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In this Week’s Security Sprint, Dave and Andy talked about the topics below. For more of these and other security updates, subscribe to our free daily report, delivered directly to your inbox, the Gate 15 SUN. To subscribe, please email [email protected].
- Palo Alto Command Injection Vulnerability in PAN-OS GlobalProtect
- Compromise of Sisense Customer Data
Main Topics
- Idaho Man Arrested for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS
- Idaho teen arrested for allegedly plotting to attack church in name of ISIS
- What we know about Clenard Parker, the man accused of driving into a Brenham DPS office
- ‘Obvious’ Sydney killer targeted women – Australian police. The man who went on a stabbing rampage in a Sydney shopping centre appears to have targeted women, police say. Joel Cauchi, 40, sent the crowded Westfield Bondi Junction complex into panic on Saturday when he began stabbing people with a long blade. Five of the six people who died were women. Several others, including a baby, were injured. The New South Wales police commissioner told Australia’s ABC News that it was “obvious” Cauchi focused on women.
- Man who confronted attacker with bollard and other bystanders praised for heroic acts during Bondi stabbings. “It has been incredible to see complete strangers jump in, run towards the danger, put their own lives in harm’s way to save someone that they’ve never met before.”
- Posture Statement of General Timothy D. Haugh 2024. “ Beijing, Moscow, and Tehran increasingly use social media and state-sponsored disinformation sites, both overt and covert, to shape narratives and sow confusion… In addition, violent extremist groups still operate in cyberspace. Though their capabilities have been eroded, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), al Qaida, and other terrorist groups maintain the intent to target Americans.”
Quick Hits
- UK NPSA: Personal Safety and Security for High-Risk Individuals
- Delaware Woman Arrested for International Sextortion and Money Laundering Scheme
- LastPass: Hackers targeted employee in failed deepfake CEO call
- UNSW: World-first Cybercrime Index ranks countries by cybercrime threat level
- Chinese National Residing in California Arrested for Theft of Artificial Intelligence-Related Trade Secrets from Google
- Director Wray’s Remarks to the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security
- Russia thwarts planned terrorist attack on Moscow Synagogue
- Change Healthcare breach data may be in hands of new ransomware group
- Politico: Grassley knocks agencies slacking on cyber
- CISA & FBI: Transitioning to .Gov: Helping Mitigate Election Office Cybersecurity and Impersonation Risks
- CISA Directs Federal Agencies to Immediately Mitigate Significant Risk From Russian State-Sponsored Cyber Threat / CISA Issues Emergency Directive 24-02: Mitigating the Significant Risk from Nation-State Compromise of Microsoft Corporate Email System.
- CDC Data Modernization Efforts Accelerate Nation’s Ability to Detect and Rapidly Respond to Health Threats
- The Black Market That Delivers Elon Musk’s Starlinks to U.S. Foes
- China’s attacks on U.S. infrastructure aren’t going anywhere
- Police Scour LockBit Ransomware Evidence, Turning Up 200 Leads
- TLP:CLEAR | FB-ISAO Newsletter
- Man on terror watchlist was released by Border Patrol
- IMF Warns of Cyber Risks to Financial Sector
- CISA Announces Malware Next-Gen Analysis
- NSA Issues Guidance for Maturing Data Security
- UK NCSC: Interactive administration in the cloud: managing the risks
- Microsoft Releases April 2024 Security Updates
- April’s Patch Tuesday Brings Record Number of Fixes
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- 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.
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