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This is your Red Alert: China's Daily Cyber Moves podcast.
Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth with a front-row seat to China's digital shadow war. Buckle up, because the past few days have been a red-alert frenzy with Salt Typhoon, that notorious PRC-linked crew also dubbed FamousSparrow and UNC2286, tearing through US telecoms like a hacker hurricane. FortiGuard Labs nails them as espionage pros operating since 2019, zeroing in on US ISPs for juicy law enforcement data grabs.
Flash back to early February: Wall Street Journal dropped the bomb that Salt Typhoon infiltrated multiple US internet providers, slurping up wiretap records and call data on Americans, including politicians. CISA and the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security echoed this in their joint bulletin, warning of a global espionage blitz targeting telecom giants—think Verizon, AT&T shadows—from Southeast Asia to Africa. By February 13th, CISA fired off alerts on exploited SolarWinds Web Help Desk flaws, with Microsoft and Huntress spotting attackers using them as beachheads into networks. Yesterday, February 14th, it escalated: over 300 malicious Chrome extensions were busted leaking user data, per Ransomware Clock, while hackers probed freshly patched BeyondTrust RCE bugs (CVE-2026-1731) in US Treasury-linked tools—echoes of their 2024 zero-day hit.
Today's vibe, February 15th at 7 PM UTC? No fresh CISA/FBI emergency blasts, but the timeline screams persistence: Salt Typhoon's still lurking in ISP routers, pivoting to AI-automated attacks as ABC News reported U.S. officials flagging Chinese hackers weaponizing AI for phishing and deepfakes. New patterns? They're chaining unpatched Exchange servers—29,000 exposed online—and WinRAR zero-days for lateral moves, per InfoSec Industry and Help Net Security. Compromised systems include telco core networks, risking mass surveillance.
Defensive playbook, straight from CISA/FBI/NSA ransomware guides: Scan backups with AV now, report to us-cert.cisa.gov or your local FBI field office pronto, and apply incident response from the Five Eyes joint advisory—hunt malicious activity like pros. Patch SolarWinds, BeyondTrust, Notepad++ (CVE-2026-20841), everything from Microsoft's February Patch Tuesday.
Escalation scenarios? If unchecked, this morphs into full-spectrum dominance: AI-driven DDoS via hijacked domain controllers (Win-DDoS style, DEF CON warned), or proxy botnets from trojanized 7-Zip downloads turning your rig into Beijing's relay. Picture Salt Typhoon exfiltrating election wiretaps pre-2026 midterms, sparking diplomatic nukes—or worse, kinetic retaliation if they hit critical infra like power grids.
Stay frosty, listeners: multi-factor everything, segment networks, and hunt anomalies with EDR tools. China's not slowing; we're in the eye of the typhoon.
Thanks for tuning in—subscribe for more intel 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 with a front-row seat to China's digital shadow war. Buckle up, because the past few days have been a red-alert frenzy with Salt Typhoon, that notorious PRC-linked crew also dubbed FamousSparrow and UNC2286, tearing through US telecoms like a hacker hurricane. FortiGuard Labs nails them as espionage pros operating since 2019, zeroing in on US ISPs for juicy law enforcement data grabs.
Flash back to early February: Wall Street Journal dropped the bomb that Salt Typhoon infiltrated multiple US internet providers, slurping up wiretap records and call data on Americans, including politicians. CISA and the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security echoed this in their joint bulletin, warning of a global espionage blitz targeting telecom giants—think Verizon, AT&T shadows—from Southeast Asia to Africa. By February 13th, CISA fired off alerts on exploited SolarWinds Web Help Desk flaws, with Microsoft and Huntress spotting attackers using them as beachheads into networks. Yesterday, February 14th, it escalated: over 300 malicious Chrome extensions were busted leaking user data, per Ransomware Clock, while hackers probed freshly patched BeyondTrust RCE bugs (CVE-2026-1731) in US Treasury-linked tools—echoes of their 2024 zero-day hit.
Today's vibe, February 15th at 7 PM UTC? No fresh CISA/FBI emergency blasts, but the timeline screams persistence: Salt Typhoon's still lurking in ISP routers, pivoting to AI-automated attacks as ABC News reported U.S. officials flagging Chinese hackers weaponizing AI for phishing and deepfakes. New patterns? They're chaining unpatched Exchange servers—29,000 exposed online—and WinRAR zero-days for lateral moves, per InfoSec Industry and Help Net Security. Compromised systems include telco core networks, risking mass surveillance.
Defensive playbook, straight from CISA/FBI/NSA ransomware guides: Scan backups with AV now, report to us-cert.cisa.gov or your local FBI field office pronto, and apply incident response from the Five Eyes joint advisory—hunt malicious activity like pros. Patch SolarWinds, BeyondTrust, Notepad++ (CVE-2026-20841), everything from Microsoft's February Patch Tuesday.
Escalation scenarios? If unchecked, this morphs into full-spectrum dominance: AI-driven DDoS via hijacked domain controllers (Win-DDoS style, DEF CON warned), or proxy botnets from trojanized 7-Zip downloads turning your rig into Beijing's relay. Picture Salt Typhoon exfiltrating election wiretaps pre-2026 midterms, sparking diplomatic nukes—or worse, kinetic retaliation if they hit critical infra like power grids.
Stay frosty, listeners: multi-factor everything, segment networks, and hunt anomalies with EDR tools. China's not slowing; we're in the eye of the typhoon.
Thanks for tuning in—subscribe for more intel 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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By Inception Point AiThis is your Red Alert: China's Daily Cyber Moves podcast.
Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth with a front-row seat to China's digital shadow war. Buckle up, because the past few days have been a red-alert frenzy with Salt Typhoon, that notorious PRC-linked crew also dubbed FamousSparrow and UNC2286, tearing through US telecoms like a hacker hurricane. FortiGuard Labs nails them as espionage pros operating since 2019, zeroing in on US ISPs for juicy law enforcement data grabs.
Flash back to early February: Wall Street Journal dropped the bomb that Salt Typhoon infiltrated multiple US internet providers, slurping up wiretap records and call data on Americans, including politicians. CISA and the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security echoed this in their joint bulletin, warning of a global espionage blitz targeting telecom giants—think Verizon, AT&T shadows—from Southeast Asia to Africa. By February 13th, CISA fired off alerts on exploited SolarWinds Web Help Desk flaws, with Microsoft and Huntress spotting attackers using them as beachheads into networks. Yesterday, February 14th, it escalated: over 300 malicious Chrome extensions were busted leaking user data, per Ransomware Clock, while hackers probed freshly patched BeyondTrust RCE bugs (CVE-2026-1731) in US Treasury-linked tools—echoes of their 2024 zero-day hit.
Today's vibe, February 15th at 7 PM UTC? No fresh CISA/FBI emergency blasts, but the timeline screams persistence: Salt Typhoon's still lurking in ISP routers, pivoting to AI-automated attacks as ABC News reported U.S. officials flagging Chinese hackers weaponizing AI for phishing and deepfakes. New patterns? They're chaining unpatched Exchange servers—29,000 exposed online—and WinRAR zero-days for lateral moves, per InfoSec Industry and Help Net Security. Compromised systems include telco core networks, risking mass surveillance.
Defensive playbook, straight from CISA/FBI/NSA ransomware guides: Scan backups with AV now, report to us-cert.cisa.gov or your local FBI field office pronto, and apply incident response from the Five Eyes joint advisory—hunt malicious activity like pros. Patch SolarWinds, BeyondTrust, Notepad++ (CVE-2026-20841), everything from Microsoft's February Patch Tuesday.
Escalation scenarios? If unchecked, this morphs into full-spectrum dominance: AI-driven DDoS via hijacked domain controllers (Win-DDoS style, DEF CON warned), or proxy botnets from trojanized 7-Zip downloads turning your rig into Beijing's relay. Picture Salt Typhoon exfiltrating election wiretaps pre-2026 midterms, sparking diplomatic nukes—or worse, kinetic retaliation if they hit critical infra like power grids.
Stay frosty, listeners: multi-factor everything, segment networks, and hunt anomalies with EDR tools. China's not slowing; we're in the eye of the typhoon.
Thanks for tuning in—subscribe for more intel 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 with a front-row seat to China's digital shadow war. Buckle up, because the past few days have been a red-alert frenzy with Salt Typhoon, that notorious PRC-linked crew also dubbed FamousSparrow and UNC2286, tearing through US telecoms like a hacker hurricane. FortiGuard Labs nails them as espionage pros operating since 2019, zeroing in on US ISPs for juicy law enforcement data grabs.
Flash back to early February: Wall Street Journal dropped the bomb that Salt Typhoon infiltrated multiple US internet providers, slurping up wiretap records and call data on Americans, including politicians. CISA and the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security echoed this in their joint bulletin, warning of a global espionage blitz targeting telecom giants—think Verizon, AT&T shadows—from Southeast Asia to Africa. By February 13th, CISA fired off alerts on exploited SolarWinds Web Help Desk flaws, with Microsoft and Huntress spotting attackers using them as beachheads into networks. Yesterday, February 14th, it escalated: over 300 malicious Chrome extensions were busted leaking user data, per Ransomware Clock, while hackers probed freshly patched BeyondTrust RCE bugs (CVE-2026-1731) in US Treasury-linked tools—echoes of their 2024 zero-day hit.
Today's vibe, February 15th at 7 PM UTC? No fresh CISA/FBI emergency blasts, but the timeline screams persistence: Salt Typhoon's still lurking in ISP routers, pivoting to AI-automated attacks as ABC News reported U.S. officials flagging Chinese hackers weaponizing AI for phishing and deepfakes. New patterns? They're chaining unpatched Exchange servers—29,000 exposed online—and WinRAR zero-days for lateral moves, per InfoSec Industry and Help Net Security. Compromised systems include telco core networks, risking mass surveillance.
Defensive playbook, straight from CISA/FBI/NSA ransomware guides: Scan backups with AV now, report to us-cert.cisa.gov or your local FBI field office pronto, and apply incident response from the Five Eyes joint advisory—hunt malicious activity like pros. Patch SolarWinds, BeyondTrust, Notepad++ (CVE-2026-20841), everything from Microsoft's February Patch Tuesday.
Escalation scenarios? If unchecked, this morphs into full-spectrum dominance: AI-driven DDoS via hijacked domain controllers (Win-DDoS style, DEF CON warned), or proxy botnets from trojanized 7-Zip downloads turning your rig into Beijing's relay. Picture Salt Typhoon exfiltrating election wiretaps pre-2026 midterms, sparking diplomatic nukes—or worse, kinetic retaliation if they hit critical infra like power grids.
Stay frosty, listeners: multi-factor everything, segment networks, and hunt anomalies with EDR tools. China's not slowing; we're in the eye of the typhoon.
Thanks for tuning in—subscribe for more intel 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