Bluepurple Pulse: week ending September 3rd

It is just busy...

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 see the volume of reporting on all fronts feels busy. The points I would note are the mobile / embedded focus of some of the capability.

In the high-level this week:

• Federal Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act of 2023 - proposed legislation in the Unites States requiring vulnerability disclosure by all Federal contractors

• U.S. conducts first Hunt Forward Operation in Lithuania - For three months, the U.S. cyber operators hunted for malicious cyber activity on key Lithuanian national defense systems and Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ networks alongside its allies.

• Qakbot Malware Disrupted in International Cyber Takedown - The Qakbot malicious code is being deleted from victim computers, preventing it from doing any more harm. The Department also announced the seizure of more than $8.6 million in cryptocurren…