Weekly Security Sprint EP 39. ISIS call to action, ransomware, and FBI reporting

In this week's Security Sprint, Dave and Andy talked about the following Topics. Hurricane season thoughts. ISIS Calls for Jewish Attacks Around the World. “Terrorist group ISIS has called for violent targeting of Jewish people worldwide in response to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas… Published on Friday in Arabic in Al-Naba, a weekly magazine by ISIS, it advocates for violence and murder against Jewish people worldwide.   Ransomware New Portman Report Demonstrates Threat Ransomware Presents to the United States. “This report details the attacks by Russia-based ransomware group REvil on three American companies, and the experiences of those companies during the incident response." CISA, NSA, FBI, MS-ISAC Publish Updated #StopRansomware Guide UK NCSC: Principles for ransomware-resistant cloud backups; Helping to make cloud backups resistant to the effects of destructive ransomware. Our new principles to help make cloud backups more resilient; Introducing a new set of NCSC principles to strengthen the resilience of organisations' cloud backups from ransomware attackers. Canadian Centre for Cyber Security - Social engineering – ITSAP.00.166, Social engineering – ITSAP.00.166 (PDF, 267 KB) Phishing Guidance: Stopping the Attack Cycle at Phase One   FBI Releases 2022 Crime in the Nation Statistics. The FBI released detailed data on over 11 million criminal offenses reported to the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program… The FBI’s crime statistics estimates for 2022 show that national violent crime decreased an estimated 1.7% in 2022 compared to 2021 estimates.  Statement from President Joe Biden on Hate Crime Statistics FBI report: Violent crime decreases to pre-pandemic levels, but property crime is on the rise Violent crime down, carjackings up, according to FBI crime statistics FBI: Violent Crime Down To Pre-Pandemic Levels, But Property Crimes Rising ADL: FBI Data Reflects Deeply Alarming Record-High Number of Reported Hate Crime Incidents in the U.S. in 2022 UCR’s Crime Data Explorer   Quick Hits: Russia, shifting tactics, fans doubt in election integrity, U.S. says; A new intelligence assessment indicates the Kremlin appears to be expanding its long-running efforts to weaken the world’s democracies CISA Releases Guidance for Addressing Cisco IOS XE Web UI Vulnerabilities "The Phantom Hacker:" FBI Phoenix Warns Public of New Financial Scam CISA: Threat Actors Exploit Atlassian Confluence CVE-2023-22515 for Initial Access to Networks FBI IC3 PSA: Additional Guidance on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Information Technology Workers