This Week's Reading 5/30/2022 #Infosec #Cybersecurity

 Yeah I'm a day late, sue me!  It's not like any of you read this anyways 😀

 For Work

When Your Smart ID Card Reader Comes With Malware

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/05/when-your-smart-id-card-reader-comes-with-malware/

Building a Threat Intelligence Feed using the Twitter API and a bit of code

https://grimminck.medium.com/building-a-threat-intelligence-feed-using-the-twitter-api-and-a-bit-of-code-5787808e32ef

Snort 3 is available!

https://www.snort.org/

Critical Flaws in Popular ICS Platform Can Trigger RCE

https://threatpost.com/critical-flaws-in-popular-ics-platform-can-trigger-rce/179750/

Revealed: The semi-secret list of techs Beijing really really wishes it didn't have to import

https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/27/chinas_semisecret_list_of_techs/

Cheers ransomware hits VMware ESXi systems

https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/26/vmware-cheers-ransomware/

Patching the latest Active Directory vulnerabilities is not enough

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3661549/patching-the-latest-active-directory-vulnerabilities-is-not-enough.html#tk.rss_all

Elevation of Privilege is the #1 Microsoft vulnerability category

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/05/25/microsoft-vulnerabilities-breakdown/

Why are current cybersecurity incident response efforts failing?

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/05/26/incident-response-approach/

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 Not for Work

Biden launches Indo-Pacific economic framework to counter China

https://www.zdnet.com/article/biden-launches-indo-pacific-economic-framework-to-counter-china/#ftag=RSSbaffb68

China lashes out at US-led Asia-Pacific trade framework

https://www.zdnet.com/article/china-lashes-out-at-us-led-asia-pacific-trade-framework/#ftag=RSSbaffb68

Cryptocurrency OSINT

https://start.me/p/ek4rxK/cryptocurrency-osint

An Open Plea For One Single Honest Academic

https://karlstack.substack.com/p/an-open-plea-for-one-single-honest?s=r

Big Tech loves talking up privacy – while trying to kill privacy legislation

https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/27/big_tech_privacy/

Low-Cost Gel Film Can Pluck Drinking Water From Desert Air

https://news.utexas.edu/2022/05/23/low-cost-gel-film-can-pluck-drinking-water-from-desert-air/