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Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 30 September 2024
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These updates are shared to help raise the situational awareness of Faith-Based organizations to best defend against and mitigate the impacts from all-hazards threats including physical security, cybersecurity, and natural disasters.
Recent Ransomware Incidents
INC Ransom, one of the many ransomware groups, had a very active weekend. Attacks have occurred against several Faith-Based Organizations.
- SentinelOne: Inc. Ransom
- Cybereason: THREAT ALERT: INC Ransomware
- ReliaQuest: Inc Ransom Attack Analysis
Analyst Comments:
Ransomware continues to be a cyberthreat against Faith-Based Organizations (FBO). FBOs can improve their ransomware resilience by reviewing FB-ISAO’s What We Learned About Ransomware Resilience blog. Here are some highlights:
- Plan. Have a cyber incident response plan (IRP) and know that an IRP is not the same as a ransomware plan.
- Exercise. (No! not the kind you do at the gym!). As with building resilience to all-hazards, hold discussion-based exercises, to include executive workshops & tabletops, and also conduct drills, and consider other operational exercises.
- Share Information. Information sharing build resilience across a whole community.
- Enable Multi-factor Authentication (MFA). MFA is a way to verify user identity that is more secure than the classic username-password combination.
Daily, the team posts a ransomware report to the FB-ISAO #pir_05-fbo_imminent_cyber_threat Slack channel. Knowing details of current cyberattacks against other FBOs can aid in detecting attacks.
The Pig Butchering Invasion Has Begun
Wired reports:
In 2023, the FBI had reports of nearly $4 billion in losses from the scams, and some researchers put all-time total global losses at $75 billion or more. Beijing has made a concerted effort in recent months to crack down on pig butchering schemes and human trafficking to scamming centers in the Southeast Asian region, but the activity is proliferating around the world nonetheless.
Analyst Comments:
FINANCIAL INDUSTRY REGULATORY AUTHORITY (FINRA) provides ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams: What They Are and How to Avoid Them.
FINRA explains “So named in reference to the practice of fattening a pig before slaughter, these scams often involve fraudsters contacting targets seemingly at random, then gaining trust before ultimately manipulating their targets into phony investments and disappearing with the funds.” The FINRA website also details the “Pig Butchering” scam process.
FINRA provides details on the following warning signs:
- Unexpected contact
- Refusal to participate in video chats
- Request for financial information
- Invitation to invest in specific financial products
- Unknown or confusing investment opportunity
- Unfamiliar trading platforms
- Exaggerated claims and elevated emotions
- Sense of urgency about an upcoming news announcement or share price increase
Also, FINRA’s BrokerCheck will tell if a promoter is a registered investment professional.
More Faith-Based Stories
Man convicted after San Francisco synagogue is burglarized, vandalized
Police Apprehend Individual for Tossing Antisemitic Flyers in Michigan Town
New York Representative’s Office Targeted in Antisemitic Attack
AR: Little Rock church recovering after being vandalized, flooded
Police, FBI probe reported antisemitic attack on Jewish Pitt student and Pennsylvania Police Investigating Antisemitic Hate Crime Near University Campus
NY: Rockville Diocese Reaches Bankruptcy Agreement With $323M for Sex Abuse Claims
PA: Youth Bible study leader molested child dozens of times in Providence Twp. class: police
Federal Judge to Hear Arguments Monday Over University of Maryland’s Oct. 7 Vigil Cancellation
Thousands gather in Ethiopia’s capital to celebrate a religious festival
USCIRF Releases Report on State-Controlled Religion and Religious Freedom in Vietnam
Winnipeg police investigate threats made against mosque
150 Christians forcibly displaced in Mexico return home after 5 months
Select All Hazard Stories
Supplies rushed to communities isolated by Helene as death toll rises to nearly 100
Hurricane Helene Update: More Than a Million Americans Still Without Power
Over 90,000 Georgia residents sheltering a day after chemical plant fire sends chlorine into the air
Israel hints at Lebanon invasion as Hezbollah says it’s ‘ready’ for ground offensive
Lebanon: Travel Advisory Remains Level 4 – Do Not Travel
Dockworkers Strike Could Begin Tuesday, With Talks at an Impasse
District attorney’s office staffer tried to make a bomb to blow up migrant shelter, police say
Improving Museum Security and Visitor Experiences
Fire Weather Concerns for the Plains; Extreme Heat for Southwest; Heavy Rainfall for Mid-Atlantic National Weather Service
COVID numbers decline slightly across US; RSV, flu activity low
Iranian Cyber Actors Targeting Personal Accounts to Support Operations
CISA Faces Challenges Sharing Cyber Threat Information as Required by the Cybersecurity Act of 2015
Likely Chinese State-Linked Inauthentic Accounts Push #FCIA Campaign to Discredit U.S. Institutions
5 Days With Elon Musk on X: Deepfakes, Falsehoods and Lots of Memes
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