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On this week's Security Sprint, Dave and Andy covered the following topics:

Warm Open:

• ICYMI: REGISTER NOW! WaterISAC’s 2025 H2OSecCon! (20 May) From cybersecurity to climate resilience, operational continuity to public trust, we must collaborate across sectors to build smarter, stronger, and more adaptive systems. That’s why we’re inviting leaders like you to join the WaterISAC’s 2025 H2OSecCon. Connect with peers and leaders committed to enhancing the resilience of our nation's critical systems.

Main Topics:

Ransomware & Data Breaches:

• Monday was Anti-Ransomware Day 2025! What a great time to invest in ransomware resilience! Contact Gate 15 today to get to work building your Cyber Incident Response Plan and ransomware procedures, to start planning your next ransomware workshop or tabletop exercise, to plan for post-incident analysis or to take advantage of our new very price-friendly ransomware exercise for executives – designed especially for small and medium businesses!

• Explore the latest cyber risks and claims trends from Coalition. LockBit ransomware gang hacked, victim negotiations exposed

• Reminder! Criminals lie and NEVER DELETE YOUR DATA! School boards hit with ransom demands linked to PowerSchool cyberattack

• M&S 'had no plan' for cyber attacks, insider claims, with 'staff left sleeping in the office amid paranoia and chaos'

• The Very Real Costs of Ransomware: IT warning after hackers close 160-year-old firm.

Extremism:

• Ohio Man Charged with Threatening State Public Officials

• Texas Man Convicted of Making Threats to Kill Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk

• FBI has opened 250 investigations tied to violent online network '764' that preys on teens, top official says

• Teenage Terrorists Are a Growing Threat to Europe’s Security

USG Transitions

• Trump’s 2026 budget proposes $163 billion cut to non-defense spending, slashes CISA and FEMA funding

• White House Proposes $500 Million Cut to CISA

• Hegseth orders Pentagon to cut number of senior generals by 20%

• Lawmakers question Noem over cuts to CISA, FEMA, TSA

• Lawmakers grill Noem over CISA funding cuts, demand Trump cyber plan

• NSA to cut up to 2,000 civilian roles as part of intel community downsizing

• NIST loses key cyber experts in standards and research

India strikes Pakistan over tourist killings, Pakistan says it will retaliate

• Kashmir crisis live: Pakistan PM authorises armed forces to undertake ‘corresponding action’ after India strikes kill 26

• Pakistan vows to respond after India launches strikes in wake of Kashmir massacre

• Pakistan claims to have downed Indian warplanes, vows response to strikes

• China urges restraint as India-Pakistan tensions escalate with military strikes

• A Timeline of Tensions Between India and Pakistan Over Kashmir

• India, Pakistan accuse each other of attacks as hostilities rise

• AlQaeda Statement On Indian Strikes In Pakistan

Quick Hits:

• Crypto millionaires targeted in brutal kidnappings across France and Europe; Attackers' modus operandi: cutting off victims' fingers to pressure payments.

• The father of a cryptocurrency entrepreneur was kidnapped in Paris and found held captive with his finger severed. (article in French)

• Assessing the U.S. Climate in April 2025Assessing the U.S. Climate in April 2025

• FBI PSA - Cyber Criminal Proxy Services Exploiting End of Life Routers

• FBI FLASH: Cyber Criminal Services Target End-of-Life Routers to Launch Attacks and Hide Their Activities (PDF)

• Risky Bulletin: France says Russian influence operations are getting better, achieving results

• Unsophisticated Cyber Actor(s) Targeting Operational Technology

• Primary Mitigations to Reduce Cyber Threats to Operational Technology

• US Warns of Hackers Targeting ICS/SCADA at Oil and Gas Organizations

• Primary Mitigations to Reduce Cyber Threats to Operational Technology

• UK NCSC: UK pioneering global move away from passwords

• Classic Rock - Hunting A Botnet That Preys On The Old

In the latest Security Sprint, Dave and Andy covered the following topics:

Warm Open:

• (TLP:CLEAR) WaterISAC – EPA: National Security Information Sharing Bulletin - Q2 2025

• REGISTER NOW! WaterISAC’s 2025 H2OSecCon! Happening virtually Tuesday May 20th from 11am-5pm ET. Learn more and register here!

• Crypto ISAC Expands Leadership Team to Support Next Phase of Industry Collaboration and Operational Scale & Crypto Hacks and Scams Hit $364M in April, Says CertiK

• Continuity Planning: Conducting Tabletop Exercises; Facilities teams need to participate in Tabletop exercises to prepare for emergency events and situations.

Main Topics:

Physical Security

• Brazil police thwart bomb attack on Lady Gaga concert

o Two Arrested in Plot to Bomb Lady Gaga’s Rio Concert

• Florida Man Arrested in Foiled Mass Shooting Plot – Church Listed Among Targets

o Arrest in Florida reveals love link, conspiracy between man and Wisconsin school shooter

o Loxahatchee man linked to WI school shooter accused of 7 mass shooting threats

• Eight arrests in connection with two separate terrorism investigations

o UK Met: Five arrested as part of Counter Terrorism Policing operation

o UK Met: Three people arrested as part of Counter Terrorism Policing operation

o ‘Iranian terror attack’ foiled with hours to spare; Authorities feared attack on ‘specific premises’ was imminent as seven arrested

• Teen Arrested In German Synagogue Attack Plot

Severe Weather

• NOAA: Hurricane Prep: social media (English). The Hurricane Preparedness Week Social Media Plan.

• Monster quake could sink swath of California.

o Tsunami Warning Issued After Huge Earthquake Off Argentina

o Earthquake of magnitude 5.83 strikes La Rioja Province, Argentina, GFZ says

Cybersecurity

• Q1 Ransomware Report: The organizational structure of ransomware threat actor groups is evolving before our eyes.

• Surefire Cyber: Ransomware Threat Evolution Q1 2025

• Retail Ransomware Attacks Claimed by DragonForce:

o Incidents impacting retailers – recommendations from the NCSC

o Co-op cyber attack affects customer data, firm admits, after hackers contact BBC

o Co-op confirms data theft after DragonForce ransomware claims attack

o DragonForce Ransomware Gang | From Hacktivists to High Street Extortionists

o DragonForce Ransomware Cartel attacks on UK high street retailers: walking in the front door

o Marks & Spencer breach linked to Scattered Spider ransomware attack

o NCSC statement: Incident impacting retailers

o Luxury store Harrods is latest retail victim of cyber attackers

o Harrods is latest British retailer to be hit by cyber attack

o UK Retailers Co-op, Harrods and M&S Struggle With Cyberattacks

o Harrods the next UK retailer targeted in a cyberattack

Quick Hits:

• Hello 0-Days, My Old Friend: A 2024 Zero-Day Exploitation Analysis

• FBI PSA: Threat Actors Use "Swatting" to Target Victims Nationwide, April 29, 2025

• TLP CLEAR FBI FLASH Phishing Domains Associated with LabHost PhaaS Platform Users (PDF)

• With Love, From North Korea… 🇰🇵

o North Korea Stole Your Job

o Malicious North Korean actors attempt to infiltrate technology companies

o North Korean operatives invent identities to infiltrate industries

o How we identified a North Korean hacker who tried to get a job at Kraken

o Recruitment Red Flags: Spotting DPRK IT Remote Workers

• Noem calls for reauthorization of cyberthreat information sharing law during RSA keynote

• Some DHS employees told to send selfies to prove they are in-office as department suddenly ends remote work

• CISA restructuring plan release date unknown and likely to be slowed by Plankey nomination

• Spain, Portugal switch back on, seek answers after biggest ever blackout

o The Agonizing Task of Turning Europe’s Power Back On

o NERC: Statement on European Outages

o What Caused the European Power Outage?

In this week's Security Sprint, Dave and Andy covered the following topics:

Warm Open:

• CISA gets a deputy director as it braces for major layoffs

• FB-ISAO’s Collaboration With Those Who are Lone Defenders

• Crypto/Blockchain:

o A Record-Breaking Year for Cybercrime: Key Findings from the FBI’s 2024 IC3 Report

o Contagious Interview (DPRK) Launches a New Campaign Creating Three Front Companies to Deliver a Trio of Malware: BeaverTail, InvisibleFerret, and OtterCookie

o XRP supply chain attack: Official NPM package infected with crypto stealing backdoor

o Risky Biz News - R0AR crypto-heist

o Crypto ISAC: Ensuring The Security, Efficiency, and Resiliency Of Crypto

o The Gate 15 Interview EP 57 – Adriana Villasenor on info sharing, resilience, and racing

Main Topics:

Big 3! Risky Bulletin: FBI IC3, Verizon DBIR, Google M-Trends reports are out—here's the conclusions!

• Verizon 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report

• M-Trends 2025: Data, Insights, and Recommendations From the Frontlines

• FBI Releases Annual Internet Crime Report

Casino hackers say they've got maps to slot machine vault and server room. A ransomware gang claims that it’s holding hostage the blueprints to a $700 million casino. If true, they may know more about the vaults, server rooms, and security cameras than the people building it. Hackers target Catawba Two Kings Casino, threaten to release blueprints

Vancouver Vehicle Ramming; 11 killed - Suspect charged with murder over Vancouver Filipino festival car ramming, police say victims were aged five to 65

• A man is charged with murder after SUV rams a crowd in Vancouver's 'darkest day'

• Vancouver ramming attack: Police determine attack was 'deliberate' but not 'terrorism' - 'Shocking'

• A look at some recent deadly attacks involving vehicle rammings

• 4 Killed When a Car Crashes Through an Illinois After-School Center; The victims’ ages ranged from 7 to 18, the police said. Several others were injured.

Quick Hits:

• May Day Protests:

o Workers in 600+ US Cities to Protest 'Billionaire Takeover' on May Day

o 50501 events

• ‘No longer welcome to be alive’: Man threatened Trump, Elon Musk and Tesla owners in ‘Declaration Of War’ emails that claimed ‘newsworthy killings’ were coming, DOJ says

• Spanish distributor says restoring power after huge outage could take 6-10 hours. Portugal also hit

• New U.S. Secret Service Research Highlights Connection Between Domestic Violence and Mass Attacks

• FBI PSA - FBI Seeking Tips about PRC-Targeting of US Telecommunications & The Persistent Threat of Salt Typhoon: Tracking Exposures of Potentially Targeted Devices

• Countries shore up their digital defenses as global tensions raise the threat of cyberwarfare

• Scams & Fraud:

o FBI PSA - Cyber Criminals Impersonating Employee Self-Service Websites to Steal Victim Information and Funds

o Foreign intel job scams target current, former DoD employees

o Think that text message is from USPS? It could be a scam

o FBI Surges Resources to Nigeria to Combat Financially Motivated Sextortion

• Russian Propaganda Campaign Targets France with Al-Fabricated Scandals, Drawing 55 Million Views on Social Media

• Alleged former members of neo-Nazi group claim its leader is Russian spy

• NSA Publishes Recommendations for Smart Controller Security Controls and Technical Requirements for OT Environments

• Scientists Find Measles Likely to Become Endemic in the US Over Next 20 Years

On the latest episode of Nerd Out, Dave and Alec reference the following articles related to drones. They talked about drone usages, the way threat actors exploit them from a cyber and physical security perspective as well as mitigation strategies.

Drone Threat

• Droning On: The Response to Use of Drones by Domestic Violent Extremists
• Protecting Critical Infrastructure From Weaponized Drones
• Drones are Transforming the Battlefield in Ukraine But in an Evolutionary Fashion
• Drone attack warning: Illinois terrorism experts issue risk assessment for potential drone attacks
• Are Domestic Drone Shoot-Downs Lawful?

Quick Hits

• How India’s Threat to Block Rivers Could Devastate Pakistan
• The Contentious U.S.-China Trade Relationship
• What to know about the tensions between Iran and the US before their third round of talks

In the latest Security Sprint Dave and Andy covered the following topics:

Warm Open:

• Health-ISAC: European Hobby Exercise 2024 After Action Report

• Peters and Rounds Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Extend Information Sharing Provisions That Help Address Cybersecurity Threats

o Bill extends cyber threat info-sharing between public, private sector

o Exclusive: Peters, Rounds tee up bill to renew expiring cyber threat information sharing law

o CRS: The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015: Expiring Provisions, 08 Apr 2025

Main Topics:

Scams:

• FBI PSA: FBI Warns of Scammers Impersonating the IC3

• Foreign intel job scams target current, former DoD employees

• Take9

JCAT First Responders Toolbox. Third-Party Security Critical to Safeguarding Public Gatherings From Terrorist Threats

UK: Law firm fined £60,000 following cyber attack. “enabled cyber hackers to gain access to DPP’s network, via an infrequently used administrator account which lacked multi-factor authentication (MFA)”

BakerHostetler: Ready and Resilient in the Data-Driven Age. Half Measures ≠ Effective Prep. Your organization finally prepared an IRP and a BCP. That's great! But have you actually implemented and then tested these plans? (At Gate 15, we’re a bit partial to this finding. Need to exercise and test those plans? Contact our team today to schedule your next workshop, tabletop, drill or other exercise!)

The Weather Channel - 2025 Hurricane Season Outlook: Not Quite 2024, But Above-Average US Landfall Threat. The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season may not be as active as last year, but the threat of U.S. landfalls remains higher than average, according to a just-released outlook issued by The Weather Company and Atmospheric G2.

• Colorado State University's tropical forecast team.

• Tornado-producing storm deals deadly weather to Oklahoma and Texas

• FEMA Isn’t Ready for Disaster Season, Workers Say

Quick Hits:

• Abusing Data in the Middle: Surveillance Risks in China’s State-Owned Mobile Ecosystem & 35 countries use Chinese networks for transporting mobile user traffic, posing cyber risks

• Florida State shooting: 2 dead, sheriff’s deputy’s son in custody & How a security gap at FSU heightened students’ fears even with the speedy police response

• Bot Traffic Surpasses Humans Online—Driven by AI and Criminal Innovation

• CISA Releases Guidance on Credential Risks Associated with Potential Legacy Oracle Cloud Compromise

• Canadian Centre for Cyber Security Resources:

o Security guidance for dark web leaks (ITSAP.00.115)

o Search engine optimization poisoning (ITSAP.00.013)

In this episode of The Gate 15 Interview, Andy Jabbour speaks with Adriana Villasenor. Adriana is a Senior Director in FTI Consulting, based in New York. She has more than 20 years of experience managing tech, crisis, cyber, and litigation communications for publicly traded and privately held organizations, from global financial technology firms to billion-dollar consumer brands. Prior to joining FTI Consulting, she was the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), where she led the financial services industry’s media response during large-scale cyber threats and incidents facing the sector. During her tenure, Adriana helped launch member-facing platforms, created new products in response to emerging risks, and enabled the firm’s international expansion. Learn more about Adriana on LinkedIn.In the discussion Adriana and Andy cover:

• Adriana’s Background.
• Info Sharing.
• ISACs today, ISACs tomorrow.
• Crypto ISAC!
• Resilience.
• We play 3 Questions!
• Lots more!

Selected links:

• Why I'm Bullish on ISACs
• Is Cyber Resilience on Your Board’s Agenda?

In this week's Security Sprint Andy and Hunter talk about the following topics:

Warm Open:

• How Healthcare Facilities Can Be Truly Disaster-Resilient. Healthcare Facilities Today spoke with Jon Crosson, director of health sector resilience at Health-ISAC, on what makes a solid resiliency program for healthcare facilities, the importance of real-time information sharing and how healthcare facility managers can use partnerships to improve response and recovery efforts.

• Healthcare cybersecurity needs a total overhaul, by Errol Weiss, Chief Security Officer, Health-ISAC

• Addressing Risks from Chris Krebs and Government Censorship

o Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Addresses Risks from Chris Krebs and Government Censorship

o Trump Revenge Tour Targets Cyber Leaders, Elections

o Gate 15: Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security: Time to Make This Happen, December 15, 2017

 Following the House of Representatives, the US Senate needs to approve the re-designation of DHS’s National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) to become the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA);

 The President should nominate, and the Senate should confirm, Christopher Krebs as Under Secretary for NPPD and then as the first Director of National Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security.

Main Topics:

Hacktivism & Nation-State Influence

• CyberAv3ngers: The Iranian Saboteurs Hacking Water and Gas Systems Worldwide

• IRGC-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit PLCs in Multiple Sectors, Including US Water and Wastewater Systems Facilities

• Top 10 Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Groups That Dominated 2024

• The rising tide: A 2024 retrospective of hacktivism

Political Violence, Executive Protection

• ‘Save the white race’: Teen who gunned down his parents was plotting a ‘political revolution’ that included ‘getting rid of’ President Trump, police say

• Pennsylvania Man Charged with Making Threats to Assault and Murder President Donald J. Trump, Other U.S. Officials, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents & ‘Going to assassinate him myself’: Man ‘buying 1 gun a month since the election’ threatened to kill Trump in multiple YouTube comments under name ‘Mr Satan,’ FBI says

• Suspect in custody after overnight arson at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence

o Was Cody Balmer 'Upset' With Gov Josh Shapiro Over Property Seizure?

o Harrisburg man to be charged with attempted murder of Gov. Josh Shapiro for setting fire to official residence

o Suspect in arson at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence planned to beat him, documents say

o Suspected arsonist Cody Balmer accused of firebombing Gov. Shapiro’s home shared disturbing photos online

o Cody Balmer's Social Media Reveals Anti-Joe Biden Posts

• Protect Democracy: How does Gen Z really feel about democracy? 11% believe that it political violence is sometimes necessary to achieve progress.

• Arrest made at UnitedHealthcare headquarters after reports of an intruder

Quick Hits:

• Threat Actor Allegedly Selling Fortinet Firewall Zero-Day Exploit

• 8 April 2025 NCSC, FBI, DCSA bulletin – Online Targeting of Current & Former U.S. Government Employees.

• FAA Drone Detection Testing. The FAA will conduct drone-detection testing in Cape May, New Jersey, between April 14-25.

• Top homeland security lawmaker calls for cautious cuts to CISA

• CISA cuts: ‘Open season’ for US?

• Senator puts hold on Trump’s nominee for CISA director, citing telco security ‘cover up’

• OCC Notifies Congress of Incident Involving Email System

o Treasury bureau notifies Congress that email hack was a ‘major’ cybersecurity incident

o Hackers lurked in Treasury OCC’s systems since June 2023 breach

• US Cyber Command: Posture Statement of Lieutenant General William J. Hartman

In the latest episode of the Security Sprint, Dave and special co-host Alec Davison talked about the following topics:

Insider Risk Concerns

• What impact will the current political and economic environment have on stressors and grievances.
• At the end of last month, a former water utility employee pleaded guilty in federal court for tampering with the drinking water supply at his former workplace. 
• https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/former-stoughton-water-department-employee-pleads-guilty-tampering-drinking-water

Nation State’s Using Non-state actors for violence and to further geopolitical interests

• Hybrid warfare is a new normal – we’re experiencing a breakdown of the traditional perception of the binary notion of war and peace.
• US neo-Nazi group with Russia-based leader calls for targeted Ukraine attacks – https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/the-base-neo-nazi-russia-ukraine

• Iran recruited Swedish minors for attacks on Israeli targets https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2025/world/iran-israel-swedish-teenagers-shadow-war-intl-invs

Quick Hits

• Two men suspected of plotting an attack arrested in Paris in support of the Islamic State – https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/04/07/two-men-suspected-of-plotting-an-attack-arrested-in-paris_6739914_7.html
• Man who hates big pharmacies allegedly guns down Walgreens worker: Police

https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-hates-big-pharmacies-allegedly-guns-walgreens-worker/story?id=120408357

• Death toll rises from weekend storms in US – severe weather in US - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crrzd0lge28o
• Ivanti Connect Secure appliances are susceptible to attacks exploiting a recently disclosed vulnerability, which Chinese threat actors are actively exploiting - https://www.securityweek.com/exploited-vulnerability-puts-5000-ivanti-vpn-appliances-at-risk/

In the latest Security Sprint, Dave and Andy covered the following topics:

Warm Start:

·      Sen. Markey, Rep. Schakowsky Introduce Legislation To Protect Clean Water And Wastewater Utilities

·      AMWA endorses legislation to encourage WaterISAC participation

·      FS-ISAC Releases Guidance On The Future State Of Generative AI In Financial Services

·      Senate Intelligence Committee: 03/25/2025 - 10:00am, Open Hearing: Worldwide Threats (complete hearing available here)

·      2025 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community

·      ODNI: 2025 Annual Threat Assessment Of The U.S. Intelligence Community & Download the report.

Main Topics:

Severe Weather

·      AccuWeather - Dynamic hurricane season predicted for Atlantic in 2025

·      Noem says she plans to ‘eliminate FEMA’

·      Ranking Members Thompson & Kennedy:Trump Administration Continuing to Call for Elimination of FEMA and PlayPolitics with its Workforce Will Cost Lives

·      US GAO - Disaster Assistance: Improving the FederalApproach

·      Sessions Announces Hearing on FEMAReform Opportunities, Recovery Efforts in North Carolina. March 26, 2025, 10:00 a.m. ET

·      Powerful earthquake rocks Myanmar andThailand, killing at least 3 in Bangkok high-rise collapse

·      Deaths from devastating earthquake inMyanmar climb past 1,700

Vehicle Ramming & Terrorism

·      Into the Crowd: The Evolution ofVehicular Attacks and Prevention Efforts

·      UK NPSA: Considerations for Temporary Vehicle Security Barriers; Last Updated 20 March 2025

·      CSIS: Global Terrorism Threat Assessment 2025

North Korean Worker Threats

·      How To Proactively Mitigate The DPRK ITWorker Employment Scam

·      The North Korea worker problem is biggerthan you think

Quick Hits:

·      Oracle customers confirm data stolen in alleged cloud breach is valid

·      Oracle Health breach compromises patient data at US hospitals

·      Oracle attempt to hide serious cybersecurity incident from customers in Oracle SaaS service

·      Oracle has reportedly suffered 2 separate breaches exposing thousands of customers‘ PII

·      Scammers Entice U.S. Taxpayers With FundRecovery Services on Facebook, TikTok

·      No MFA? Expect Hefty Fines, UK’s ICO Warns

·      Exclusive: Secretive Chinese networktries to lure fired federal workers, research shows

·      A sweeping cyber law’s long road torenewal— The 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act is set to expire this September. 

·      IngressNightmare: 9.8 CriticalUnauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities in

In the latest episode of Nerd Out, Dave and Alec talked about the following topics.

• Quick thoughts on Signal-gate.
• Deep dive into radicalization including the latest trends, concerning behaviors and what individuals and organizations can do.
• Other all-hazard quick hits.

Some of the references from the show include:

Youth Radicalization

• Young people and violent extremism: a call for collective action - https://www.counterterrorism.police.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Unclassified-Five-Eyes-CT-minors-paper.pdf
• Young guns: Understanding a new generation of extremist radicalization in the United States - https://www.isdglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Young-guns_Understandings-a-new-generation-of-extremist-radicalization-in-the-United-States.pdf
• Teenage Terrorists and the Digital Ecosystem of the Islamic State - https://ctc.westpoint.edu/teenage-terrorists-and-the-digital-ecosystem-of-the-islamic-state/
• Antioch, Tenn., Shooter Inspired by Broad Extremist Beliefs and Previous Mass Killers - https://www.adl.org/resources/article/antioch-tenn-shooter-inspired-broad-extremist-beliefs-and-previous-mass-killers
• Enhancing Bystander Reporting to Prevent Terrorism - https://www.dni.gov/index.php/nctc-how-we-work/joint-ct-assessment-team/first-responder-toolbox/terrorism-prevention/enhancing-bystander-reporting-to-prevent-terrorism#:~:text=The%20First%20Responder's%20Toolbox%20is,and%20responding%20to%20terrorist%20attacks.

Quick hits

• U.S. Military Targets Houthis in Yemen - https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthi-us-airstrikes-israel-hamas-takeaways-0d080ffc7c01b423cb81ec27713cdbc7
• Israel Resume Combat Operations in Gaza - https://www.axios.com/2025/03/18/israel-gaza-war-resumes-airstrikes-hamas
• CENTCOM Forces Kill ISIS Chief of Global Operations Who Also Served as ISIS #2 - https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/Press-Release-View/Article/4121311/cent[…]ll-isis-chief-of-global-operations-who-also-served-as-isis-2/
• Russia behind arson attack on Ikea store in Lithuanian capital, says prosecutor - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/17/russia-behind-arson-attack-on-ikea-store-in-lithuania-capital-says-prosecutor
• DieNet Activity Escalates Against US Organizations - (hacktivists - geopolitical threat actors targeting wide variety of infrastructure) -  https://www.radware.com/security/threat-advisories-and-attack-reports/dienet-activity-escalates-against-us-organizations/
• Thailand - Myanmar earthquake - https://apnews.com/article/thailand-earthquake-bangkok-4fce87aced74b1fc0cf260fb5454d353