This is your China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense podcast.

My name is Ting, and you’re tuned in to China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense. Strap in, my friends—the digital battlefield is absolutely sizzling, and no US sector is off-limits.

Let’s talk lightning-fast about what just rocked the cyber world in the last 24 hours. US cybersecurity authorities woke up to one spicy threat: a fresh strain of AI-powered malware discovered by Falcon Feeds targeting critical infrastructure and the financial sector. This little beast uses zero-day exploits, meaning it sneaks in before developers even know there's a problem. HackerStrike, one of the big players right now, is scrambling to tighten detection for these ransomware attacks after seeing attackers deploy unpatched vulnerabilities with astonishing accuracy.

Now, who’s feeling the heat? Today, it’s not just banks or utilities. The energy sector was hit hard—twenty-three pipeline operators across the US found themselves compromised, with malicious Chinese actors planting digital back doors. There’s panic because access wasn’t used immediately; they’re lying in wait for maximum havoc potential. That revelation was dropped courtesy of a new coalition advisory, with the US and allies like Germany and Japan slapping public warnings on the activities of three Chinese companies: Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology, Beijing Huanyu Tianqiong Information Technology, and Sichuan Zhixin Ruijie Network Technology. Apparently, these companies are essentially cyber-ammo suppliers for China’s intelligence agencies.

Let’s pause to appreciate the genius of Salt Typhoon, one of the more persistent Chinese threat actors. The US Treasury has already sanctioned Sichuan Juxinhe for funneling Americans' call records—including sensitive government chatter—to Beijing. Salt Typhoon and friends keep finding wild new ways to gobble up our secrets, from scheduled task code injections to smarter phishing campaigns.

Switching gears—just as US officials were gearing up for tough trade negotiations with China, officials at the FBI and CISA tore into an urgent threat: a malware-stuffed phishing email campaign impersonating Rep. John Moolenaar. The goal? Siphon intelligence and sabotage US leverage. The probe is running hot, and CISA has slammed a new bulletin out to all federal agencies with two mandatory actions: update spam filters to block spoofed addresses, and roll out emergency patches for any systems running vulnerable email clients.

As for defensive moves, AttackIQ pushed an update for countering advanced persistent threats, specifically Salt Typhoon, while Cloud9 doubled down on cognitive threat management. CISA’s action plan urges every government and commercial network to adopt zero-trust frameworks, run continuous threat assessments, and double-check vendor supply chains.

And for the cherry on top: a House Select Committee bombshell landed Friday showing the Pentagon unintentionally bankrolled joint research with Chinese military-linked universities—over 700 grants, $2.5 billion, and military-grade tech. Chairman John Moolenaar is behind new legislation to lock down research partnerships and keep the bad guys at arm’s length.

That’s your cyber blitz for today—critical sectors hit, new malware doing victory laps, and US agencies racing to shut doors faster than you can say Salt Typhoon. Thanks for joining me, Ting, in this wild world of China-US cyber chess! Subscribe for tomorrow’s scoop, because these hackers never sleep. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.

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