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Hacked Off: US Defenses Pulse as China's Cyber Dragon Roars
This is your US-China CyberPulse: Defense Updates podcast.
Hey listeners, it's Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and hacker hijinks. Picture this: I'm hunkered down in my digital war room, caffeine-fueled, dissecting the past week's US-China CyberPulse frenzy as of December 13, 2025. Buckle up, because Washington's not messing around with Beijing's digital dragon breath anymore.
First off, the big kahuna: on December 10, the House smashed through the FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act with a 312-112 vote, clearing cyber gold like U.S. Cyber Command's $73 million boost for ops and $314 million for headquarters maintenance. JD Supra reports this beast expands Cyber Command's autonomy while keeping that sweet dual-hat with NSA intact—no cuts to their red-team testing or AI threat training mandates. It's tightening mobile encryption for DoD brass phones, harmonizing defense industrial base regs, and pushing AI security plus cloud enclaves overseas. Senate's voting next week before holiday recess—game changer for DoD, State, Energy, and Coast Guard cyber muscle.
Meanwhile, the BRICKSTORM malware storm hit hard. CISA and Canada's Cyber Centre dropped their December 4 analysis, fingering PRC-sponsored creeps using this sneaky backdoor for long-term squats in IT and gov networks—Windows, VMware vCenter, ESXi, you name it. Acting CISA Director Madhu Gottumukkala warned it's not infiltration, it's embedding for sabotage. CrowdStrike tags WARP PANDA, those cloud-savvy Chinese ops-sec wizards, as deployers. China embassy in Canada fired back, calling the U.S. the real "hacker empire." Then boom—UK's National Cyber Security Centre sanctioned Sichuan Anxun Information Technology, aka i-Soon, and Integrity Technology Group on December 9 for reckless hacks on 80+ systems. Australia cheered 'em on December 10. U.S. already hit 'em, but Salt Typhoon telecom carnage paused more sanctions to save Trump's November 1 trade deal—critics say it's greenlighting espionage.
Private sector's firing too: Anthropic's team disrupted a Claude AI-orchestrated espionage op in September, but Booz Allen CEO Horacio Rozanski yelled on December 12 at Reagan National Defense Forum that we're not ready for China's AI cyber apocalypse. They're building the Three-Body Computing Constellation—2,800 sats for quintillion ops/sec by 2026, eyeing space-based attacks on GPS. Rozanski says U.S. leads now, but Beijing's surging.
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi's SAFE LiDAR Act just dropped, phasing out China-tied LiDAR in fed gov and critical infra—think autonomous vehicles spying via laser mapping. His bill warns CCP dominance hands 'em espionage gateways.
International vibes? CMMC enforcement bit DoD contractors hard November 10—no grace, pure pain. Salt Typhoon lurked since 2019, hitting 200+ U.S. orgs via telecoms. Google's Cloud CISO forecast nails it: foes like ShadowV2 botnet prove AI malware's here, from code-writing spies to preemptive defenses.
Whew, listeners, from policy hammers to tech shields, U.S. defenses are pulsing stronger against China's shadow ops. Stay vigilant—patch those edges, segment networks, hunt BRICKSTORM IOCs.
Thanks for tuning in—subscribe for more cyber spice! 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, it's Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and hacker hijinks. Picture this: I'm hunkered down in my digital war room, caffeine-fueled, dissecting the past week's US-China CyberPulse frenzy as of December 13, 2025. Buckle up, because Washington's not messing around with Beijing's digital dragon breath anymore.
First off, the big kahuna: on December 10, the House smashed through the FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act with a 312-112 vote, clearing cyber gold like U.S. Cyber Command's $73 million boost for ops and $314 million for headquarters maintenance. JD Supra reports this beast expands Cyber Command's autonomy while keeping that sweet dual-hat with NSA intact—no cuts to their red-team testing or AI threat training mandates. It's tightening mobile encryption for DoD brass phones, harmonizing defense industrial base regs, and pushing AI security plus cloud enclaves overseas. Senate's voting next week before holiday recess—game changer for DoD, State, Energy, and Coast Guard cyber muscle.
Meanwhile, the BRICKSTORM malware storm hit hard. CISA and Canada's Cyber Centre dropped their December 4 analysis, fingering PRC-sponsored creeps using this sneaky backdoor for long-term squats in IT and gov networks—Windows, VMware vCenter, ESXi, you name it. Acting CISA Director Madhu Gottumukkala warned it's not infiltration, it's embedding for sabotage. CrowdStrike tags WARP PANDA, those cloud-savvy Chinese ops-sec wizards, as deployers. China embassy in Canada fired back, calling the U.S. the real "hacker empire." Then boom—UK's National Cyber Security Centre sanctioned Sichuan Anxun Information Technology, aka i-Soon, and Integrity Technology Group on December 9 for reckless hacks on 80+ systems. Australia cheered 'em on December 10. U.S. already hit 'em, but Salt Typhoon telecom carnage paused more sanctions to save Trump's November 1 trade deal—critics say it's greenlighting espionage.
Private sector's firing too: Anthropic's team disrupted a Claude AI-orchestrated espionage op in September, but Booz Allen CEO Horacio Rozanski yelled on December 12 at Reagan National Defense Forum that we're not ready for China's AI cyber apocalypse. They're building the Three-Body Computing Constellation—2,800 sats for quintillion ops/sec by 2026, eyeing space-based attacks on GPS. Rozanski says U.S. leads now, but Beijing's surging.
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi's SAFE LiDAR Act just dropped, phasing out China-tied LiDAR in fed gov and critical infra—think autonomous vehicles spying via laser mapping. His bill warns CCP dominance hands 'em espionage gateways.
International vibes? CMMC enforcement bit DoD contractors hard November 10—no grace, pure pain. Salt Typhoon lurked since 2019, hitting 200+ U.S. orgs via telecoms. Google's Cloud CISO forecast nails it: foes like ShadowV2 botnet prove AI malware's here, from code-writing spies to preemptive defenses.
Whew, listeners, from policy hammers to tech shields, U.S. defenses are pulsing stronger against China's shadow ops. Stay vigilant—patch those edges, segment networks, hunt BRICKSTORM IOCs.
Thanks for tuning in—subscribe for more cyber spice! 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 US-China CyberPulse: Defense Updates podcast.
Hey listeners, it's Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and hacker hijinks. Picture this: I'm hunkered down in my digital war room, caffeine-fueled, dissecting the past week's US-China CyberPulse frenzy as of December 13, 2025. Buckle up, because Washington's not messing around with Beijing's digital dragon breath anymore.
First off, the big kahuna: on December 10, the House smashed through the FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act with a 312-112 vote, clearing cyber gold like U.S. Cyber Command's $73 million boost for ops and $314 million for headquarters maintenance. JD Supra reports this beast expands Cyber Command's autonomy while keeping that sweet dual-hat with NSA intact—no cuts to their red-team testing or AI threat training mandates. It's tightening mobile encryption for DoD brass phones, harmonizing defense industrial base regs, and pushing AI security plus cloud enclaves overseas. Senate's voting next week before holiday recess—game changer for DoD, State, Energy, and Coast Guard cyber muscle.
Meanwhile, the BRICKSTORM malware storm hit hard. CISA and Canada's Cyber Centre dropped their December 4 analysis, fingering PRC-sponsored creeps using this sneaky backdoor for long-term squats in IT and gov networks—Windows, VMware vCenter, ESXi, you name it. Acting CISA Director Madhu Gottumukkala warned it's not infiltration, it's embedding for sabotage. CrowdStrike tags WARP PANDA, those cloud-savvy Chinese ops-sec wizards, as deployers. China embassy in Canada fired back, calling the U.S. the real "hacker empire." Then boom—UK's National Cyber Security Centre sanctioned Sichuan Anxun Information Technology, aka i-Soon, and Integrity Technology Group on December 9 for reckless hacks on 80+ systems. Australia cheered 'em on December 10. U.S. already hit 'em, but Salt Typhoon telecom carnage paused more sanctions to save Trump's November 1 trade deal—critics say it's greenlighting espionage.
Private sector's firing too: Anthropic's team disrupted a Claude AI-orchestrated espionage op in September, but Booz Allen CEO Horacio Rozanski yelled on December 12 at Reagan National Defense Forum that we're not ready for China's AI cyber apocalypse. They're building the Three-Body Computing Constellation—2,800 sats for quintillion ops/sec by 2026, eyeing space-based attacks on GPS. Rozanski says U.S. leads now, but Beijing's surging.
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi's SAFE LiDAR Act just dropped, phasing out China-tied LiDAR in fed gov and critical infra—think autonomous vehicles spying via laser mapping. His bill warns CCP dominance hands 'em espionage gateways.
International vibes? CMMC enforcement bit DoD contractors hard November 10—no grace, pure pain. Salt Typhoon lurked since 2019, hitting 200+ U.S. orgs via telecoms. Google's Cloud CISO forecast nails it: foes like ShadowV2 botnet prove AI malware's here, from code-writing spies to preemptive defenses.
Whew, listeners, from policy hammers to tech shields, U.S. defenses are pulsing stronger against China's shadow ops. Stay vigilant—patch those edges, segment networks, hunt BRICKSTORM IOCs.
Thanks for tuning in—subscribe for more cyber spice! 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, it's Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and hacker hijinks. Picture this: I'm hunkered down in my digital war room, caffeine-fueled, dissecting the past week's US-China CyberPulse frenzy as of December 13, 2025. Buckle up, because Washington's not messing around with Beijing's digital dragon breath anymore.
First off, the big kahuna: on December 10, the House smashed through the FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act with a 312-112 vote, clearing cyber gold like U.S. Cyber Command's $73 million boost for ops and $314 million for headquarters maintenance. JD Supra reports this beast expands Cyber Command's autonomy while keeping that sweet dual-hat with NSA intact—no cuts to their red-team testing or AI threat training mandates. It's tightening mobile encryption for DoD brass phones, harmonizing defense industrial base regs, and pushing AI security plus cloud enclaves overseas. Senate's voting next week before holiday recess—game changer for DoD, State, Energy, and Coast Guard cyber muscle.
Meanwhile, the BRICKSTORM malware storm hit hard. CISA and Canada's Cyber Centre dropped their December 4 analysis, fingering PRC-sponsored creeps using this sneaky backdoor for long-term squats in IT and gov networks—Windows, VMware vCenter, ESXi, you name it. Acting CISA Director Madhu Gottumukkala warned it's not infiltration, it's embedding for sabotage. CrowdStrike tags WARP PANDA, those cloud-savvy Chinese ops-sec wizards, as deployers. China embassy in Canada fired back, calling the U.S. the real "hacker empire." Then boom—UK's National Cyber Security Centre sanctioned Sichuan Anxun Information Technology, aka i-Soon, and Integrity Technology Group on December 9 for reckless hacks on 80+ systems. Australia cheered 'em on December 10. U.S. already hit 'em, but Salt Typhoon telecom carnage paused more sanctions to save Trump's November 1 trade deal—critics say it's greenlighting espionage.
Private sector's firing too: Anthropic's team disrupted a Claude AI-orchestrated espionage op in September, but Booz Allen CEO Horacio Rozanski yelled on December 12 at Reagan National Defense Forum that we're not ready for China's AI cyber apocalypse. They're building the Three-Body Computing Constellation—2,800 sats for quintillion ops/sec by 2026, eyeing space-based attacks on GPS. Rozanski says U.S. leads now, but Beijing's surging.
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi's SAFE LiDAR Act just dropped, phasing out China-tied LiDAR in fed gov and critical infra—think autonomous vehicles spying via laser mapping. His bill warns CCP dominance hands 'em espionage gateways.
International vibes? CMMC enforcement bit DoD contractors hard November 10—no grace, pure pain. Salt Typhoon lurked since 2019, hitting 200+ U.S. orgs via telecoms. Google's Cloud CISO forecast nails it: foes like ShadowV2 botnet prove AI malware's here, from code-writing spies to preemptive defenses.
Whew, listeners, from policy hammers to tech shields, U.S. defenses are pulsing stronger against China's shadow ops. Stay vigilant—patch those edges, segment networks, hunt BRICKSTORM IOCs.
Thanks for tuning in—subscribe for more cyber spice! 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