Bluepurple Pulse: week ending January 22nd

China going after African Managed Services Providers with Firewall exploits..

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 CircleCI provided an update with indicator of compromise. DataDog then provided an update on the impact of the CircleCI breach on their agent. Beyond that you will see below there is extensive activity on all fronts.

In the high-level this week:

• CISA Year in Review 2022 - Extensive report on their achievements.

• The questions of the French general staff in the face of American cyber operations in Europe - an article where French military leadership questions US hunt forward.

• This is how you protect the Netherlands against online threats - Interview with the head of NCSC-NL on its evolution.

• World Economic Forum Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2023 - no real purpose, more a pulse on the mood of business leaders more than anything.

• Ukraine calls for ‘Cyber United Nations’ amid Russian attacks - a call from the Head of Ukraine’s…