disturbing stockpile of explosives may have gone undetected.”
- Minnesota Shootings: After Two-Day Manhunt, Suspect Charged with Shooting Two Minnesota Lawmakers and Their Spouses
- Vance Boelter went to other lawmakers’ homes the night he killed Rep. Hortman, wounded Sen. Hoffman, FBI says
- Minnesota Shooting Suspect Allegedly Used Data Broker Sites to Find Targets’ Addresses
- When the Minnesota shooting suspect’s life took a strange turn
- Minnesota shooting suspect Vance Luther Boelter is former pastor, Tim Walz appointee
- Inside the 40 hours of violence and fear as gunman stalks Minnesota politicians
- Suspected Dem Killer Sent Cryptic Text to Family After Shootings
- Booking photo released of former Coast Guard officer arrested over Trump assassination threats
- Miscalculation by Spanish power grid operator REE led to massive blackout, report finds
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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