InfoSec News Briefs Early March 2023 (Proof of Concept)

Professional, human-curated information security news summary for early March (14 article summaries). There is a blog with the text summary, an MP3 file of the voice-over, and links to all the source articles in the blog. Testing this as a proof of concept. Appreciate comments. Highlights from this episode:Show more

"The CCP is adapting its strategy for psychological warfare against the weaknesses of open societies by using disinformation campaigns to achieve "mind dominance" and reduce resistance to People's Liberation Army actions. China has tried to track citizens in the UK, and the US has provided Ukraine with intelligence to help them defend against Russia. Additionally, the Global Disinformation Index is working to defund conservative media outlets. Australia broke a Russian spy ring, and former Prime Minister Turnbull has stated that Chinese influence operations are “blatant.” The US Marshals Service and several other organizations have been targeted through ransomware attacks. Fake ROBLOX and Nintendo game cracks have been released containing ChromeLoader malware. Chipmakers are not allowed to expand in China for 10 years if receiving US federal funds. Hackers have claimed to breach T-Mobile more than 100 times in 2022, and China's BlackFly group is targeting the materials sector in their search for IP. Lastly, hackers have used simple storage service (S3) buckets to access user data. WannaCry hero Marcus Hutchins was named a Cybrary Fellow, and LastPass has revealed a second attack resulting in the breach of encrypted password vaults.

Curator: Matt Hall, CISSP, CHFI
Blog Entry: https://assuredinformation.blogspot.com/2023/03/infosec-news-briefs-proof-of-concept.html (MP3 File is also there of the audio)