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On this week’s Security Sprint, Dave and Andy covered the following topics.
Opening:
- Decrypted: FunkSec Ransomware; Avast releases free decryptor for AI-assisted FunkSec ransomware & Skip directly to the decryptor download.
Main Topics:
Hostile Events:
- NYC shooting at heavily secured office building raises questions about what more can be done
- FBI Arrests Dayton Man for Making Social Media Post Threatening to Kill Tens of Thousands & Man accused of threatening to kill 30K Black people in Cincinnati days after megaviral attack video
- Tennessee man threatened to kill public officials, kept explosive devices in his home, authorities say
Cyber Threat Reports:
- CrowdStrike 2025 Threat Hunting Report: AI Becomes a Weapon and a Target
- Censys: 2025 State of the Internet: Malware Investigations
- Forescout – Midyear Threat Report: Numbers Grow in Nearly All the Wrong Places
- Cside: Client-Side Attack Report Q2 2025
DHS Launches Over $100 Million in Funding to Strengthen Communities’ Cyber Defenses
Quick Hits:
- FBI PSA – Unsolicited Packages Containing QR Codes Used to Initiate Fraud Schemes
- Leading phone repair and insurance firm collapses after paying crippling ransomware demand — Cutting 100+ employees to just eight wasn’t enough
- Canadian Centre for Cyber Security – Security considerations for critical infrastructure (ITSAP.10.100)
- Iran hiring criminal networks in Europe to attack Jews, US religious freedom report finds
- UNC2891 Bank Heist: Physical ATM Backdoor & Linux Forensic Evasion Evasion
- Swedish crypto exchange Trijo hacked for 7.8 MSEK
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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