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Weekly Security Sprint EP 102. Ransomware, Terrorism report, recognizing behaviors


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

Warm Opening:

  • TribalHub & Tribal ISAC!
  • TribalHub Annual Cybersecurity Summit Wrapup
  • Cybersecurity summit discusses challenges tribes face from hacks
  • Health ISAC!
  • TLP White 2024 Health-ISAC Discussion Based Exercise Series After-Action Report
  • How Hackers Using AI Tools Threaten the Health Sector


Blockchain & Crypto:

  • Risky Biz News - Bybit hack post-mortem
  • 1inch Hack Exposes $5M Flaw – Is It Time for Best Wallet Token?
  • Feds Link $150M Cyberheist to 2022 LastPass Hacks
  • A $1.5 Billion Hack: How the Biggest Crypto Heist in History Went Down
  • Due to the termination of funding by the Department of Homeland Security, the Center for Internet Security no longer supports the EI-ISAC


Main Items:


Ransomware & Data Breaches:

  • #NotRansomware: FBI Warns of Data Extortion Scam Targeting Corporate ExecutivesMail Scam Targeting Corporate Executives Claims Ties to Ransomware
  • Snail Mail Fail: Fake Ransom Note Campaign Preys on Fear
  • BianLian Denies Involvement in Ransom Letters: “Not Our Doing,” Group Tells SuspectFile.com
  • SuspectFile.com – What is your official position regarding the physical letters sent to corporate executives in the United States claiming to be from your group?
  • BianLian – We never do that. That is scam.\Sault Ste. Marie Tribe Says It Refused to Pay Cyberattackers’ Ransom
  • Q4 Travelers' Cyber Threat Report: Ransomware Goes Full Scale
  • Sault Tribe Chairman says tribe will not pay hacker’s ransom request (video)
  • Highway Robbery 2.0: How Attackers Are Exploiting Toll Systems in Phishing Scams


Terrorism:

  • Press Release - Global Terrorism Index 2025: Terrorism Spreads as Lone Wolf Attacks Dominate the West & Terrorism Trends Fueled by Sahel Conflicts, Western Lone Actor Attacks
  • See Something, Say Something. 'Erratic' man at Kentucky church told police about plans to bomb major city, cops say
  • Houston teen indicted for conspiring to commit murder under new terrorism law
  • Plan to attack Australia synagogue faked by organized crime: police
  • A boy with a loaded shotgun boarded a plane in Australia but was tackled by a former boxer
  • A driver rams a car into crowd in Germany’s Mannheim, leaving 2 dead and 11 injured


Quick Hits:

  • 'Five Eyes alliance' crumbling after UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada give US cold shoulder
  • FBI PSA: Beijing Leveraging Freelance Hackers and Information Security Companies to Compromise Computer Networks Worldwide
  • Cisco Talos exposes Lotus Blossom cyber espionage campaigns targeting governments, telecom, media
  • Chinese Nationals with Ties to the PRC Government and “APT27” Charged in a Computer Hacking Campaign for Profit, Targeting Numerous U.S. Companies, Institutions, and Municipalities
  • Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Holds Hearing — " End the Typhoons: How to Deter Beijing’s Cyber Actions and Enhance America’s Lackluster Cyber Defenses”
  • Former top NSA cyber official: Probationary firings ‘devastating’ to cyber, national security & Former intelligence officials denounce job cuts to federal cyber roles.
  • Treasury Suspends Rule Requiring Disclosure Of LLCs' True Owners & Dept. of Treasury Press Release: Treasury Department Announces Suspension of Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act Against U.S. Citizens and Domestic Reporting Companies
  • Polish space agency investigates cyberattack on its systems
  • Cybersecurity Job Satisfaction Plummets, Women Hit Hardest
  • Cisco Small Business RV016, RV042, RV042G, RV082, RV320, and RV325 Routers Vulnerabilities



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