On this week's Security Sprint, Dave and Andy covered the following topics:
Opening:
• The Gate 15 Interview EP 75. E-ISAC’s Jesse Sythe on GridEx, Resilience, Fromage, and MTV! — Gate 15 — 19 Oct 2026. Gate 15's latest interview features Jesse Sythe of the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center, discussing GridEx, electric-sector resilience, and the importance of collaboration across the critical infrastructure community.
• We’re making some changes to the SUN video edition and will briefly pause video delivery. We look forward to returning soon with a new and improved format highlighting the SUN’s top stories in a way that’s easy to share with your team!
• Ideas for our podcasts in 2027? Send ‘em to podcast@gate15.global!!
Main Topics:
Hostile Events! White Paper: The Hostile Event Attack Cycle (HEAC), 2026 Update — Gate 15 — 14 Oct 2026. Gate 15 released an updated Hostile Event Attack Cycle white paper examining how individuals and groups plan, prepare for, and carry out hostile attacks, drawing on recent incidents including the New Orleans truck attack, Uvalde school shooting, and Crocus City Hall attack. The update retains the model’s seven phases while examining the influence of online radicalization, geopolitical conflict, encrypted communications, drones, and artificial intelligence on hostile-event planning.
• FB-ISAO Releases an All-Faiths Analysis of Attacks on U.S. Houses of Worship in 2025 — FB-ISAO — 09 Oct 2026. The Faith-Based Information Sharing and Analysis Organization released its third annual all-faiths review, documenting 915 reported incidents at U.S. houses of worship in 2025, up 8.8% from 2024.
• Police: Palatine man was plotting mass shooting at Hindu temple — Daily Herald — 14 Oct 2026.
Drones Are Threatening U.S. Assets Overseas, but Their Threat to the U.S. Homeland is Higher — The Soufan Center — 14 Oct 2026. The Soufan Center assesses that the proliferation of inexpensive drones is increasing threats to U.S. military assets abroad and to domestic military and civilian facilities.
France Supermarket Hacks Expose Risks of Internet-Facing Refrigeration Systems — Claroty — 12 Oct 2026. Claroty examined cyberattacks that reportedly disrupted refrigeration systems at French supermarket chains, including an incident affecting 150 Intermarché stores.
• Cyberattack shuts down refrigerators at French supermarkets
• Cyberattack on French supermarkets causes fires, millions in losses
• Incident de sécurité ciblant les contrôleurs à distance des installations de réfrigération — CERT-FR
• Frostbitten in France: A Danfoss StoreView Internet Exposure Report
• Analysis After the Refrigeration System Attack in France: Two Thirds of Exposed Refrigeration Controllers Share an Address with Cameras, Remote Desktop, and VPNs
Quick Hits:
• Key Practices for Incident Readiness and Response in Super Intelligence Training and Evaluation — CISA, NSA, NIST
• AI Models Can Be Easily Modified to Assist Terrorist and Extremist Activity
• AI models may be capable of self-replicating without access to a datacenter
• FBI Warns Voters on Election Crimes Ahead of the November 2026 Midterm Election — FBI IC3
• Cyber Threat Actors Use a Variety of Techniques to Target Election and Campaign Officials — CISA
• FBI Cautions About Threats to Election Workers Ahead of the November 2026 Midterm Election — FBI IC3
• Scammers Exploit 2026 U.S. Midterm Election to Perpetrate Multiple Fraud Schemes — FBI IC3
• FEMA and FCC Schedule Nationwide Emergency Alert System Test for 17 November
