Bluepurple Pulse: week ending February 19th

We all want to be in Belgium and bye bye Chris Inglis

Welcome to the weekly highlights and analysis of the blueteamsec subreddit (and my wider reading). Not everything makes it in, but the best bits do.

Operationally this week you will just see in all the reporting below it is shall we say busy..

In the high-level this week:

• In State of the Union, President Biden to Outline Vision to Advance Progress on Unity Agenda in Year Ahead | The White House - "Strengthen data privacy and platform transparency for all Americans" - what will the cost to cyber defense be?

• Quad Joint Statement on Cooperation to Promote Responsible Cyber Habits | The White House - We the Quad partners of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States are launching a public campaign to improve cyber security across our nations: the Quad Cyber Challenge.

• UK cracks down on ransomware actors - Seven Russian cyber criminals have been sanctioned by the UK and US in the first wave of new coordinated action against international cyber crime

  • US reporting and more here also photos of …