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On this week’s Security Sprint, Dave and Andy covered the following topics.
Main Topics:
Physical Security:
- FBI Releases 2024 Reported Crimes in the Nation Statistics
- Hate crimes hit second largest record in 2024: FBI
- Crime down in every category in 2024, FBI report says
- Jews targeted in 69% of religion hate crimes in 2024. 71% since October 2023, per FBI data
- FBI Report: Anti-Jewish Hate Crimes Across U.S. Nearly 10x Higher Than Any Other Group
- NYC Sees Drop in Antisemitic Hate Crimes, Yet Jews Still Targeted Most, Police Say
- CDC shooter blamed COVID vaccine for depression; union demands statement against misinformation
The Cost of a Call: From Voice Phishing to Data Extortion – Update (August 5) & Google says hackers stole its customers’ data by breaching its Salesforce database
Hackers Hijacked Google’s Gemini AI With a Poisoned Calendar Invite to Take Over a Smart Home; For likely the first time ever, security researchers have shown how AI can be hacked to create real-world havoc, allowing them to turn off lights, open smart shutters, and more. In a new apartment in Tel Aviv, the internet-connected lights go out. The smart shutters covering its four living room and kitchen windows start to roll up simultaneously. And a connected boiler is remotely turned on, ready to start warming up the stylish flat. The apartment’s residents didn’t trigger any of these actions. They didn’t put their smart devices on a schedule. They are, in fact, under attack. Each unexpected action is orchestrated by three security researchers demonstrating a sophisticated hijack of Gemini, Google’s flagship artificial intelligence bot.
Quick Hits:
- NOAA – Prediction remains on track for above-normal Atlantic hurricane season
- New state, local cyber grant rules prohibit spending on MS-ISAC
- Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team (JCAT): Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Emergency Planning and Postattack Response Considerations
- Canadian Centre for Cyber Security – Potential SSL VPN Zero-Day vulnerability impacting Gen 7 SonicWall Firewalls
- SonicWall Hunts for Zero-Day Amid Surge in Firewall Exploitation
- Microsoft Releases Guidance on High-Severity Vulnerability (CVE-2025-53786) in Hybrid Exchange Deployments
- CISA Releases Malware Analysis Report Associated with Microsoft SharePoint Vulnerabilities
- CISA Issues ED 25-02: Mitigate Microsoft Exchange Vulnerability
- Leak Reveals the Workaday Lives of North Korean IT Scammers
- US companies spending record amounts to protect executives as threats rise
- Mysterious Crime Spree Targeted National Guard Equipment Stashes
- American Nazis: The Aryan Freedom Network is riding high in Trump era
- Florida Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Conspiring to Destroy Baltimore Region Power Grid & Neo-Nazi leader sentenced to 20 years for plotting Baltimore power grid attack
- Leader of Transnational Terrorist Group Pleads Guilty to Soliciting Hate Crimes, Soliciting the Murder of Federal Officials, and Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Terrorists
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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