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This is your Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege podcast.
Call me Ting, your cyber-sleuthing insider! This week in Dragon’s Code: America Under Cyber Siege, the battlefield is digital, the enemy wears no uniform, and the attacks—oh, they're getting cleverer by the hour. If you blinked, you might have missed the latest wave of Chinese cyber operations hitting US infrastructure. So grab your coffee; let’s dive right in.
The headline: sophisticated Chinese state-sponsored groups, notably those behind Volt Typhoon and the latest incarnation—Salt Typhoon—have ramped up intrusions. Their target list reads like a “who’s who” of American backbone: data centers, telecom giants, and yes, even our ever-present internet providers. Digital Realty and Comcast were both fingered as likely victims in the latest wave, with hackers burrowing deep into both residential and enterprise environments, siphoning data and scouting for digital pressure points.
The methodologies? Think zero-day exploits that even seasoned analysts at CISA had to scramble to patch. Salt Typhoon’s playbook relies on living-off-the-land tactics: hijacking legitimate system tools, dodging conventional antivirus, and leaving minimal traces. They’re leveraging supply chain vulnerabilities and remote management protocols that, frankly, many organizations didn’t even realize were open doors. The result? Stealthy persistence—for instance, Chinese actors were squatting in segments of the US electric grid for a jaw-dropping 300 days last year, undetected.
Attribution has become increasingly bulletproof. The infamous Geneva summit last December revealed what many suspected—Chinese officials themselves, in a moment of indirect candor, essentially admitted to orchestrating Volt Typhoon attacks as a calculated warning, especially in response to US support for Taiwan. That’s not just technical indicators talking; that’s diplomatic confirmation.
Now the playbook for defense: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) kicked off a sector-wide rapid response, while Congress, led by both Republican and Democratic lawmakers like Rep. Jane Augustine and Senator Mark Liu, demanded clarity on who’s quarterbacking America’s digital defense. Network segmentation, stricter access controls, and real-time threat intelligence sharing became the week’s mantras. Data centers rushed to audit supply chains, and telecoms launched proactive hunts for suspicious lateral movement.
Cybersecurity experts, like Mandiant’s Jen Yu and Professor Harold Booker from MIT, emphasized the sophistication of these operations, noting their “surgical patience” and focus on long-term disruption capability rather than smash-and-grab theft.
So, what’s the lesson as the dust settles? First: the days of brute force and ransomware are yesterday’s news. China’s game is long-term disruption—subtle, persistent access to critical systems, ready to be activated if geopolitical tensions heat up, particularly over Taiwan. Second: attribution isn’t enough; we need relentless vigilance, robust incident response, and—above all—a united front between public and private sectors.
There you have it—straight from Ting’s terminal: the cyber siege is real, the players are known, and the battle is on. Stay patched, stay paranoid, and keep your digital shields high!
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
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Call me Ting, your cyber-sleuthing insider! This week in Dragon’s Code: America Under Cyber Siege, the battlefield is digital, the enemy wears no uniform, and the attacks—oh, they're getting cleverer by the hour. If you blinked, you might have missed the latest wave of Chinese cyber operations hitting US infrastructure. So grab your coffee; let’s dive right in.
The headline: sophisticated Chinese state-sponsored groups, notably those behind Volt Typhoon and the latest incarnation—Salt Typhoon—have ramped up intrusions. Their target list reads like a “who’s who” of American backbone: data centers, telecom giants, and yes, even our ever-present internet providers. Digital Realty and Comcast were both fingered as likely victims in the latest wave, with hackers burrowing deep into both residential and enterprise environments, siphoning data and scouting for digital pressure points.
The methodologies? Think zero-day exploits that even seasoned analysts at CISA had to scramble to patch. Salt Typhoon’s playbook relies on living-off-the-land tactics: hijacking legitimate system tools, dodging conventional antivirus, and leaving minimal traces. They’re leveraging supply chain vulnerabilities and remote management protocols that, frankly, many organizations didn’t even realize were open doors. The result? Stealthy persistence—for instance, Chinese actors were squatting in segments of the US electric grid for a jaw-dropping 300 days last year, undetected.
Attribution has become increasingly bulletproof. The infamous Geneva summit last December revealed what many suspected—Chinese officials themselves, in a moment of indirect candor, essentially admitted to orchestrating Volt Typhoon attacks as a calculated warning, especially in response to US support for Taiwan. That’s not just technical indicators talking; that’s diplomatic confirmation.
Now the playbook for defense: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) kicked off a sector-wide rapid response, while Congress, led by both Republican and Democratic lawmakers like Rep. Jane Augustine and Senator Mark Liu, demanded clarity on who’s quarterbacking America’s digital defense. Network segmentation, stricter access controls, and real-time threat intelligence sharing became the week’s mantras. Data centers rushed to audit supply chains, and telecoms launched proactive hunts for suspicious lateral movement.
Cybersecurity experts, like Mandiant’s Jen Yu and Professor Harold Booker from MIT, emphasized the sophistication of these operations, noting their “surgical patience” and focus on long-term disruption capability rather than smash-and-grab theft.
So, what’s the lesson as the dust settles? First: the days of brute force and ransomware are yesterday’s news. China’s game is long-term disruption—subtle, persistent access to critical systems, ready to be activated if geopolitical tensions heat up, particularly over Taiwan. Second: attribution isn’t enough; we need relentless vigilance, robust incident response, and—above all—a united front between public and private sectors.
There you have it—straight from Ting’s terminal: the cyber siege is real, the players are known, and the battle is on. Stay patched, stay paranoid, and keep your digital shields high!
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
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By Quiet. PleaseThis is your Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege podcast.
Call me Ting, your cyber-sleuthing insider! This week in Dragon’s Code: America Under Cyber Siege, the battlefield is digital, the enemy wears no uniform, and the attacks—oh, they're getting cleverer by the hour. If you blinked, you might have missed the latest wave of Chinese cyber operations hitting US infrastructure. So grab your coffee; let’s dive right in.
The headline: sophisticated Chinese state-sponsored groups, notably those behind Volt Typhoon and the latest incarnation—Salt Typhoon—have ramped up intrusions. Their target list reads like a “who’s who” of American backbone: data centers, telecom giants, and yes, even our ever-present internet providers. Digital Realty and Comcast were both fingered as likely victims in the latest wave, with hackers burrowing deep into both residential and enterprise environments, siphoning data and scouting for digital pressure points.
The methodologies? Think zero-day exploits that even seasoned analysts at CISA had to scramble to patch. Salt Typhoon’s playbook relies on living-off-the-land tactics: hijacking legitimate system tools, dodging conventional antivirus, and leaving minimal traces. They’re leveraging supply chain vulnerabilities and remote management protocols that, frankly, many organizations didn’t even realize were open doors. The result? Stealthy persistence—for instance, Chinese actors were squatting in segments of the US electric grid for a jaw-dropping 300 days last year, undetected.
Attribution has become increasingly bulletproof. The infamous Geneva summit last December revealed what many suspected—Chinese officials themselves, in a moment of indirect candor, essentially admitted to orchestrating Volt Typhoon attacks as a calculated warning, especially in response to US support for Taiwan. That’s not just technical indicators talking; that’s diplomatic confirmation.
Now the playbook for defense: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) kicked off a sector-wide rapid response, while Congress, led by both Republican and Democratic lawmakers like Rep. Jane Augustine and Senator Mark Liu, demanded clarity on who’s quarterbacking America’s digital defense. Network segmentation, stricter access controls, and real-time threat intelligence sharing became the week’s mantras. Data centers rushed to audit supply chains, and telecoms launched proactive hunts for suspicious lateral movement.
Cybersecurity experts, like Mandiant’s Jen Yu and Professor Harold Booker from MIT, emphasized the sophistication of these operations, noting their “surgical patience” and focus on long-term disruption capability rather than smash-and-grab theft.
So, what’s the lesson as the dust settles? First: the days of brute force and ransomware are yesterday’s news. China’s game is long-term disruption—subtle, persistent access to critical systems, ready to be activated if geopolitical tensions heat up, particularly over Taiwan. Second: attribution isn’t enough; we need relentless vigilance, robust incident response, and—above all—a united front between public and private sectors.
There you have it—straight from Ting’s terminal: the cyber siege is real, the players are known, and the battle is on. Stay patched, stay paranoid, and keep your digital shields high!
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
Call me Ting, your cyber-sleuthing insider! This week in Dragon’s Code: America Under Cyber Siege, the battlefield is digital, the enemy wears no uniform, and the attacks—oh, they're getting cleverer by the hour. If you blinked, you might have missed the latest wave of Chinese cyber operations hitting US infrastructure. So grab your coffee; let’s dive right in.
The headline: sophisticated Chinese state-sponsored groups, notably those behind Volt Typhoon and the latest incarnation—Salt Typhoon—have ramped up intrusions. Their target list reads like a “who’s who” of American backbone: data centers, telecom giants, and yes, even our ever-present internet providers. Digital Realty and Comcast were both fingered as likely victims in the latest wave, with hackers burrowing deep into both residential and enterprise environments, siphoning data and scouting for digital pressure points.
The methodologies? Think zero-day exploits that even seasoned analysts at CISA had to scramble to patch. Salt Typhoon’s playbook relies on living-off-the-land tactics: hijacking legitimate system tools, dodging conventional antivirus, and leaving minimal traces. They’re leveraging supply chain vulnerabilities and remote management protocols that, frankly, many organizations didn’t even realize were open doors. The result? Stealthy persistence—for instance, Chinese actors were squatting in segments of the US electric grid for a jaw-dropping 300 days last year, undetected.
Attribution has become increasingly bulletproof. The infamous Geneva summit last December revealed what many suspected—Chinese officials themselves, in a moment of indirect candor, essentially admitted to orchestrating Volt Typhoon attacks as a calculated warning, especially in response to US support for Taiwan. That’s not just technical indicators talking; that’s diplomatic confirmation.
Now the playbook for defense: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) kicked off a sector-wide rapid response, while Congress, led by both Republican and Democratic lawmakers like Rep. Jane Augustine and Senator Mark Liu, demanded clarity on who’s quarterbacking America’s digital defense. Network segmentation, stricter access controls, and real-time threat intelligence sharing became the week’s mantras. Data centers rushed to audit supply chains, and telecoms launched proactive hunts for suspicious lateral movement.
Cybersecurity experts, like Mandiant’s Jen Yu and Professor Harold Booker from MIT, emphasized the sophistication of these operations, noting their “surgical patience” and focus on long-term disruption capability rather than smash-and-grab theft.
So, what’s the lesson as the dust settles? First: the days of brute force and ransomware are yesterday’s news. China’s game is long-term disruption—subtle, persistent access to critical systems, ready to be activated if geopolitical tensions heat up, particularly over Taiwan. Second: attribution isn’t enough; we need relentless vigilance, robust incident response, and—above all—a united front between public and private sectors.
There you have it—straight from Ting’s terminal: the cyber siege is real, the players are known, and the battle is on. Stay patched, stay paranoid, and keep your digital shields high!
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta