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This is your Cyber Sentinel: Beijing Watch podcast.
Hey listeners, Ting here on Cyber Sentinel: Beijing Watch, diving straight into the hottest Chinese cyber chaos from the past week—because if you're not watching Beijing's hackers, they're watching you. Picture this: late November 2025, a slick Chinese government-backed crew, tracked by Cisco's Talos team, kicks off a zero-day rampage exploiting CVE-2025-20393 in Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Secure Email and Web Manager. We're talking a perfect 10.0 CVSS score flaw from improper input validation, letting them burrow in like digital termites. Peter Kijewski from the Shadowserver Foundation spilled to TechCrunch that hundreds of Cisco customers—mostly in the US, India, and Thailand—are exposed, with 220 vulnerable email gateways spotted by Censys. No patches yet, folks; Cisco's screaming to scan, reconfigure, or straight-up rebuild those boxes if breached. Spam Quarantine enabled and online? You're toast.
Targeted industries? Email security for institutions—think critical comms in finance, gov, and tech, ripe for espionage. Attribution screams Beijing: Talos pins it on state-sponsored ops, aligning with ESET Research's fresh drop on LongNosedGoblin, a China-aligned APT slinging Windows Group Policy malware at Southeast Asian and Japanese gov nets for long-haul spying. Tactical play: selective zero-days, backdoors, log-wipers—stealthy foothold grabs before holiday cheer hits. Strategic? It's CCP's Five-Year Plan in action, per industry forecasts, hit-listing Western tech for pilfering and resale. Supply chains next, with AI-agent ops lowering barriers for mass disruption in logistics, smart cities, and US grids—hello, Chinese-made power gear flagged as backdoors.
Internationally? CISA slapped it on the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, deadline December 24—upgrade or bust. US SEC's disclosure rules are biting back, with F5 catching heat for a nation-state breach in its BIG-IP systems, delaying reports under DOJ national security waivers. No direct Beijing clapback yet, but expect tit-for-tat as geopolitical cyber wars heat up into 2026.
Recommendations, my vigilant listeners: Ditch defaults—disable Spam Quarantine, firewall management interfaces, run Shadowserver scans. Go zero-trust with AI-powered SOCs for anomaly hunts, audit legacies, and segment email like your life's data depends on it—which it does. Tactically, patch hunts and MFA everywhere; strategically, diversify supply chains away from Huawei-flavored risks and push for global attribution treaties.
Whew, Beijing's not slowing—stay frosty, outsmart the pandas.
Thanks for tuning in, listeners—subscribe now for the unfiltered edge! This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai.
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Hey listeners, Ting here on Cyber Sentinel: Beijing Watch, diving straight into the hottest Chinese cyber chaos from the past week—because if you're not watching Beijing's hackers, they're watching you. Picture this: late November 2025, a slick Chinese government-backed crew, tracked by Cisco's Talos team, kicks off a zero-day rampage exploiting CVE-2025-20393 in Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Secure Email and Web Manager. We're talking a perfect 10.0 CVSS score flaw from improper input validation, letting them burrow in like digital termites. Peter Kijewski from the Shadowserver Foundation spilled to TechCrunch that hundreds of Cisco customers—mostly in the US, India, and Thailand—are exposed, with 220 vulnerable email gateways spotted by Censys. No patches yet, folks; Cisco's screaming to scan, reconfigure, or straight-up rebuild those boxes if breached. Spam Quarantine enabled and online? You're toast.
Targeted industries? Email security for institutions—think critical comms in finance, gov, and tech, ripe for espionage. Attribution screams Beijing: Talos pins it on state-sponsored ops, aligning with ESET Research's fresh drop on LongNosedGoblin, a China-aligned APT slinging Windows Group Policy malware at Southeast Asian and Japanese gov nets for long-haul spying. Tactical play: selective zero-days, backdoors, log-wipers—stealthy foothold grabs before holiday cheer hits. Strategic? It's CCP's Five-Year Plan in action, per industry forecasts, hit-listing Western tech for pilfering and resale. Supply chains next, with AI-agent ops lowering barriers for mass disruption in logistics, smart cities, and US grids—hello, Chinese-made power gear flagged as backdoors.
Internationally? CISA slapped it on the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, deadline December 24—upgrade or bust. US SEC's disclosure rules are biting back, with F5 catching heat for a nation-state breach in its BIG-IP systems, delaying reports under DOJ national security waivers. No direct Beijing clapback yet, but expect tit-for-tat as geopolitical cyber wars heat up into 2026.
Recommendations, my vigilant listeners: Ditch defaults—disable Spam Quarantine, firewall management interfaces, run Shadowserver scans. Go zero-trust with AI-powered SOCs for anomaly hunts, audit legacies, and segment email like your life's data depends on it—which it does. Tactically, patch hunts and MFA everywhere; strategically, diversify supply chains away from Huawei-flavored risks and push for global attribution treaties.
Whew, Beijing's not slowing—stay frosty, outsmart the pandas.
Thanks for tuning in, listeners—subscribe now for the unfiltered edge! This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai.
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
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By Inception Point AiThis is your Cyber Sentinel: Beijing Watch podcast.
Hey listeners, Ting here on Cyber Sentinel: Beijing Watch, diving straight into the hottest Chinese cyber chaos from the past week—because if you're not watching Beijing's hackers, they're watching you. Picture this: late November 2025, a slick Chinese government-backed crew, tracked by Cisco's Talos team, kicks off a zero-day rampage exploiting CVE-2025-20393 in Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Secure Email and Web Manager. We're talking a perfect 10.0 CVSS score flaw from improper input validation, letting them burrow in like digital termites. Peter Kijewski from the Shadowserver Foundation spilled to TechCrunch that hundreds of Cisco customers—mostly in the US, India, and Thailand—are exposed, with 220 vulnerable email gateways spotted by Censys. No patches yet, folks; Cisco's screaming to scan, reconfigure, or straight-up rebuild those boxes if breached. Spam Quarantine enabled and online? You're toast.
Targeted industries? Email security for institutions—think critical comms in finance, gov, and tech, ripe for espionage. Attribution screams Beijing: Talos pins it on state-sponsored ops, aligning with ESET Research's fresh drop on LongNosedGoblin, a China-aligned APT slinging Windows Group Policy malware at Southeast Asian and Japanese gov nets for long-haul spying. Tactical play: selective zero-days, backdoors, log-wipers—stealthy foothold grabs before holiday cheer hits. Strategic? It's CCP's Five-Year Plan in action, per industry forecasts, hit-listing Western tech for pilfering and resale. Supply chains next, with AI-agent ops lowering barriers for mass disruption in logistics, smart cities, and US grids—hello, Chinese-made power gear flagged as backdoors.
Internationally? CISA slapped it on the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, deadline December 24—upgrade or bust. US SEC's disclosure rules are biting back, with F5 catching heat for a nation-state breach in its BIG-IP systems, delaying reports under DOJ national security waivers. No direct Beijing clapback yet, but expect tit-for-tat as geopolitical cyber wars heat up into 2026.
Recommendations, my vigilant listeners: Ditch defaults—disable Spam Quarantine, firewall management interfaces, run Shadowserver scans. Go zero-trust with AI-powered SOCs for anomaly hunts, audit legacies, and segment email like your life's data depends on it—which it does. Tactically, patch hunts and MFA everywhere; strategically, diversify supply chains away from Huawei-flavored risks and push for global attribution treaties.
Whew, Beijing's not slowing—stay frosty, outsmart the pandas.
Thanks for tuning in, listeners—subscribe now for the unfiltered edge! This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai.
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Hey listeners, Ting here on Cyber Sentinel: Beijing Watch, diving straight into the hottest Chinese cyber chaos from the past week—because if you're not watching Beijing's hackers, they're watching you. Picture this: late November 2025, a slick Chinese government-backed crew, tracked by Cisco's Talos team, kicks off a zero-day rampage exploiting CVE-2025-20393 in Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Secure Email and Web Manager. We're talking a perfect 10.0 CVSS score flaw from improper input validation, letting them burrow in like digital termites. Peter Kijewski from the Shadowserver Foundation spilled to TechCrunch that hundreds of Cisco customers—mostly in the US, India, and Thailand—are exposed, with 220 vulnerable email gateways spotted by Censys. No patches yet, folks; Cisco's screaming to scan, reconfigure, or straight-up rebuild those boxes if breached. Spam Quarantine enabled and online? You're toast.
Targeted industries? Email security for institutions—think critical comms in finance, gov, and tech, ripe for espionage. Attribution screams Beijing: Talos pins it on state-sponsored ops, aligning with ESET Research's fresh drop on LongNosedGoblin, a China-aligned APT slinging Windows Group Policy malware at Southeast Asian and Japanese gov nets for long-haul spying. Tactical play: selective zero-days, backdoors, log-wipers—stealthy foothold grabs before holiday cheer hits. Strategic? It's CCP's Five-Year Plan in action, per industry forecasts, hit-listing Western tech for pilfering and resale. Supply chains next, with AI-agent ops lowering barriers for mass disruption in logistics, smart cities, and US grids—hello, Chinese-made power gear flagged as backdoors.
Internationally? CISA slapped it on the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, deadline December 24—upgrade or bust. US SEC's disclosure rules are biting back, with F5 catching heat for a nation-state breach in its BIG-IP systems, delaying reports under DOJ national security waivers. No direct Beijing clapback yet, but expect tit-for-tat as geopolitical cyber wars heat up into 2026.
Recommendations, my vigilant listeners: Ditch defaults—disable Spam Quarantine, firewall management interfaces, run Shadowserver scans. Go zero-trust with AI-powered SOCs for anomaly hunts, audit legacies, and segment email like your life's data depends on it—which it does. Tactically, patch hunts and MFA everywhere; strategically, diversify supply chains away from Huawei-flavored risks and push for global attribution treaties.
Whew, Beijing's not slowing—stay frosty, outsmart the pandas.
Thanks for tuning in, listeners—subscribe now for the unfiltered edge! This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai.
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI