Weekly Security Sprint EP 136. A full menu of insiders, a new AWS report, and a lot of quick hits
Weekly Security Sprint EP 136. A full menu of insiders, a new AWS report, and a lot of quick hits  
Podcast: The Gate 15 Podcast Channel
Published On: Tue Nov 25 2025
Description: On this week's Security Sprint, Dave and Andy get ready for hte holidays with a full menu of topics that include:Warm Open:·      Happy23rd birthday to DHS!·      WaterISAC’s Quarterly Water SectorIncident Summary, April to June 2025 – Executive Summary·      GridEx VIII – Surge in ParticipationReflects Importance of Exercising Emergency Preparedness·      Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025 Main Topics: Insider Threats: Former contractor admits to hackingemployer in retaliation for termination·      CrowdStrike catches insider feeding information to hackers·      Rising cost of trust as insider behavior becomes a weak link in critical infrastructure cyber defense Blended Threats, you say? AWS: New Amazon Threat Intelligence findings: Nation-state actors bridging cyber and kinetic warfare &  Amazon details Iranian “cyber-enabled kinetic targeting” operations  Quick Hits:·      House AI terrorism bill spotlights extremist use of generative AI for propaganda and training  ·      Obscura Ransomware: A Case Study in Ransomware Data Loss·      Overconfidence is the new zero-day as teams stumble through cyber simulations·      The SANS 2025 State of ICS Security Report: Progress, Pressure, and the Path to Resilience·      CISA Releases New Guides to Safeguard Critical Infrastructure from Unmanned Aircraft SystemsThreats·      Bulletproof Defense: Mitigating Risks From Bulletproof Hosting Providers·      United States, Australia, and United Kingdom Sanction Russian Cybercrime Infrastructure Supporting Ransomware