Pinkerton Insights Podcast

Hazard and Event Risks A glacial wave has hit central and north Peru since June 2018 and has caused significant losses all across the country. The national weather agency Meteo France extended a heatwave alert from 19 departments to 34 as temperatures continued to rise in most of eastern and southern France. In the Philipines, militants linked to the Abu Sayyaf terror group attacked a military checkpoint in the southern region with a van loaded with explosives. Technology and Information Risk Recently, Microsoft announced that in January-March 2018, a multi-tier attack against supply chains was detected in a PDF editor. Recently, a group of security researchers discovered a new Spectre-class vulnerability that can be launched over the network. A new version of AZORult information stealer and downloader is being used by cyber-criminals in an email phishing campaign since it became available on July 17. Operational and Physical Risks On August 2 in Chile, workers at the Escondida mine; the largest copper m