In this week's Security Sprint, Dave and Andy talked about the following topics:
Warm Start:
Growing need to address cybersecurity challenges across US healthcare sector for improved resilience
Health-ISAC Supports Health Industry Cybersecurity Strategic Plan; Joint effort gives measurable objectives toward resilience within 5 years
Terrorism & Extremism
Gaza War could spark radicalization for years to come: https://theintercept.com/2024/03/14/fbi-gaza-war-domestic-radicalization-hamas/
U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: Worldwide Threats
C-SPAN: Intelligence Officials Testify on Global Threats Before Senate Cmte.
2024 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community
Top threats to watch in Intel’s worldwide forecast
Four things we learned when US spy chiefs testified to Congress
FBI director warns of 'dangerous individuals' coming across southern border
US Intelligence Chiefs Deliver Grim Warning on Ukraine
U.S. intelligence officials warn of global security threats during Senate hearing
The Terrorist: How a devout Christian kid became a radicalized mass murderer
A New Terror Threat Is Emerging in Europe Linked to Iran, Gaza War
Illegal migrant from Lebanon caught at border admitted he’s a Hezbollah terrorist hoping ‘to make a bomb’ — and was headed for NY
FB-ISAO: March 2024 Threat Level Statement Update
PSA - Extortion:
On popular online platforms, predatory groups coerce children into self-harm. Using flattery and guile, he persuaded the 14-year-old girl to send a nude photo. It instantly became leverage. Over the following two weeks in April 2021, he and other online predators threatened to send the image to the girl’s classmates in Oklahoma unless she live-streamed degrading and violent acts, the girl’s mother told The Washington Post. They coerced her into carving their screen names deep into her thigh, drinking from a toilet bowl and beheading a pet hamster — all as they watched in a video chatroom on the social media platform Discord. The pressure escalated until she faced one final demand: to kill herself on camera. Related: There Are Dark Corners of the Internet. Then There's 764.
What to Know About the Proposed TikTok Legislation
IoT: https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2024/03/fcc-approves-cyber-labeling-program-iot-devices/394946/
Quick Hits:
Earth just had its warmest February on record
European Environment Agency: Europe is not prepared for rapidly growing climate risks
Ransomware:
Ransomware: Attacks Continue to Rise as Operators Adapt to Disruption
Malwarebytes: Ransomware review: March 2024
GRIT Ransomware Report: February 2024
Haiti:
Haitian PM tenders resignation after Jamaica talks
Haitian gangs abduct churchgoers amid escalating violence: 'Kidnappings everywhere'
Haiti security mission in limbo as urgency grows
Rush to deploy multinational force sets conditions on Haiti
Plan to install new leaders in Haiti appears to crumble after political parties reject it
American missionaries trapped in Haiti seek prayers and help
Undersea cable failures cause Internet disruptions for multiple African countries
Info Ops:
Blinken Warns of Disinformation Threat to Democracies.
South Korea hosted summit warns of AI risks to democracy
How a Foul Ball From 2014 Became Part of a Russian Disinformation Campaign
White House’s Efforts to Combat Misinformation Face Supreme Court Test
Exclusive: Trump launched CIA covert influence operation against China
US is still chasing down pieces of Chinese hacking operation, NSA official says
UK NCSC: Cloud-hosted supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)
US GAO - Science & Tech Spotlight: Combating Deepfakes
HHS Office for Civil Rights Issues Letter and Opens Investigation of Change Healthcare Cyberattack
The water industry wants to write its own cybersecurity rules. Will Biden and Congress go for it?
CISA: Secure Cloud Business Applications: Hybrid Identity Solutions Guidance