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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth on all things China hacks hitting US tech defenses. Picture this: it's December 15, 2025, and the last 24 hours have been a fireworks show of Beijing's digital ninjas probing our grids. Google's Threat Intelligence Group just dropped a bombshell over the weekend, linking five fresh China-nexus crews—UNC6600, UNC6586, UNC6588, UNC6603, and UNC6595—to exploiting the React2Shell zero-day, CVE-2025-55182. These bad boys are slamming virtualized setups like VMware vSphere, dropping payloads like MINOCAT tunneling tools, SNOWLIGHT downloaders, COMPOOD backdoors, upgr...

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Hey listeners, I’m Ting, your friendly neighborhood China–cyber obsessive, and today’s China Hack Report is…busy.

Let’s start with what Virginia Senator Mark Warner just called out as “still ongoing”: the Chinese Salt Typhoon campaign burrowed deep into U.S. telecom networks. According to Newsmax’s report on Warner’s briefing, Chinese intelligence is still inside core carrier gear, quietly sampling unencrypted voice and signaling traffic across the country, while the FBI and other intel shops argue over how “clean” the networks really are. T...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth on all things China hacks hitting US tech defenses. Buckle up, because the last 24 hours as of December 13 have been a whirlwind of urgent patches and fresh alerts—let's dive straight into the chaos.

Picture this: I'm sipping my late-night baijiu-laced coffee when CISA drops the hammer on React2Shell, that nasty CVE-2025-55182 with a perfect CVSS 10.0 score. Just yesterday, December 12, they revised the federal patch deadline to immediate action, no more lollygagging till December 26. Why? Ch...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with your China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense. Buckle up, we’re going straight into the hot zone of the last 24 hours.

The headline today is one word: React2Shell. The maximum‑severity CVE-2025-55182 bug in React Server Components is now the zero-day of choice for multiple China‑nexus crews. UpGuard reports that CISA has slammed it into the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog after confirmed active exploitation, and Amazon’s threat intel team says Chinese state-linked groups Earth Lamia, Jackpot...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with your China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense, so let’s jack straight into the console.

In the last 24 hours the big story is React2Shell, the critical React Server Components bug tracked as CVE-2025-55182. Amazon’s security team and CISO C.J. Moses say China‑nexus crews Earth Lamia and Jackpot Panda are hammering this flaw across the globe, including thousands of Internet‑facing systems in the United States, with a clear focus on finance, logistics, retail, IT provider...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with your China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense, and today we’re diving straight into the freshest incursions on the digital front line.

Let’s start with the big new celebrity in malware hell: the Go-based backdoor BRICKSTORM. According to CISA, the NSA, and the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, this tool is being run by People’s Republic of China state-sponsored actors to burrow deep into US and Canadian government and information technology networks. The advisory, covered by outlets like T...

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Alright listeners, I'm Ting, and if you thought the cyber threat landscape was calm lately, buckle up because things just got absolutely wild. Over the past forty-eight hours, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the National Security Agency, and Canada's Cyber Security Centre dropped a bombshell report that's got everyone in the defensive trenches working overtime.

Meet Brickstorm, a nightmare-fuel backdoor that's been quietly embedding itself into American networks since at least 2022. According to CISA, NSA, and the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security...

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Hey listeners, I'm Ting, and buckle up because the last 24 hours in the China-linked cyber world have been absolutely wild. We're talking about state-sponsored actors getting more creative, more aggressive, and honestly, more terrifying than ever before.

Let me hit you with the headline that should have every executive in America losing sleep right now. According to reporting from WBUR on Point, Chinese state-sponsored hackers just gained access to US Treasury workstations and documents earlier this month. But here's where it gets spicy—these operators ar...

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Hey listeners, Ting here. If you thought last week was spicy in the cybersecurity world, buckle up because the past 24 hours have been absolutely wild, and honestly, China's not even trying to hide anymore.

Let's jump straight into it. According to cybersecurity firm Mandiant, which is owned by Google, we're looking at a sophisticated Chinese hacking campaign that's infiltrated US software developers and law firms. These aren't your garden-variety breaches either. We're talking about attackers who've been quietly lurking in corporate networks for over a...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with your daily China Hack Report. Buckle up because the cyber landscape just got spicier than my last dim sum order, and frankly, we've got some serious developments to unpack.

First up, let's talk about the elephant in the room that's been stomping around for weeks but just keep getting bigger. The Salt Typhoon campaign targeting US telecommunications networks has officially hit critical mass. A former FBI official just confirmed that essentially every American has been potentially impacted by this Chinese...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, and boy do we have a cybersecurity rollercoaster to unpack today. It's November 28th, 2025, and the China-linked hacking crews are absolutely not taking a breather as we head into the holiday shopping season.

Let's kick off with the big one. Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, just revealed that Chinese state-sponsored hackers have weaponized AI itself to launch what they're calling the first large-scale AI-orchestrated cyberespionage campaign. Picture this: nearly thirty targets across the globe got hit, and here's the kicker—th...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with your daily China Hack Report. Buckle up because the past 24 hours have been absolutely wild in the cyber defense world, and there's some seriously gnarly stuff you need to know about.

Let's start with the headline that's got everyone's attention. A China-linked threat actor called APT24 has been running what Google Threat Intelligence Group is calling a three-year espionage campaign using previously undetected malware named BadAudio. This isn't your garden-variety attack. These folks started in 2022 with traditional spearphishing, but they've...

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All right listeners, Ting here—think of me as your cyber reconnaissance scout with a penchant for all things China Hack Report. Let’s jump straight into the good stuff, because who’s got time to spare when Beijing keeps spinning up trouble faster than you can finish writing your own firewall?

Now, if you want a headline for the last 24 hours, it’s “ShadowPad Rampage.” The AhnLab Security Intelligence Center just blew the lid off attacks using the ShadowPad backdoor—if you don’t know ShadowPad...

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If you thought last week was wild, buckle up, because the last 24 hours have been a full-on cyber circus, and China-linked threat actors are definitely the ringmasters. According to Western Illinois University’s Cybersecurity Center, the notorious APT31 group has been quietly infiltrating Russian IT companies using cloud services, but here’s the kicker—this is the same crew that’s been eyeing US interests for years. Symantec and Positive Technologies both confirm APT31’s stealthy moves, and if they’re targeting Russia, you know they’re not far from k...

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Hang tight, listeners—Ting here, your go-to for all things China, cyber, and hacking with a touch of sass. We’re cutting straight to the chase because the last 24 hours have thrown the U.S. tech defense world into the cyber equivalent of DEFCON 2.

The hottest chatter across threat feeds is Operation WrtHug, which SecurityScorecard just flagged as a China-linked APT campaign. Thousands of ASUS WRT routers—yes, those little boxes powering your home offices—are compromised globally. The hackers exploited a cocktail of legacy flaws, m...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, and hold on to your firewalls because today’s China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense is hotter than a datacenter in August. It’s November 17th, 2025, and if you’re in cyber, coffee isn’t cutting it; you need an incident response team on speed dial. Let’s get into the biggest developments from the last 24 hours because if you blinked, you missed the next big breach.

First up, Anthropic just dropped a bombshell: their latest report confirms the first ever AI-or...

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Welcome back, cyber sleuths—Ting here with your China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense for November 16th, 2025. Grab your encrypted mugs, because the last 24 hours have been a rollercoaster, and your firewall monocle might just fog up when you hear what’s gone down.

The top headline sneaking up on all our dashboards? Anthropic’s bombshell report that a Chinese state-group used their Claude AI to run what they claim is the world’s first mostly autonomous large-scale cyberattack. Get this—AI didn’t just write e...

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Hey listeners, Ting here—your daily dose of cyber wisdom, CISA tea, and spicy China-linked hacking drama coming in hot. Let's get straight into the juiciest cyber ops swirling around today, November 14, 2025. No fluff, just the goods—the last 24 hours have been wild.

First, can we talk about Anthropic? Yesterday, they blew open the first documented case of a Chinese state-sponsored group weaponizing an AI—Claude Code—for a full-blown cyber espionage campaign. Picture this: an AI executing 80 to 90 percent of the breach work, targeting about 30...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your friendly cyberspace tour guide, and I’ve got breaking updates from the overnight digital battlefield. If you left your firewalls running but your credit card in your back pocket, buckle up—China-linked hacking groups have been lighting up the boards again, with consequences echoing from Wall Street to industrial shop floors.

Let’s start with what everyone’s talking about at US tech defense: Google, led by General Counsel Halimah DeLaine Prado, dropped a lawsuit yesterday hammering a China-based cybercriminal gang cal...

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You’re tuned in to China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense, I’m Ting—your cyber scout, your byte-sized news anchor, and the only person you want talking you through a Monday cyber storm. Buckle up, because today’s report is packed with hair-raising breaches, high-grade malware, and a little dash of AI-powered espionage.

Let’s cut to the chase: the Knownsec breach is the Chinese cyber elephant sitting on everyone’s firewall this week. Knownsec, a Beijing-based cybersecurity giant with deep government ties, suffered an...

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Hey listeners, I’m Ting, your one-woman firewall bursting with all the latest China cyber shenanigans! Buckle in: here’s what you’ve got to know about today’s critical China-linked activities hitting US tech and defense.

The top headline you literally cannot ignore: suspected Chinese state-backed hackers are in the spotlight for hammering the Congressional Budget Office in Washington. That’s not just any agency—they advise Congress on everything from spending to deficits. The breach, disclosed to congressional staff, may have exposed juicy details abou...

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Hey there, I’m Ting, your go-to for all things China, cyber, and—today especially—hacking drama in the US tech defense landscape. Buckle up, because the last 24 hours have been a digital roller coasters with a side order of government shutdown chaos and a main course of China-linked cyber intrigue.

Let’s jump right in with the headline-grabber: the Congressional Budget Office, or CBO, just got hit by a cyberattack suspected to be backed by Chinese state actors. CNN broke the story, and the email bl...

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Ting here, your daily byte of cyber-wit and frontline defense—by now, if you haven’t checked your patch levels, go do it on a second screen. China-linked threat activity isn’t just about data theft—today it’s like a buffet: file-sharing platforms, critical infrastructure, web servers, even our election machines, all under siege.

Let’s fire up today’s dashboard. Top of the leaderboard: CISA has ordered emergency patching across the federal enterprise as two critical vulnerabilities made the “pwned in the wild” list. First up, Gl...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your witty companion for all things China, hacking, and digital insanity. It's November 3, 2025, and the cyber threat board is lighting up faster than my espresso machine during Black Hat. I'm ditching the preamble—let's jump into the top China-linked cyber commotion shaking up US tech defense in the last 24 hours.

First up: malware news hotter than Sichuan pepper. Spotted by researchers at Palo Alto Networks, the China-nexus cluster CL SDA-1009 just unleashed their Airstalk malware—this nasty beast abuses VMware AirWatch and...

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Today is November 2nd, 2025, and you’re plugged into the cyber trenches with me, Ting, your friendly neighborhood China cyberwatcher! Buckle up, because the past 24 hours have been a blizzard of digital drama—packed with new malware, warnings, emergency patches, and even router bans that’d make your grandma’s TP-Link quake.

Let’s start with the most urgent news: the Department of Commerce, along with Defense and Homeland Security, is considering a total ban on TP-Link Wi-Fi routers in the U.S. after a recent int...

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Hey listeners, I’m Ting, your go-to for the juiciest cyber scoops, especially when China’s in the mix. Today’s Halloween, October 31, 2025, but trust me: the real scares are in cyber, not haunted houses. Let’s jump right into the latest hacks, malware frights, and official CISA alerts hitting US tech and defense over the past 24 hours—no spooky stories, just hard-hitting reality.

First, the showstopper: the just-uncovered VMware Tools and VMware Aria Operations vulnerability—CVE-2025-41244—has been in active exploitation by Chinese state hackers...

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This is Ting, coming at you with another China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense, and tonight’s theme is breakneck escalation. Let’s skip the appetizer and carve right into what mattered most for US cyber defense and why nobody in SecOps got much sleep last night.

First up, if you have anything running Microsoft WSUS, pay attention. Researchers at Gurucul and HackerNews confirmed that CVE-2025-59287—yeah, that’s a 9.8 on the “scream and unplug it” scale—continues to get hammered. Even after getting its so...

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Hello listeners, Ting here, your go-to for China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense—diving headfirst into the past 24 hours where digits met drama and national security had another sleepless night.

Let’s cut straight to what set keyboards clacking: Microsoft’s emergency patch. If you work with Windows Server Update Services, listen up! Microsoft just confirmed active exploitation of a devastating remote code execution flaw—CVSS 9.8, brutal even by hacker standards. This is CVE-2025-59287, and it lets attackers turn legitimate Windows updates into sneaky m...

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This is Ting, tuning in with your rapid-fire rundown of the nastiest China-linked cyber moves lighting up U.S. tech defense in the past twenty-four hours. Hold onto your passwords, because today’s menu is mega spicy.

Leading off, let’s talk “Salt Typhoon.” That phrase probably makes infrastructure execs break out in hives. CISA Director Jen Easterly called out Salt Typhoon yet again—yes, those China-backed spies are still lurking inside U.S. telecommunications networks. Even after half a year digging, the Feds haven't evicted th...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your friendly neighborhood China cyber whisperer, and what a whirlwind day for American tech defenses. So, toss aside your VPN and grab your digital Hazmat suit, because October 24th has been a wild ride on the China Hack Report—let’s get right into the code soup.

First, headline of the hour: US critical infrastructure just dodged another bullet, thanks to a nasty Motex Lanscope Endpoint Manager bug. CISA flagged this vulnerability after active exploitation attempts surfaced, and let me tell you...

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I’m Ting, your cyber-wit on the pulse of China’s hacker underground. This past 24 hours—let’s just say, if you’re in US tech defense, your sleep schedule’s about as secure as an unpatched router on election night.

Let’s kick off with F5’s breach, lighting up the boards like it’s DEF CON and the badge contest is rigged. The nation-state group UNC5221, with ties to China according to Bloomberg and the Google Threat Intelligence Group, camped inside F5’s network for months...

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Welcome, cyber sleuths and insomniac infosec fans—Ting here with a charged update on the wildest 24 hours in US tech defense. If you thought your coffee was strong, wait for this cyber brew. At the very top of today’s “can’t-ignore-it” incident list is the F5 Networks breach. You’ve got to love when classic networking kit becomes the theatrical stage for nation-state mayhem. Over 266,000 F5 BIG-IP devices are exposed globally, with the US accounting for the lion’s share, according to the Shadowserver Foundation. The attack exploit...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with today's China Hack Report—your digital defense wingman in the never-ending cyber dogfight between Beijing and Washington. Strap in, because the last 24 hours have unleashed some jaw-dropping developments that’ll make even the most seasoned sysadmins clutch their coffee.

Let’s start with the bombshell that landed Wednesday: Chinese state-backed hackers were burrowed inside F5’s networks for nearly two years. That’s not just unfortunate, it’s catastrophic, seeing as F5's BIG-IP platform props up 85% of Fortune 500 companies and countles...

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This is Ting, your cyber-wit in chief, checking in with the absolute hottest intel from the last 24 hours. So, get comfy—I’ve got the story on China-linked cyber chaos and the emergency moves rocking the U.S. tech defense world.

First up, picture a five-alarm fire at F5 Networks, an American cybersecurity giant. F5’s engineers stumbled onto something ugly: someone—well, let’s get real, Bloomberg says it’s almost certainly state-backed hackers from China—snuck into F5’s internal development systems and helped themselve...

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Hey everyone, it’s Ting. If there’s a word to sum up the last 24 hours on the China cyber front, it’s “reload.” Pull up a chair and your favorite cold brew, because the hits keep coming, and the drama is as thick as Beijing smog. I’ll take you through the latest moves, the malware, the sectors under fire, and what you should do right now.

Let’s start with the F5 Networks fiasco—

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Hey listeners, Ting here—your go-to for truth bombs about China-linked cyber shenanigans! There’s no way around it: the past 24 hours in US tech defense have been absolutely turbocharged, so let’s jack in.

First up, let’s talk about the headline-grabber: the ongoing BRICKSTORM espionage campaign, as spotlighted by Google’s Threat Intelligence and Mandiant teams. This isn’t your typical “script kiddies in hoodies” stuff. UNC5221, a top-tier Chinese APT actor, is laying down highly stealthy backdoors, targeting US tech giants and law firms. This...

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Hey listeners, Ting here—welcome back to your favorite tech defense briefing on China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense for October 12, 2025. Let’s skip the pleasantries because things have been sizzling in the last 24 hours. If you blinked, you missed something hacked.

Top of the threat list: the **Beamglea Campaign**, which ramped up just yesterday. Chinese cybercriminals abused 175 compromised npm packages and the unpkg CDN for a large-scale phishing spree. These attacks are leveraging cloud-based infrastructure that US startups and Fortune 500 companies trust for depl...

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Hey there, tech enthusiasts It's Ting here, and let's dive into the latest China-linked cyber activities affecting US interests. The past 24 hours have been wild, so buckle up!

Chinese hackers have been getting bolder, and just yesterday, they breached a major U.S. law firm using a zero-day exploit. Chris Riotta from BankInfoSecurity reports that this attack compromised attorney email accounts, likely tied to ongoing Chinese-linked operations. Meanwhile, another group, known as Storm-2603, has been using the Velociraptor IR tool in ransomware attacks for persistent...

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Hey listeners, this is Ting, and if you’re like me, you’ve had your coffee and your firewall logs open since 6 a.m. because the past 24 hours in US-China cyber have been—well, let’s just say “spicy.” I’ll walk you through the key plays, the people, the patches, and what you need to do right now to keep your systems from becoming the next trending hashtag in Beijing’s cyber playbook.

First up, let’s talk malware. The big news from Huntress is that Chinese-li...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with your daily dose of cyber chaos from the Middle Kingdom, and wow, what a wild 24 hours it's been in the world of Chinese cyber operations targeting US infrastructure.

Let's dive right into the biggest bombshell. A bombshell report just dropped linking the Beijing Institute of Electronics Technology and Application, or BIETA, directly to China's Ministry of State Security. This isn't just another research firm - we're talking about a front operation with at least four personnel tied to MSS officers...

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Ting here—your favorite cyber sleuth, always caffeinated and running on pure world-class paranoia. Buckle up, listeners, because the past 24 hours have been a joyride through digital chaos, Chinese intrigue, and high-stakes defense drama.

First, let’s talk Manhattan, where the Secret Service just nuked a massive Chinese-linked plot to disrupt New York City’s mobile networks during the UN General Assembly. Investigators say over 100,000 SIM cards were stealthily stashed around the city, hooked up to hundreds of SIM servers designed to assault cell towers, jam 91...

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Listeners, it’s Ting here—and trust me, today’s China Hack Report is one for the history books. Let’s jump in. In just the last 24 hours, U.S. cyber defenses got hammered on several fronts, and some of it ties directly to Chinese-linked actors ramping up their game. The biggest headline: Chinese-speaking cyber group UAT-8099 has been hijacking high-value Microsoft IIS servers—think the backbone for business operations. Cisco Talos detailed yesterday how these crooks slipped web shells onto trusted servers, escalated privileges, and used open-sourc...

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Hey there, folks I'm Ting, and I'm here to give you the lowdown on the latest China-linked cyber activities affecting US interests. Let's dive right in!

Over the past 24 hours, we've seen some serious action. Chinese state-sponsored hackers have been exploiting a critical VMware zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2025-41244, since October 2024. This high-severity privilege escalation flaw has been actively used by the group UNC5174 to gain unauthorized access. Thankfully, Broadcom has just patched this dangerous exploit, so make sure you update your systems ASAP!

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Hey, cyber sleuths! It’s Ting here, your digital detective with a quick-witted keyboard and a soft spot for caffeine-fueled threat hunting. Let’s cut the small talk; you’re here for the latest on all things China, hacking, and US tech defenses—and wow, the last 24 hours have been a full-on cyber symphony.

Front and center: Cisco firewalls. Hundreds of these trusty gatekeepers have been bludgeoned by a campaign coming straight out of China—ArcaneDoor is the group’s name, and espionage is their (dis)honorabl...

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Hey listeners, it’s Ting, your go-to cyber sleuth and digital drama decoder, ready to break down the latest US tech defense headlines in this China Hack Report! We’re skipping pleasantries today because, let’s be honest, the cyber ops coming out of China don’t give us a courtesy knock—they just kick the door in.

Buckle up, because in the past 24 hours we’ve seen the digital equivalent of the Red Bull Flugtag: spectacular hacks soaring through US defenses, especially in legal and tech sec...

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Buckle up, listeners, Ting here, and no, I haven’t slept for two days—because China-linked hackers certainly haven’t. Let’s dive straight into today’s headline: US agencies are scrambling to patch and contain a very modern cyber onslaught, with Cisco firewalls smack in the crosshairs, and old-school espionage tools making a comeback.

Here’s the firewall drama: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, CISA, just issued one of those red-alert, drop-everything emergency directives. Why? Because Cisco’s Adaptive Security Appliances and Secure Firewalls—thin...

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Hey listeners, I’m Ting, here with your China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense, and if you missed the last 24 hours, trust me—this is not the day to leave your firewall down.

Let’s start with the headline: US CISA just dropped a bombshell analysis about a federal agency breach linked to a GeoServer vulnerability, that juicy CVE-2024-36401. If you’ve slept on patching, think twice before you hit snooze again. Attackers scored remote code execution with a CVSS of 9.8—basically, the cyber equi...

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If you missed the latest sizzle from the cyber trenches, strap in—this is Ting with your China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense, and yes, the digital fireworks are already in full blaze. Let’s dive straight into what’s shaking up security desks across the country as of September 22, 2025.

First, let’s talk headline-grabber: the Salt Typhoon attack. This isn’t your average skirmish—this Chinese state-backed operation barrelled right through major US telecoms, slurping up the data of over eight million Americans, from average...

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Hey listeners, I’m Ting, your go-to for China cyber sleuthing with a dash of nerdy fun, and today—September 21, 2025—let’s rip through the pulse of US tech defense as the China Hack Report is hotter than ever.

Just in the last 24 hours, things got loud. First up, the spotlight’s on the crew known as TA415. According to HackerNews and Proofpoint, for months but especially this week, these folks escalated their mojo, launching fresh spearphishing attacks on US government agencies, think tanks, and academics—...

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This is Ting, your cyber-savvy, slightly caffeinated guide to the wild world of China-linked hacking shenanigans. Today’s China Hack Report comes in blazing, because the last 24 hours have given us a front-row seat to a China-nexus cyber offensive that is part Mission Impossible, part If Java Had Feelings.

First up, the show-stealer today has to be the explosive CISA analysis on the Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile—EPMM for those in the know. We're talking about two freshly disclosed vulnerabilities—CVE-2025-4427, an authentication bypass, and CV...

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Hey there, folks I'm Ting, and welcome back to our China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense. Today, I'm diving into the latest China-linked cyber activities that are making waves in the States. Let's start with the super-sneaky TA415 group, which has been all over US organizations involved in trade and economic policy. They're using really convincing phishing emails, impersonating big names like John Moolenaar, Chair of the Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the US and the Chinese Communist Party. These emails are designed to get...

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Ting here, your cyber-obsessed conduit to the latest China-linked hack drama, and trust me, the past 24 hours have been pure digital popcorn! First up, the continued epic saga of Salt Typhoon, that ninja-like Beijing-backed group. The FBI and other agencies say Salt Typhoon has now struck in over 80 countries, but these folks don’t just grab-and-go. Instead, they sneak in, settle down, and siphon data over months—sometimes years—using dormant domains that only a DNS archaeologist could find. Think hotel, telecom, and government data quietly skimmed at sca...

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This is Ting, serving you the China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense, and we have a spicy platter of cyber intrigue to unpack, so let’s jack straight in! All eyes have snapped to Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon, China-linked hacking collectives that are, according to FBI Deputy Assistant Director Jason Bilnoski, acting more like long-term squatters than smash-and-grab burglars. Instead of noisy malware, these pros use so-called “living off the land” tactics—think blending in by hijacking legit tools hiding in plain sight, making their operatio...

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Hey listeners, Ting here to walk you through today’s China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense—and oh boy, has the cyber jungle been buzzing! Let’s rocket into what’s been happening nationwide, because these last 24 hours have been a firestorm for digital defenders.

Front and center is Salt Typhoon, the Chinese cyber operation that’s basically gone from stealthy cat burglar to smash-and-grab artist. According to CYFIRMA’s latest intel, Salt Typhoon has swiped data across U.S. telecommunications, government, transportation, military, and even the...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with your daily download on the wild, weird, and ever-escalating state of China-linked cyber shenanigans—the “China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense.” Let’s skip the hand-wringing and get straight into the actual hacks making security folks across Washington reach for the Maalox.

The last 24 hours? Absolute storm. Leading the charge, Chinese state-affiliated hackers masqueraded as Representative John Moolenaar, chair of the House Select Committee on China. These attackers fired off phishing emails to everyone from U.S. agencies to law firm...

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Ting here, and trust me listeners, you don’t want to blink—China-related cyber shenanigans are moving faster than a high-speed train from Shenzhen to Shanghai. Let’s zero in on the absolute most jaw-dropping action from the past 24 hours: Yes, if you felt a little draft on the digital front, that’s probably because the Salt Typhoon hack continues to be the chill you can’t shake. Over the weekend, new details dropped about the scale of this breach, and it’s got people from Palo Alto to Pens...

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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 develo...

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It’s Ting here, your slightly caffeinated, always-wired China cyber sleuth, breaking down the whirlwind of China-linked cyber madness from the last 24 hours—so brace yourselves, listeners, because today’s digital drama is truly next-gen espionage.

Let’s kick it off with the absolute showstopper: Salt Typhoon. According to The New York Times, Salt Typhoon is, in the words of US officials, Beijing’s most ambitious hacking attempt to date—spanning over 80 countries and slurping up data from global telcos with all the restraint of me at an all...

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It’s Ting here, your guide through the dazzling data minefield of the China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense. Let’s skip intros because today—September 3rd, 2025—brings enough zero-days and hot patches to make even my firewall sweat.

To start, CISA just dropped four new advisories for industrial hardware vulnerabilities, and the timing is suspiciously close to the final quarter of China’s 14th Five-Year Plan. Delta Electronics’ EIP Builder has a vulnerability, CVE-2025-57704, where a bad XML can trick the system into spittin...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your cyber-sleuth with the latest China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense! Today is September 1st, 2025, and the digital storm from China is showing no signs of relenting, so let’s jump right in—skip the fanfare, grab your caffeine, and let’s scan today’s critical China-linked cyber moves.

Top headline? The ever-aggressive Salt Typhoon crew, those notorious hackers linked to China’s Ministry of State Security and the People’s Liberation Army, are back in the news. The National Security Age...

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It’s Ting here—your favorite China cyber oracle with a dose of caffeine and cutting-edge snark, reporting on today’s cyber mayhem served fresh from the People’s Republic. Congratulations, listeners, if you’re tuning in, you made it through August, but the hacks weren’t on vacation.

Let’s get straight into the last 24 hours, because the cat-and-mouse game is getting spicy. US tech infrastructure—especially telecom, cloud, and critical government networks—continue to be prime rib on the Chinese APT buffet. A joint cybersecurit...

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Hello listeners, it's Ting here—your go-to for all things China, cyber, and hacking, reporting on the fast-moving saga of U.S. tech defense against China-linked cyber threats. Buckle up, because the past 24 hours have served us plenty of fireworks, not just in headlines but in critical defensive actions across government, industry, and the digital supply chain.

Let’s dive in, starting with the persistent boogeyman of U.S. cybersecurity this week: Salt Typhoon. FBI cyber official Michael Machtinger didn’t mince words—he says there's...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with your China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense for August 27, 2025—let’s get those firewalls up and the popcorn ready because the state-sponsored show is rolling at full blast.

Right out of the gate, CISA, the NSA, and FBI have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory this morning, warning about a major ongoing campaign from People’s Republic of China state-sponsored APT actors. These groups, with memorable names like Salt Typhoon, OPERATOR PANDA, RedMike, UNC5807, and GhostEmperor, have been methodically targeting critic...

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Welcome back, listeners, to another pulse-check episode of China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense. I’m Ting—your favorite cyber sleuth with a flair for the dramatic, and if you thought today’s news cycle would be quiet, think again… The last 24 hours have been a whirlwind in US-China cyber chess.

Let’s kick off with Google’s fresh warning about UNC6384, a China-linked group bent on espionage and social engineering. According to Google’s Threat Intelligence Group and the savvy Patrick Whitsell, UNC6384 played dress-u...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with your China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense. Let’s cut the fluff—these past 24 hours have been packed. Grab your VPN and your metaframe, because here’s what you need to know, straight from the ones and zeros.

Let’s start with the ransomware thunderstorm. DaVita, a major US kidney dialysis firm, confirmed that nearly 2.7 million patients had their personal and health data compromised in a ransomware breach. While the full “whodunit” is still swirling, Security Affairs and SecureBlink suggest Chin...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, China Hack Report, and you know the drill — straight to the essentials because I know your threat feeds are already overflowing. Today is Friday, August 22, 2025, and in the last 24 hours, we’ve seen a full court press from Chinese state-linked actors, no sign of them hitting pause.

Jim Cattler, Director of the DCSA, just described the global landscape as a “perfect storm”, and I’d say even he’s being generous — think cat 5 cyber hurricane. Our top kinetic threats keep coming from the China...

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Ting here—your always-on, slightly sleep-deprived, and definitely caffeine-fueled narrator for the latest on China-linked cyber shenanigans targeting US tech. Strap in, friends, because the past 24 hours have been anything but boring.

Let’s talk big headlines: the **SharePoint zero-day situation**. At least two major Chinese state-backed groups—Microsoft identifies them as Storm Cloud and Fragrant Pass—were actively exploiting two critical SharePoint bugs (CVE-2025-49704 and CVE-2025-49706) for full system access. Emergency patches came out July 22, but attacker sophistication shot up when they bypassed...

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Hey, it’s Ting, back with your essential China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense. If your SOC is buzzing louder than cicadas in August, you’ll want to pay close attention—this week has been a cyber roller coaster, and today we have some particularly spicy headlines from the US–China cyber front.

The last 24 hours saw some brazen moves by Chinese-speaking threat groups, especially with their use of ghost-tapping NFC relay fraud. According to reports from GBHackers and Cyware Social, these threat actors are sell...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with your China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense, coming to you on August 15, 2025—and believe me, the last 24 hours have not been boring in cyberland. Let’s hack in!

First, the big headline: according to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, China is regularly probing US critical infrastructure, looking for weak spots using a mix of AI, big data, and a flavor of what their People’s Liberation Army calls “Multi-Domain Precision Warfare.” We’re not just talking about script...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with your China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense, and let’s not waste a microsecond—because the past 24 hours have been anything but boring in the world of China-linked cyber activities. Grab your VPN, refresh your threat dashboards, and let’s plug in.

First up is the incident making judges everywhere wish for a return to paper files. According to TechInformed, the US federal courts got hit by a sophisticated and persistent cyber siege. The attack zeroed in on the Case M...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, hacking away at your daily cyber defense digest—because nothing says "Sunday relaxation" like drinking cold brew while live-tracking PRC malware across American water plants. It’s August 10th, 2025, and trust me, the cyber dragons are far from napping.

Fasten your seatbelts, because the big headline today is ultra-targeted: Chinese government-backed Volt Typhoon actors have dug deeper into US critical infrastructure, aiming for not just major cities, but every little water utility you’ve never heard of. DEF CON hackers and the Fr...

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Welcome back, my cyber-curious listeners! Ting here—your favorite techie with just the right mix of snark and knowledge, ready to break down the wild ride of China-linked cyber actions targeting US tech in the last 24 hours. Hold on and let’s dive right into the digital trenches!

First on today’s hack radar: CISA just dropped a malware analysis report dissecting six nasty files tied to the recent SharePoint attacks exploiting vulnerabilities like CVE-2025-49706, 49704, 53770, and 53771. The exploited bugs aren’t just numbers to memorize...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, lighting up your Wednesday with another pulse-check on China’s cyber maneuverings—this is China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense. Buckle up, because today’s headlines are blazing.

Top chatter right now? The Justice Department just charged Chuan Geng and Shiwei Yang, two Chinese nationals, for smuggling Nvidia’s supercharged AI chips—specifically the H100s and RTX 4090s—straight out of California into China by routing them through Malaysia. If you think this is some shadowy, Bond-villain move, you’re close. ALX...

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Hello, cyber defenders, this is Ting with today’s China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense, and as usual, I’m slicing into the freshest digital dumplings straight out of the global threat kitchen. The last 24 hours have been non-stop: new malware, emergency patches, and big warnings—let’s dive right in and see how the cyber dragons are breathing fire across US interests.

CrowdStrike’s latest threat hunt just dropped and the headline is clear: Chinese state-linked actors have supercharged their assault on US cloud syst...

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Hey listeners, I’m Ting—your overly caffeinated cyber-sleuth and digital dragon-watcher—diving right into the day’s wildest US tech defense moments in the China Hack Report. Get ready: today isn’t just busy, it’s electric.

The alarms started wailing early after a newly surfaced security report revealed the Chinese Communist Party’s digital scouts weren’t just visiting—they practically set up a pop-up shop in America’s water infrastructure. Picture this: a water utility in sunny California was pummeled with more than 6 million hits...

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I’m Ting, your daily dose of cyber and caffeine, and you’re tuned in to the China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense, coming in hot on August 1st, 2025. If you thought this week could wind down quietly, not so fast—it's been a high-voltage 24 hours for China-linked cyber activities, and here’s what every infosec wonk in the States needs to know.

The headline grabbing all the threat feeds: Microsoft’s SharePoint file-sharing software is again ground zero. Microsoft announced that Chinese state-backed groups are...

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Hey listeners, it’s Ting—your cyber-witty insider guiding you through the daily digital battlefield, with your front-row pass to China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense. No fluff, we’re heading straight into the heart of the cyber storm unleashed over the last 24 hours.

First up, the biggest headline is the US Department of Justice’s bombshell indictment of two heavyweight hackers, Xu Zewei and Zhang Yu. These aren’t your garden-variety script kiddies—they’re sharp operators working for China’s Ministry of State Security v...

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Listeners, Ting here with your July 28th China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense, and if you thought last week’s cyber headlines were spicy, the last 24 hours have basically been a five-alarm fire for every sysadmin on this side of the Pacific.

Let’s get right to it. First, Microsoft and SharePoint have been in hot oil—again. According to Red Hot Cyber, a leak from the Microsoft Active Protections Program may have let state-sponsored Chinese hacking crews rush out exploits for a pair of new...

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Listeners, Ting here with your China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense. Buckle up, because it’s been a hair-raising 24 hours across cyberspace—a perfect storm of state-backed mischief and fresh digital fire drills. Let’s dive right in.

The big headline: Chinese hackers, specifically groups Microsoft has dubbed “Linen Typhoon,” “Violet Typhoon,” and “Storm-2603,” have punched straight through critical Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities. According to both Microsoft and Google’s Mandiant, these intrusions started as early as July 7, but over the last day their impacts exploded, hitting no...

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Hey listeners, Ting here! You want the sizzle and the code—so let’s not waste a microsecond. This is China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense, bringing you the most critical action from the past 24 hours. Buckle up!

The headline you can’t miss is Microsoft’s SharePoint zero-day meltdown, freshly confirmed by their July 22 update. Chinese state-sponsored groups—specifically **Linen Typhoon** and **Violet Typhoon**, with guest star Storm-2603—have been on a SharePoint rampage all month, but hit peak madness this week. These groups have...

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It’s Ting here, your favorite cyber whisperer, reporting in: it’s July 23, 2025, and today’s China Hack Report is so packed, you might want to lock your digital doors and put a fresh pot of coffee on. The past 24 hours have been—let’s call it—eventful, thanks to a sweeping campaign tied to at least three elite Chinese state-backed hacking groups: Linen Typhoon, Violet Typhoon, and Storm-2603. Microsoft dropped the bombshell last night: these groups exploited not one, not two, but four zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s...

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Big cyber hello from Ting, your resident whisperer of all things China and hacking! Listeners, the last 24 hours have been a rollercoaster for US tech defense—I’m talking urgent DoD shakeups, a nasty SharePoint zero-day, and CISA ringing every alarm bell in DC and beyond.

Let’s jump straight to the day’s showstopper: a critical Microsoft SharePoint zero-day vulnerability, tagged as CVE-2025-53770, that’s shaking up both government and business sectors. This flaw lets attackers execute code remotely, so it’s like they can wal...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with your Daily US Tech Defense — and over the past 24 hours, it’s felt like the cyber equivalent of DEFCON 2. State-backed Chinese hacking crews are on a tear, targeting American interests from energy grids to government SharePoint servers, and even undersea internet cables. Buckle up — let’s break this blizzard of cyber action down.

Front and center: the big, bad **Microsoft SharePoint zero-day** — CVE-2025-53770. First mass exploitation wave? July 18. Then on July 19, Microsoft finally blew the whistle, and by July 20, CISA was w...

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Welcome, tech warriors and cyber-enthusiasts! Ting here, your daily source for all things China and cyber, slicing through the digital fog with just the right mix of expertise and caffeine. Let’s not waste a byte—here’s what’s shaking in the past 24 hours on the China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense.

First up, we’re deep within what Dakota Cary of SentinelOne dramatically calls China’s “golden age of hacking.” According to security firm CrowdStrike, incidents attributed to Chinese government actors targeting US agencies and...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, and it is July 16, 2025. You’re tuned in to your daily China Hack Report: US Tech Defense. Let’s cut through the noise and drop right into today’s cyber battleground—because wow, it’s been a wild 24 hours.

First, the headline hit: Chinese state-backed hacking collective Salt Typhoon just notched its boldest strike yet, compromising a US Army National Guard network for nine whole months. According to a Department of Defense leak, these folks didn’t just peek around—they made off with...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your friendly cyber sentry with the China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense for July 14, 2025. Buckle up, because the past 24 hours in cyberland were anything but dull.

Let’s dive right into the breach—literally. The most explosive headline of the day: Italian authorities just nabbed a key Chinese hacker in Milan, directly linked to the Silk Typhoon campaign. This isn’t your everyday keyboard cowboy; US officials say this individual orchestrated advanced cyber espionage targeting critical US infrastructure and financial networ...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with your China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense for July 13th, 2025. No time for banter—let’s plug straight into the matrix because the cyber wires have been electric in the last 24 hours.

First, the big headline: Italian police nabbed Zewei Xu, a 33-year-old Chinese national, at Milan’s Malpensa Airport on a US warrant. Xu’s not your average tourist, unless you count silk and typhoons as travel bags. He’s tied to the Silk Typhoon hacking group, also known as H...

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Welcome back, cyber sleuths, it’s Ting with your China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense, coming to you with everything you need to know about the last 24 hours in the Sino-cyber showdown. Let’s plug right in—no reboot required.

If you thought the *Volt Typhoon* saga was old news, think again. According to the Senate Armed Services Committee, China’s not just peeking into US defense and port networks anymore—they’re embedding themselves, especially in maritime environments like Guam. Their goal? To poke holes i...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with your China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense for July 9, 2025, and if you were hoping for a quiet cyber day, well, buckle up. Let's jump right in—no preamble, just pure cyber action.

The headline everyone’s buzzing about is the international arrest of Xu Zewei, the 33-year-old Chinese national grabbed by Italian police at Milan’s Malpensa Airport on July 3. According to the Justice Department, Xu is no script kiddie—he’s accused of being a key operator for the Silk T...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, ready with your China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense for July 8, 2025. No fluff, just the critical scoop—let’s jump in!

First, the global headline: Xu Zewei, infamous for his ties to China’s Ministry of State Security, was just nabbed in Milan after a U.S. extradition request. Xu isn’t some small-time script kiddie—he allegedly ran massive campaigns with the Hafnium and Silk Typhoon groups, targeting U.S. COVID-19 research and Microsoft Exchange servers. According to the U.S. Depar...

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Hey there, cyber-sleuths! Ting checking in with your China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense for July 8, 2025. If you were hoping for a quiet Monday, well, so much for that dream. Let’s jump straight into the hotbed of cyber-chaos from the past 24 hours—because when it comes to China-linked attacks on the US, the hits just keep coming.

First up: critical infrastructure remains under siege. In the last day, threat intel teams flagged a burst of activity tied to Salt Typhoon (yes, that’s the co...

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Hello everyone, it’s Ting from your go-to tech bunker, the China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense. Let’s skip the preamble—today is July 5, 2025, and the cyber claws are out. Grab your firewalls, because the last 24 hours have been spicy!

First, let’s talk about the headline grabber: **Volt Typhoon**—the Chinese-sponsored hacking crew that keeps CISA up at night—has made a return. Late-breaking analysis shows they’ve been probing US **energy and transportation networks** again, following their shocking admission last year in Geneva. Yes...

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I'm Ting, your daily byte-sized guide to the whirlwind of China-linked cyber intrigue, where every sunrise brings another volley of hacks, patches, and eyebrow-raising headlines. So, July 3, 2025—strap in, because the last 24 hours have been wild.

First, big news in broadband: Salt Typhoon—the latest name to haunt the dreams of CISOs—is still making headlines. Yesterday, investigators sounded the alarm after discovering that Chinese state-backed hackers had compromised networks at Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies. These weren’t just any networks: they’re the backbo...

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Hey, it’s Ting, your friendly cyber sleuth, and welcome to the “China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense” for July 1, 2025. Here’s your rapid-fire download on what’s been sizzling on the cyber front against US interests in the last 24 hours—spoiler: it’s been a wild ride.

Let’s dive right in. The name on everyone’s lips is Salt Typhoon, the Chinese-linked cyber group that’s back with new tricks. Fresh from headlines late last year for hitting T-Mobile and other telecom giants, Salt Typhoon...

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Good evening, I’m Ting—your cyber-savvy, China-watching, malware-wrangling host. Pull up a chair, because the past 24 hours? Let’s just say, if you work with tech or infrastructure in the US, you might need an extra coffee—and maybe a new password manager.

The big headline: new China-linked malware, codenamed “SignalFrost,” has been found weaving its way through US telecommunications networks. Security firm SentinelOne caught the first signs last night when their own infrastructure came under attack—think of it as hackers knocking on the bouncer’s...

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My name’s Ting, your daily cyber sleuth and resident expert on all things China, hacking, and US tech defense. Let’s get straight to the digital trenches, because the last 24 hours have been anything but quiet in cyberspace.

First up, the drumbeat of Chinese cyber activity is pounding louder than ever. The US Defense Intelligence Agency’s latest threat assessment warns that China’s PLA is reorganizing to put even more muscle behind cyber and space operations, specifically targeting US critical infrastructure. Translation: Beijing’s cyber ar...

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Welcome, cyber defenders and digital caffeine enthusiasts! I’m Ting, your trusted source for all the latest China-linked cyber shenanigans targeting the United States. Let’s slice through the static and get right to the hot, headline-level hacks of the last 24 hours.

First up—Salt Typhoon, the China-linked threat group with a taste for telecoms, has been stirring the pot again. This time, they’re exploiting a nasty Cisco vulnerability, CVE-2023-20198, to worm their way into global telecom providers. Yes, the same hole everyone’s been wor...

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Hey, cyber sleuths! Ting here, back with your daily China Hack Report. The date is June 21, 2025, and boy, have the last 24 hours been a cyber rollercoaster – let's crack straight into the critical updates.

First, the hottest item: EclecticIQ just dropped some jaw-dropping findings. Chinese state-backed APTs—think UNC5221, UNC5174, and CL-STA-0048—have ramped up global attacks targeting critical infrastructure. How? By exploiting a nasty unauthenticated file upload vulnerability, CVE-2025-31324, in SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer. For the non-geeks: it means attackers could sneak their own code i...

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Hello cyberspace defenders, it’s Ting here—your daily decoder of digital drama with a twist of China flavor and a dash of techie wit. Let’s plug in for June 19, 2025, and break down the past 24 hours of China-linked cyber shenanigans hitting US interests.

If you thought your local government site was safe—bad news! Chinese-speaking hackers are exploiting a newly discovered vulnerability in Cityworks, the municipal management software used by countless US cities and towns. This zero-day popped up on cyber radars yesterday and is alrea...

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Good evening, cyber sleuths and defense buffs. Ting here—your digital detective with a penchant for dumplings and DDoS drama—bringing you the pulse of China-linked cyber activity from the last 24 hours, all wrapped in today’s edition of China Hack Report: Daily US Tech Defense.

Let’s cut straight to the action. The biggest headline this cycle? CISA has intensified its warnings to all health sector operators after critical revelations about compromised medical devices. Here’s why. Following the Masimo attack disruption in April, researcher...