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Weekly Security Sprint EP 92. CEO attack, disrupted attacks, and cybersecurity warnings


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


Warm Start: H2OEx - An Exercise for the Water Sector

 

Main Topics:

UHC Assassination:

·      Health insurers step up security, scrub websites of leadership information

·      Luigi Mangione, suspect in fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, used ghost gun that may have been 3D-printed

·      Suspect in killing of health care CEO faces 5 charges including forgery and firearm without a license

·      Health care CEO shooting suspect was Ivy League graduate who appears to have written about Unabomber online

·      Suspect in fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson ID’d as Luigi Mangione, an ex-Ivy League student

·      Luigi Mangione’s sprawling family found success after patriarch’s rise

·      Health insurers step up security, scrub websites of leadership information

·      UnitedHealth CEO says insurer will continue to prevent ‘unnecessary care’ in leaked video as sick trolls warn, ‘Dude’s next’

·      What Companies Should Be Asking Their Security Teams Right Now

·      A timeline of the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and search for his killer

·      UnitedHealth CEO's killing unleashes social media rage against insurers

·      UnitedHealthcare CEO kept a low public profile. Then he was shot to death in New York

·      Bullets fired at healthcare CEO in fatal shooting had words

carved on them

·      Message on bullets fired by healthcare CEO’s assassin bear eerie link to book condemning insurance companies

·      Copycat, Contagion, and the Robin Hood Effect as Risk Enhancers in Targeted Violence


 

Faith-Based Threats

·      Terror attack on Bavarian Christmas market foiled by police

·      Man in van filled with explosives, guns intended to attack a North Texas church, report states

·      FeatherRiver School of Seventh-Day Adventists Shooting:

o  2 kindergarteners wounded and gunman

dead after shooting at California religious school


·      Five-Eyes security and law enforcement agencies release joint authored analysis of youth radicalization & PDF analysis.

 

Six password takeaways from the updated NIST cybersecurity framework. Password security is changing — and updated guidelines from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reject outdated practices in favor of more effective protections. 

 

Quick Hits:

·      FBI IC3 PSA: Criminals Use Generative Artificial Intelligence to Facilitate Financial Fraud

·      Russian Woman Arrested In U.S. For Alleged Ties To Russian Intelligence

·      NGA: 2024 State Experts Roundtable On Protecting Energy Infrastructure From Physical Attacks

·      Manager of Chatham County Company Charged with Skimming Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars From Employer with Fake Invoices

·      The California tsunami danger is real. The 7.0 earthquake is wake-up call to prepare.

o  'Swaying back and forth': Magnitude 7 earthquake, aftershocks rock California

o  Tsunami warning canceled after strong California earthquake


Salt Typhoon:

o  White House says at least 8 US telecom

firms, dozens of nations impacted by China hacking campaign

o  FCC chair proposes cybersecurity rules

in response to China's Salt Typhoon telecom hack

 

Health:

o  What is mystery 'disease x' and why have dozens died in DR Congo?

o  Unknown disease kills 143 in southwest Congo, local authorities say

o  FINAL REPORT: COVID Select Concludes 2-Year Investigation, Issues 500+ Page Final Report on Lessons Learned and the Path Forward

·      Korea arrests CEO for adding DDoS

feature to satellite receivers

·      Outraged? You’re more likely to share

misinformation, study finds

·      Romania hit by major election influence campaign and

Russian cyber-attacks

·      EU orders TikTok to freeze Romanian

elections data

·      Choosing secure and verifiable

technologies

·      CISA Releases New Public Version of CDM

Data Model Document



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