Bluepurple Pulse: week ending May 1st
If this analysis was TLP RED everyone would read it..
Welcome to the weekly highlights and analysis of the blueteamsec subreddit (and my wider reading).
It is a long analysis this week - apologies - a lot of valuable information has been shared and thus needed including.
Operationally this week nothing really standout, but the general tempo in terms of actor activity does feel high across the board. The recent events around organised crime (i.e. doxings, arrests, indictments) along with ongoing geo political interventions against state actors don’t appear to have materially caused a slowdown as yet.
In the high-level this week:
The US is offering $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of any person who, while acting at the direction or under the control of a foreign government against Critical National Infrastructure.
In the UK the call for reform of the over 30 year old Computer Misuse Act has moved to Parliament primetime - there was a debate held which was recorded along with press coverage.
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