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Weekly Security Sprint EP 14. More hostile events - Louisville, Colorado, plus reporting suspicious activities and breach notifications, plus quick hits! The Gate 15 Podcast Channel
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In this weeks Security Sprint, Dave and Andy talked about the following topics:
Blue Jeans Workshop Addressing MDM Threats While Protecting Free Speech; Identify and Address MDM (Mis- Dis- and Mal-information) Threats to Critical Infrastructure, While Protecting Free Speech Rights.:
Physical Security:
Nashville Police: Covenant Investigation Update. “Audrey Hale acted totally alone…planning over a period of months to commit mass murder at The Covenant School… motive for Hale’s actions has not been established and remains under investigation…The investigation shows that Hale fired a total of 152 rounds...”
Maryland Man Charged for Making a Threatening Phone Call to an LGBTQ Advocacy Group. “The message referenced the March 27 mass shooting at a school in Nashville, Tennessee, involving multiple shooting fatalities, where the perpetrator was publicly identified as being transgender. During the call, numerous threats were made including, ‘…We’ll cut your throats. We’ll put a bullet in your head….You’re going to kill us? We’re going to kill you ten times more in full.’”
19-year-old charged with plotting shootings at Colorado Springs school, churches & Would-be Colorado school shooter’s mom says it was ‘family decision’ to call cops
Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime and Arson for Setting Fire to Synagogue
Religious leader stabbed during prayer session at Paterson mosque
DC church amps up security for Easter after unusual incident, pastor says
Hostility Against Churches Is on the Rise in the United States. “…findings indicate that criminal acts against churches have been steadily on the rise for the past several years.”
Ex-convict’s letters to shooter foretold Las Vegas massacre. “Letters addressing the gunman who in October 2017 unleashed the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history in Las Vegas…foretold the carnage to come, according to documents obtained Friday.”
New from WaterISAC! Physical Security Case Study: Criminal and Suspicious Activity at a Wastewater Utility
Cybersecurity:
Oakland Acknowledges Ransomware Attack Has Worsened
A third of organizations admit to covering up data breaches. “Bitdefender found that 42% of IT and security professionals surveyed had been told to keep breaches confidential — i.e., to cover them up — when they should have been reported.”
THE CYBERSECURITY 202: 'Disrupting' hackers is key, says Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco
FBI Seizes Bot Shop ‘Genesis Market’ Amid Arrests Targeting Operators, Suppliers.
Ransomware! Rorschach – A New Sophisticated And Fast Ransomware; Check Point Research Unveil “Rorschach” - Previously Unseen, Fastest Ever Ransomware & The old way: BabLock, new ransomware quietly cruising around Europe, Middle East, and Asia.
Others:
Leaked Top Secret and Secret documents, suspected to have been altered, reveal Ukrainian military vulnerabilities and information about allies including Israel, South Korea and Turkey.
Ukraine War Plans Leak Prompts Pentagon Investigation; Classified documents detailing secret American and NATO plans have appeared on Twitter and Telegram.
Pentagon investigates reported leak of top-secret Ukraine documents
Leaked US secret NATO-Ukraine war docs likely altered, say experts
Russia Media: Leaked documents sketch out scenarios for Israeli arms pipeline to Kiev
The U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan, view the PDF: U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan; This document outlines the key decisions and challenges surrounding the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
DOD: Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on the Defense Department's Afghanistan After Action Review
State: After Action Review on Afghanistan
Comer Slams the Biden Administration’s Excuses for the Disastrous Afghanistan Withdrawal
In this weeks Security Sprint, Dave and Andy talked about the following topics:
Blue Jeans Workshop Addressing MDM Threats While Protecting Free Speech; Identify and Address MDM (Mis- Dis- and Mal-information) Threats to Critical Infrastructure, While Protecting Free Speech Rights.:
Physical Security:
Nashville Police: Covenant Investigation Update. “Audrey Hale acted totally alone…planning over a period of months to commit mass murder at The Covenant School… motive for Hale’s actions has not been established and remains under investigation…The investigation shows that Hale fired a total of 152 rounds...”
Maryland Man Charged for Making a Threatening Phone Call to an LGBTQ Advocacy Group. “The message referenced the March 27 mass shooting at a school in Nashville, Tennessee, involving multiple shooting fatalities, where the perpetrator was publicly identified as being transgender. During the call, numerous threats were made including, ‘…We’ll cut your throats. We’ll put a bullet in your head….You’re going to kill us? We’re going to kill you ten times more in full.’”
19-year-old charged with plotting shootings at Colorado Springs school, churches & Would-be Colorado school shooter’s mom says it was ‘family decision’ to call cops
Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime and Arson for Setting Fire to Synagogue
Religious leader stabbed during prayer session at Paterson mosque
DC church amps up security for Easter after unusual incident, pastor says
Hostility Against Churches Is on the Rise in the United States. “…findings indicate that criminal acts against churches have been steadily on the rise for the past several years.”
Ex-convict’s letters to shooter foretold Las Vegas massacre. “Letters addressing the gunman who in October 2017 unleashed the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history in Las Vegas…foretold the carnage to come, according to documents obtained Friday.”
New from WaterISAC! Physical Security Case Study: Criminal and Suspicious Activity at a Wastewater Utility
Cybersecurity:
Oakland Acknowledges Ransomware Attack Has Worsened
A third of organizations admit to covering up data breaches. “Bitdefender found that 42% of IT and security professionals surveyed had been told to keep breaches confidential — i.e., to cover them up — when they should have been reported.”
THE CYBERSECURITY 202: 'Disrupting' hackers is key, says Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco
FBI Seizes Bot Shop ‘Genesis Market’ Amid Arrests Targeting Operators, Suppliers.
Ransomware! Rorschach – A New Sophisticated And Fast Ransomware; Check Point Research Unveil “Rorschach” - Previously Unseen, Fastest Ever Ransomware & The old way: BabLock, new ransomware quietly cruising around Europe, Middle East, and Asia.
Others:
Leaked Top Secret and Secret documents, suspected to have been altered, reveal Ukrainian military vulnerabilities and information about allies including Israel, South Korea and Turkey.
Ukraine War Plans Leak Prompts Pentagon Investigation; Classified documents detailing secret American and NATO plans have appeared on Twitter and Telegram.
Pentagon investigates reported leak of top-secret Ukraine documents
Leaked US secret NATO-Ukraine war docs likely altered, say experts
Russia Media: Leaked documents sketch out scenarios for Israeli arms pipeline to Kiev
The U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan, view the PDF: U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan; This document outlines the key decisions and challenges surrounding the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
DOD: Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on the Defense Department's Afghanistan After Action Review
State: After Action Review on Afghanistan
Comer Slams the Biden Administration’s Excuses for the Disastrous Afghanistan Withdrawal
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