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

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

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

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