Sanctions, APTs, and Bears, (Oh My!)

It's been quite a heady US/China tenuous relationship kinda week.

Headlining our discourse - Advanced Persistent Threats - APTs - are sophisticated cybercriminal organizations, nation-state actors. The big 4?

🐼China (CN)

🐼Russian Federation (RU)

🐼North Korea (PK)

🐼Iran (IR)

March 25, 2024 - US and UK accuse China of cyberespionage

🚩They levied sanctions against China. (Put them right on those restricted party lists, APT 31 - AKA Judgment Panda - and 7 known group members).

🚩China said, no, we didn't do that.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/us-sanctions-chinese-cyberespionage-firm-saying-it-hacked-us-energy-industry-2024-03-25/

March 25, 2024 - Cyber Force?

🚩The US Government is considering another branch of the military.

🚩Space Force Doesn't Want a Baby Brother (okay, I made that up)

https://defensescoop.com/2024/03/25/u-s-must-establish-independent-military-cyber-service-or-risk-catastrophic-condition-report/

March 20, 2024 - TikTok Bitten? Last Dance?

🚩The House of Representatives passed a bill to ban TikTok if parent company ByteDance still controls it.

🚩Interesting...interesting...yet unlikely...interesting.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tiktok-ban-go-into-effect-senate/

March 20, 2024 - Getting chippy! Huawei - this week.

🚩Huawei itself is sanctioned and listed on restricted party lists. Now, related semiconductor firms being considered for the same.

🚩Hope you're screening your trading partners/customers to make sure they're not on these lists. Ask me about this if not. It's a compliance must.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-weighs-sanctioning-huaweis-chinese-chip-network-bloomberg-news-reports-2024-03-20/

That's a whole lot of news with frowning at China. What's it all mean? All of this China news in this short period?

• Most of this news is still "cyber" news and not "regular" news. You can get AP and Reuters info about these topics if you intentionally look.

• Pressure's increasing - US/China relations.

• Screen, screen, screen. I alluded to restricted parties screening. Tech companies need to know about this, what to do and how and why to do it. Feature upcoming in a couple of weeks.

• Everything's interrelated. We knew that. All tech-related compliance.

  ♘Cybersecurity

  ♘AI - coming soon

  ♘Export compliance - will zoom into the limelight as cryptography takes center stage in the almost-quantum era.

  ♘Speaking of Zoom - it's NOT appearing in the China/US headlines this past week.

It's Not Hyperbole, I Swear

Her eyes were as big as platters...that is.

Beyond simple similes (like, as) and deepening metaphors, I give you some great and very specific, fun terms. 

🕷️HYPOCATASTASIS

Direct assertion to a thing. A label.

🕷️PLEONASM

Extra, redundant wordiness, often for effect.

🎶🎶"I fell into a burning ring of fire" - Johnny Cash🎶🎶

🕷️DYSPHEMISM

The OPPOSITE of a euphemism, which is where the communicator tries to soften the language.

Example?  Calling a nose a beak.

(Chicken?)

🕷️SYNECDOCHE

Not just in New York. A part stands for the whole: "All hands on deck."

Source: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/60234/21-rhetorical-devices-explained

Keeping Up Appearances

🙋March 27th - STC Squared - helping host -https://sgftechcouncil.com/squared-2024

🎺Easter Sunday, March 31st, Redeemer Lutheran Church.  No speaking, only trumpet playing.

🎤April 18th - Women+ in Technology of Northwest Arkansas - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/womenintechnwa_womenintechnology-techconference-womenintech-activity-7175911128395382784-oSvP

🎤April 19th - EC Council - webinar (promotional materials not yet announced)

📛April 20th, Sp4rkcon, Attending - https://one.walmart.com/content/sp4rkcon/wmeo/sp4rkcon-home/sp4rkcon-2024.html

In Case You Missed Them

Some of the better posts from the last couple of weeks

🖳 Be Careful with Sharps - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/heathernoggle_process-activity-7177996856365342721-iB9j

🖳 Get Thee a Doman, Business Owner - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/heathernoggle_domains-websites-email-activity-7176932843292434432-vIVM

🖳 Qubiticus' Quantum Meows - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/heathernoggle_quantumcomputing-quantumsecurity-cybersecurity-activity-7175846145347215360-Cxac

🖳 Small Business Beginning Cybersecurity - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/heathernoggle_smb-cybersecurity-informationsecurity-activity-7175467400807550976-nOCl

🖳 The Noggle Poem Generator GPT - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/heathernoggle_customgpt-governmentacronyms-breachcommuniation-activity-7175113653178834944-oylQ

🖳 AI Sonnetry - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/heathernoggle_generativeai-aisonnets-roboticarm-activity-7173648629251993600-qMFM

Just have time for one? Qubiticus - for the image alone.

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