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Weekly Security Sprint EP 95. Review of the headlines: EOs, Scams, cyber device warnings, ransomware and more!

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


Main Topics:

 

Executive Orders:

  • Biden EO: Executive Order on Strengthening and
    • Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity
  • Ransomware sanctions, software security
    • among key points in new Biden executive order
    • A New Jam-Packed Biden Executive Order
      • Tackles Cybersecurity, AI, and More
    • Biden issues order to strengthen federal
      • cyber defenses in the wake of hacks by the Chinese government.
    • Trump EOs:
    • President Trump repeals Biden’s AI
      • executive order. During his first day in office, President Donald Trump revoked a 2023 executive order signed by former President Joe Biden that sought to reduce the potential risks AI
      poses to consumers, workers, and national security.
    • Application Of Protecting Americans From
      • Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act To Tiktok
    • Justice Department Statements on Supreme
      • Court’s Decision in TikTok, et al. v. Garland
    • Declaring A National Emergency At The Southern Border Of The United States
    • Designating Cartels And Other Organizations As Foreign Terrorist Organizations And Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
    • Protecting The United States From Foreign Terrorists And Other National Security And Public Safety Threats
    • Guaranteeing The States Protection Against Invasion
    • Holding Former Government Officials Accountable For Election Interference And Improper Disclosure Of Sensitive Governmental Information
    • Organization of the National Security Council and Subcommittees 
      • FBI Releases Investigative Update in Bourbon Street Attack (14 Jan)
      • FBI IC3 Alert Number: I-011325-PSA: Threat of Copycat Attacks after ISIS-Inspired Vehicle Attack in New Orleans
      • FBI warns of potential ‘copycat or retaliatory’ New Orleans attacks

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        Scams:

        • FBI PSA - Beware of Charitable Fraud Related to Mass Casualty and Disaster Events
        • Investor Alert: Be Vigilant for Possible Investment Scams Related to the California Wildfires
        • \Wild Claims About L.A. Wildfires Get Millions of Views; NewsGuard has identified and debunked 18 false claims related to the wildfires
        • ‘A flood of disinformation’: rumors and lies abound amid ongoing LA wildfires
        • Disasters have long led to misinformation as people grasp for control, but the consequences can be life and death

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          Quick Hits:

          • Fact Sheet: Safeguarding America from National Security Risks of Connected Vehicle Technology from China and Russia
          • US govt launches cybersecurity safety label for smart devices
          • UK NCSC - A guide to ransomware
          • UK NCSC: New proposals to counter ransomware: Have your say
          • Inside a 90-Minute Attack: Breaking
            • Ground with All-New AI Defeating Black Basta Tactics
          • Unveiling the GRIT 2025 Ransomware and Cyber Threat Report
          • Clop ransomware gang names dozens of victims hit by Cleo mass-hack, but several firms dispute breaches
          • Terrorist Designations of The Terrorgram Collective and Three Leaders
          • US designates extreme right-wing 'Terrorgram' network as terrorist group
          • “Like Brenton”: Tennessee Man Arrested for Mass Shooting Plot at Mosque
          • Executive Order on Advancing
            • United States Leadership in Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure
          • Justice Department and FBI Conduct
            • International Operation to Delete Malware Used by China-Backed Hackers.
          • Operation 99: North Korea’s Cyber Assault on Software Developers
          • Treasury Targets IT Worker Network Generating Revenue for DPRK Weapons Programs


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