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This is your China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense podcast.
Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth diving into the hottest China-linked hacks slamming US tech and defense interests over the last 24 hours as of February 8, 2026. Buckle up—it's been a sneaky storm from the Dragon's lair.
Picture this: I'm sipping my bubble tea, scanning feeds, when bam—Cyberrecaps drops the bomb on DKnife, that slick Linux-based toolkit China's nexus threat actors have been wielding since 2019. These bad boys hijack routers and edge devices for adversary-in-the-middle attacks, sniffing traffic, shoving malware like ShadowPad straight into your downloads, and even DNS-jacking WeChat updates. Primarily hitting Chinese-speaking users, but guess what? US firms with global footprints are prime for spillover espionage. Defense rec? CISA's BOD 26-02 screams inventory your EOL edge gear now—routers, firewalls, VPNs—and ditch 'em in 12 months, 'cause China and Russia crews are feasting on unpatched relics.
Fast-forward, WIU Cybersecurity Center echoes DKnife's router rampage from February 6, targeting edge devices for traffic hijacks and malware drops. No new malware namedrops in the last day, but it's evolving—deep packet inspection on CentOS boxes, IPs like 43.132.205.118 lighting up scans. Sectors? Think telecom, government infra bleeding into US defense supply chains; Palo Alto's Unit 42 just flagged TGR-STA-1030, an Asian state-backed group (heavy China vibes) breaching 70 gov and critical orgs across 37 countries. That's US allies' data at risk, folks—immediate action: hunt for rogue implants with EDR tools.
No fresh emergency patches screamed in the last 24, but CISA's still thumping the table on unsupported devices after their February 6 directive. Official warnings? BOD 26-02 mandates federal agencies catalog junk hardware in three months. Defensive moves: Patch like your life's on the line, enforce MFA on all remote access—remember Poland's energy fiasco via default FortiGate creds? Don't be that guy.
Wrapping the frenzy, Lotus Blossom's Notepad++ supply chain hit lingers—Rapid7 pins China's old-school espionage crew for Chrysalis backdoor via hijacked updates till December 2025. Developer Don Ho confirmed selective targeting, CISA's probing USG exposure. US tech defense? Slam firewalls on dev tools, air-gap updates.
Stay vigilant, listeners—rotate those certs, segment networks, and run YARA hunts for DKnife signatures. China's playing 5D cyber chess; we're countering with hygiene.
Thanks for tuning in—subscribe for daily drops! 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, your go-to cyber sleuth diving into the hottest China-linked hacks slamming US tech and defense interests over the last 24 hours as of February 8, 2026. Buckle up—it's been a sneaky storm from the Dragon's lair.
Picture this: I'm sipping my bubble tea, scanning feeds, when bam—Cyberrecaps drops the bomb on DKnife, that slick Linux-based toolkit China's nexus threat actors have been wielding since 2019. These bad boys hijack routers and edge devices for adversary-in-the-middle attacks, sniffing traffic, shoving malware like ShadowPad straight into your downloads, and even DNS-jacking WeChat updates. Primarily hitting Chinese-speaking users, but guess what? US firms with global footprints are prime for spillover espionage. Defense rec? CISA's BOD 26-02 screams inventory your EOL edge gear now—routers, firewalls, VPNs—and ditch 'em in 12 months, 'cause China and Russia crews are feasting on unpatched relics.
Fast-forward, WIU Cybersecurity Center echoes DKnife's router rampage from February 6, targeting edge devices for traffic hijacks and malware drops. No new malware namedrops in the last day, but it's evolving—deep packet inspection on CentOS boxes, IPs like 43.132.205.118 lighting up scans. Sectors? Think telecom, government infra bleeding into US defense supply chains; Palo Alto's Unit 42 just flagged TGR-STA-1030, an Asian state-backed group (heavy China vibes) breaching 70 gov and critical orgs across 37 countries. That's US allies' data at risk, folks—immediate action: hunt for rogue implants with EDR tools.
No fresh emergency patches screamed in the last 24, but CISA's still thumping the table on unsupported devices after their February 6 directive. Official warnings? BOD 26-02 mandates federal agencies catalog junk hardware in three months. Defensive moves: Patch like your life's on the line, enforce MFA on all remote access—remember Poland's energy fiasco via default FortiGate creds? Don't be that guy.
Wrapping the frenzy, Lotus Blossom's Notepad++ supply chain hit lingers—Rapid7 pins China's old-school espionage crew for Chrysalis backdoor via hijacked updates till December 2025. Developer Don Ho confirmed selective targeting, CISA's probing USG exposure. US tech defense? Slam firewalls on dev tools, air-gap updates.
Stay vigilant, listeners—rotate those certs, segment networks, and run YARA hunts for DKnife signatures. China's playing 5D cyber chess; we're countering with hygiene.
Thanks for tuning in—subscribe for daily drops! 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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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth diving into the hottest China-linked hacks slamming US tech and defense interests over the last 24 hours as of February 8, 2026. Buckle up—it's been a sneaky storm from the Dragon's lair.
Picture this: I'm sipping my bubble tea, scanning feeds, when bam—Cyberrecaps drops the bomb on DKnife, that slick Linux-based toolkit China's nexus threat actors have been wielding since 2019. These bad boys hijack routers and edge devices for adversary-in-the-middle attacks, sniffing traffic, shoving malware like ShadowPad straight into your downloads, and even DNS-jacking WeChat updates. Primarily hitting Chinese-speaking users, but guess what? US firms with global footprints are prime for spillover espionage. Defense rec? CISA's BOD 26-02 screams inventory your EOL edge gear now—routers, firewalls, VPNs—and ditch 'em in 12 months, 'cause China and Russia crews are feasting on unpatched relics.
Fast-forward, WIU Cybersecurity Center echoes DKnife's router rampage from February 6, targeting edge devices for traffic hijacks and malware drops. No new malware namedrops in the last day, but it's evolving—deep packet inspection on CentOS boxes, IPs like 43.132.205.118 lighting up scans. Sectors? Think telecom, government infra bleeding into US defense supply chains; Palo Alto's Unit 42 just flagged TGR-STA-1030, an Asian state-backed group (heavy China vibes) breaching 70 gov and critical orgs across 37 countries. That's US allies' data at risk, folks—immediate action: hunt for rogue implants with EDR tools.
No fresh emergency patches screamed in the last 24, but CISA's still thumping the table on unsupported devices after their February 6 directive. Official warnings? BOD 26-02 mandates federal agencies catalog junk hardware in three months. Defensive moves: Patch like your life's on the line, enforce MFA on all remote access—remember Poland's energy fiasco via default FortiGate creds? Don't be that guy.
Wrapping the frenzy, Lotus Blossom's Notepad++ supply chain hit lingers—Rapid7 pins China's old-school espionage crew for Chrysalis backdoor via hijacked updates till December 2025. Developer Don Ho confirmed selective targeting, CISA's probing USG exposure. US tech defense? Slam firewalls on dev tools, air-gap updates.
Stay vigilant, listeners—rotate those certs, segment networks, and run YARA hunts for DKnife signatures. China's playing 5D cyber chess; we're countering with hygiene.
Thanks for tuning in—subscribe for daily drops! 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, your go-to cyber sleuth diving into the hottest China-linked hacks slamming US tech and defense interests over the last 24 hours as of February 8, 2026. Buckle up—it's been a sneaky storm from the Dragon's lair.
Picture this: I'm sipping my bubble tea, scanning feeds, when bam—Cyberrecaps drops the bomb on DKnife, that slick Linux-based toolkit China's nexus threat actors have been wielding since 2019. These bad boys hijack routers and edge devices for adversary-in-the-middle attacks, sniffing traffic, shoving malware like ShadowPad straight into your downloads, and even DNS-jacking WeChat updates. Primarily hitting Chinese-speaking users, but guess what? US firms with global footprints are prime for spillover espionage. Defense rec? CISA's BOD 26-02 screams inventory your EOL edge gear now—routers, firewalls, VPNs—and ditch 'em in 12 months, 'cause China and Russia crews are feasting on unpatched relics.
Fast-forward, WIU Cybersecurity Center echoes DKnife's router rampage from February 6, targeting edge devices for traffic hijacks and malware drops. No new malware namedrops in the last day, but it's evolving—deep packet inspection on CentOS boxes, IPs like 43.132.205.118 lighting up scans. Sectors? Think telecom, government infra bleeding into US defense supply chains; Palo Alto's Unit 42 just flagged TGR-STA-1030, an Asian state-backed group (heavy China vibes) breaching 70 gov and critical orgs across 37 countries. That's US allies' data at risk, folks—immediate action: hunt for rogue implants with EDR tools.
No fresh emergency patches screamed in the last 24, but CISA's still thumping the table on unsupported devices after their February 6 directive. Official warnings? BOD 26-02 mandates federal agencies catalog junk hardware in three months. Defensive moves: Patch like your life's on the line, enforce MFA on all remote access—remember Poland's energy fiasco via default FortiGate creds? Don't be that guy.
Wrapping the frenzy, Lotus Blossom's Notepad++ supply chain hit lingers—Rapid7 pins China's old-school espionage crew for Chrysalis backdoor via hijacked updates till December 2025. Developer Don Ho confirmed selective targeting, CISA's probing USG exposure. US tech defense? Slam firewalls on dev tools, air-gap updates.
Stay vigilant, listeners—rotate those certs, segment networks, and run YARA hunts for DKnife signatures. China's playing 5D cyber chess; we're countering with hygiene.
Thanks for tuning in—subscribe for daily drops! 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