Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege

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This is your Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege podcast. Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege is your go-to podcast for detailed analysis of the week's most sophisticated Chinese cyber operations targeting US infrastructure. Stay updated with expert insights into attack methodologies, affected systems, and compelling attribution evidence. Discover the defensive measures implemented and lessons learned from each incident. Featuring interviews with leading cybersecurity experts and government officials, Dragon's Code delivers essential information for anyone interested in the evolving landscape of cyber warfare and national security. Tune in regularly for in-depth discussions that keep you informed and prepared. For more info go to https://www.quietplease.ai Check out these deals https://amzn.to/48MZPjs

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    Ting's Tea: Beijing's Hackers Living Rent-Free in America's Power Grid and Nobody's Home to Stop Them

    This is your Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege podcast. Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos. Picture this: I'm hunkered down in my digital war room, screens flickering with the latest feeds from Red Piranha's Threat Intelligence Report for February 17 to 23, 2026, and I'm decoding Dragon's Code—America under full-on cyber siege from Beijing's slickest hackers. These past few days? Pure fireworks. Kickoff with Volt Typhoon, that notorious Beijing-backed crew, still burrowed deep in US energy networks like ticks on a power grid. Red Packet Security reports they're embedded for one purpose: flipping the switch to black out the nation when the order drops. No flashy bangs yet, but Check Point Research nails three new Chinese-nexus threat groups piling on critical infrastructure last year, with ToolShell exploits hitting North American government orgs hard—zero-days via router relay nodes straight out of Operation Relay Box playbook. We're talking living-off-the-land mastery: abusing cloud services, AiTM phishing for creds in US think tanks, no malware droppings needed. Fast-forward to this week: Storm-2603, China-linked pros, exploiting SmarterMail's CVE-2026-23760 for unauthenticated admin takeovers, staging Warlock ransomware drops. Tata Communications' advisory spells it out—they chain that with tunnels for C2, Active Directory recon, and Snowflake data probes. EnergyIntel echoes the nightmare: unexplained comms devices in Chinese solar inverters, remotely disabled mid-contract spat last year. Mike Rogers, ex-NSA boss, warns China sees "value in placing our core infrastructure at risk of destruction." Smart factories? Cluster Computing journal details TTEthernet hacks—spoofing, MITM, DDoS latency tricks disrupting time clocks, cascading factory meltdowns. Attribution? Crystal clear—Microsoft Threat Intelligence and Check Point link it to Chinese APTs via infra fingerprints. Affected systems: power grids, gov nets, health like Mississippi's UMC EPIC ransomware chaos per Politico, even Ivanti VPN flaws from 2024 still echoing. Defenses? CISA's shutdown-furloughed, canceling infra assessments—state officials whisper it's gutting their safety net. Lessons? Layer up: block those .onion leak sites like BravoX's, per Red Piranha; ditch hard-coded creds in Dell RP4VMs; go beyond borders with threat intel provenance, as InternetGovernance.org urges amid China's Palo Alto bans. Experts like Rogers scream for vigilance—China's not bluffing, they're prepping. Witty aside: if Volt Typhoon's your uninvited houseguest, time to change the locks and booby-trap the breaker box. Thanks for tuning in, listeners—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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    China's Cyber Squatters and Nuclear Subs: When Hackers Move In and Don't Pay Rent

    This is your Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege podcast. Hey listeners, I'm Ting, and buckle up because what's happening in the cyber trenches right now is absolutely wild. We're talking about Chinese state-linked hackers running circles around some of the world's most critical systems, and frankly, it's getting spicy. Let me break down what went down this week. A suspected China-linked cyberespionage group has been quietly exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in Dell's RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines software since mid-2024. That's right, we're talking about CVE-2026-22769, and according to Google's threat intelligence team and Mandiant, these attackers deployed something nasty called BRICKSTORM and GRIMBOLT backdoors, plus a webshell they named SLAYSTYLE. These weren't smash and grab operations either. We're talking long-term persistent access inside targeted networks, which is basically the cybersecurity equivalent of squatters moving into your house and setting up a whole apartment. The methodology here is genuinely clever. Rather than loud ransomware attacks that alert everyone immediately, these operators maintained stealth. They didn't want you to know they were there. That's sophisticated tradecraft, and it tells us something important about their objectives. This isn't about quick money grabs. It's about intelligence gathering and infrastructure disruption potential. Now, the broader context makes this even more concerning. According to recent geopolitical reports from the week of February 14 through 21, China now possesses the world's second-largest nuclear submarine fleet with at least 32 boats compared to America's 71. Their military is expanding rapidly, and simultaneously, their cyber operations are escalating. That's not coincidental. That's strategic layering. Meanwhile, China's defensive posture has intensified dramatically. After the CIA released a controversial recruitment video targeting Chinese military personnel in February 2026, Beijing responded by expanding its Anti-Espionage Law, broadening the definition of espionage to include any data threatening national security. They've also activated sophisticated domestic surveillance operations and established something called the Information Support Force specifically designed to create secure military networks. China's Ministry of State Security is now actively encouraging citizens to report suspicious foreign activity with substantial financial rewards. Here's what's fascinating and terrifying simultaneously. While China defends inward against American intelligence operations, it's simultaneously conducting offensive cyber operations outward. The Dell vulnerability exploitation represents just one piece of a much larger mosaic of cyber aggression targeting critical infrastructure. The real lesson here, listeners, is that we're operating in a new paradigm. Cyber operations aren't separate from traditional military buildups anymore. They're integrated components of a comprehensive strategic competition. Thanks for tuning in and please subscribe for more deep dives into these critical issues. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot 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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    Ting Spills Tea: China's Hackers Playing 4D Chess While America's Firewall Burns

    This is your Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege 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 neon-lit war room, screens flickering with the latest intel on **Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege**. Over the past week leading to February 20, 2026, China's slickest state-sponsored crews have been drilling into US infrastructure like pros picking a high-tech lock. We're talking Volt Typhoon—those UNC3886 shadows from Beijing—still burrowed deep in US utilities and critical grids, per Dragos researchers who've helped yank them out of multiple orgs. These ninjas kicked off with zero-days like CVE-2022-41328 in Fortinet FortiOS and CVE-2023-27997, plus Zoho ManageEngine flaws, slipping into defense, telecom, and tech networks since 2021. Methodologies? Stealth city: living-off-the-land tricks, bespoke malware for persistence, Ghost NICs on VMs to ghost around detection, and lateral hops via hardcoded creds in Dell RecoverPoint CVE-2026-22769—exploited since mid-2024 for espionage, as Mandiant's Google team clocked with UNC6201 deploying Brickstorm backdoors and Grimbolt implants. Affected systems? OT environments in energy and manufacturing, per Dragos on new groups like Sylvanite, Azurite, Pyroxene; even BeyondTrust Remote Support CVE-2026-1731 got hit for ransomware, web shells, and data grabs in finance, healthcare, hitting US, France, Germany too, says Palo Alto's Unit 42 and CISA's KEV catalog. Attribution screams China: Mandiant ties it to Silk Typhoon hallmarks—custom malware, zero-day chains targeting feds. CYFIRMA's Weekly Intelligence Report nails Volt Typhoon's long-game espionage, prioritizing quiet exfil over boom. Defenses? CISA's slamming three-day patch deadlines on feds for Dell and BeyondTrust bugs; Singapore's Cyber Guardian op rallied 100 responders to block a similar 11-month Chinese probe on telcos, no data lost. US National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross, at Munich Cyber Security Conference, pushed allied collab over "America alone," echoing Secretary Marco Rubio's vibe amid NATO strains. Lessons from the trenches? Experts like Dragos say OT needs air-gapped vigilance; IBM X-Force notes 70% of 2024 attacks hit infra. Firewalls alone flop—deploy EDR, hunt anomalies, share intel fast. China's playing 4D chess for strategic edge, but we're leveling up with public-private muscle. Thanks for tuning in, listeners—hit 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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    China's Grid Hack Sleepover: Why Volt Typhoon Moved In and Won't Leave Your Power Company

    This is your Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege podcast. Look, listeners, this week the cyber dragons have been exceptionally busy, and I'm not talking about the cute kind you see on scrolls. We're talking about sophisticated state-sponsored operations that would make your IT director lose sleep for weeks. Let me break down what just hit the fan. According to Dragos, a company that literally specializes in watching critical infrastructure get attacked, Volt Typhoon and their closely related crew Voltzite have been absolutely embedding themselves into American energy networks throughout 2025. And here's the chilling part: they're not there to steal your Netflix password. They're there to take down the power grid when the order comes. Dragos CEO Robert Lee put it bluntly, saying this crew was embedded in that infrastructure for the purpose of taking it down. The methodology is terrifyingly elegant. They compromised Sierra Wireless AirLink devices to slip into pipeline operations, then exfiltrated operational and sensor data. They got so deep into the control loop that they could potentially manipulate systems at will. Think about that for a second—they have the keys to the kingdom and they're waiting. But Voltzite isn't working alone. A brand new group called Sylvanite acts as their initial access broker, exploiting vulnerabilities in products from F5, Ivanti, and SAP. These guys reverse engineer zero-days within 48 hours of disclosure. That's not just fast, that's practically pre-cognitive. Now add another layer. Google's Threat Intelligence Group just exposed a Chinese group called UNC6201 that's been silently exploiting a critical Dell RecoverPoint vulnerability since mid-2024. We're talking about a CVSS 10.0 vulnerability, the worst possible score. They deployed malware called Brickstorm and then upgraded to something even nastier called Grimbolt. What makes Grimbolt particularly diabolical is it compiles directly to machine code, making it incredibly hard to detect. The tactics are innovative too. They created what security researchers call Ghost NICs—hidden network interfaces on VMware servers—to pivot laterally through networks like ghosts. Meanwhile, they're using something called Single Packet Authorization with iptables, making their presence virtually invisible. Then Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a lawsuit against TP-Link Systems this week, alleging their networking devices have been compromised by China's state-sponsored hackers. So now we're talking about consumer routers being weaponized infrastructure. The defensive picture is fragmented. CISA and partners are releasing indicators of compromise and YARA rules for detection, but here's the honest truth: by the time defenders see these attacks, the adversary has already moved on. The persistence is measured in years, not days. What's the lesson? These operations aren't about money or intellectual property theft. They're about positioning, access, and waiting. It's chess at the infrastructure level. Thanks for tuning in, listeners. Make sure to subscribe for more deep dives into how the digital world actually works. This has been 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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    Ting Spills the Tea: China's Silk Typhoon Hacks America While CISA Runs on Fumes and Caffeine

    This is your Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege podcast. Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and hacker hijinks. Buckle up, because this past week, America's infrastructure got hit with Dragon's Code—a slick Chinese cyber siege that's got the stars and stripes scrambling. Picture this: I'm hunkered down in my digital lair, caffeine-fueled, dissecting the feeds as Silk Typhoon, that notorious Beijing-backed crew, ramps up their game. It kicked off with BeyondTrust Remote Support getting pwned via CVE-2026-1731, a nasty OS command injection flaw letting unauthenticated attackers run wild—no login needed. BleepingComputer reports attackers exploited it for remote code execution, risking data exfiltration and total system compromise on over 11,000 exposed instances, mostly on-prem setups. Hacktron spotted it first on January 31, and watchTowr's Ryan Dewhurst confirmed active exploits by Thursday. CISA slapped it on their Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, BOD 22-01 ordering feds to patch by end of day Monday—talk about a three-day panic button. This ain't isolated; it's Dragon's Code redux. Remember Salt Typhoon owning US telcos under the Clean Network policy? Now Silk Typhoon's back, hitting Treasury, OFAC, and CFIUS with zero-days like CVE-2024-12356 two years ago, snagging API keys for 17 SaaS breaches. Methodologies? Stealthy command injections, zero-days, API hijacks—pure supply chain sorcery targeting remote access tools in critical infra. Affected systems: privileged remote access for Fortune 100, feds, telcos—your power grids, finance, sanctions enforcers on the line. Attribution? Ironclad. CISA links it to Silk Typhoon's playbook; Google's Threat Intelligence Group calls China the top cyber threat by volume, hitting defense suppliers and drones. The Register nods to past telco owns, while ASPI's strategists slam unnamed actors as a trust-killer—Palo Alto wimped out on naming China, but Google didn't. Defenses? BeyondTrust auto-patched SaaS on February 2; on-prem admins, manual hustle or bust. CISA's yelling mitigations now, but with DHS shutdown slashing them to 38% staff per SecurityWeek, it's skeleton crew central. Lessons? Ryan Dewhurst says assume unpatched is owned—patch fast, segment networks, ditch outdated remote tools. Experts like Ian Bremmer at Munich Security Conference warn US-China AI/cyber has zero trust, no governance, just escalation. Governments must name and shame Beijing, per ASPI, to pressure fixes and inform us plebs. Witty aside: China's fusing civil-military cyber like a bad fusion cuisine, stealing IP while we dither on bans—Reuters whispers Trump might lift TP-Link and telco restrictions for Xi talks. But listeners, vigilance is our firewall. Stay patched, diversify chains, demand sovereign stacks. 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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    Dragon's Code Unleashed: China's Cyber Storm Hits America While We're Still in Meetings

    This is your Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege podcast. Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth with a front-row seat to China's digital dragon dance. Picture this: it's been a wild week ending February 15, 2026, and America's infrastructure is under siege from the slickest Chinese ops yet—think Dragon's Code, a relentless cyber storm hitting defense and critical grids. I'm diving straight in, no fluff. Over the past days, groups like APT5, aka Keyhole Panda or Mulberry Typhoon, and UNC3236, better known as Volt Typhoon, have been feasting on North American defense contractors and research labs. Rescana's latest intel nails it: these crews exploited edge devices—those sneaky IoT gadgets on the network fringes—with custom malware like INFINITERED and ARCMAZE obfuscation tricks. They layered on Operational Relay Box networks, or ORBs, blending legit traffic with malicious payloads to ghost past geofencing and EDR tools. Supply chains? Hammered. Think compromised partners feeding intel straight to Beijing, targeting battlefield management systems and semiconductor firms. Google’s Threat Analysis Group and Mandiant pinned this squarely on Chinese state-sponsored actors, with TTPs screaming persistence: spearphishing laced with AI-refined lures, credential dumps, and encrypted C2 channels. Affected systems? Oof—energy grids, water facilities, transportation hubs, even US Treasury echoes from last year's BeyondTrust zero-day mess by China-nexus hackers. Brussels Morning reports Washington buzzing with feds warning of AI-automated intrusions scanning vast networks in real-time, poisoning defense AI models for chaos. A Department of Homeland Security bigwig spilled: "The scale and speed demand new defenses." Attribution? Rock-solid—US sanctions on China-based crews targeting crit infra, per Treasury alerts, plus UNC3886's deep probes into Singapore telcos like Singtel and StarHub, a blueprint for US hits. Defenses kicked in hard: multi-layered EDR from Ivanti's 2026 report, network segmentation, and relentless patching—Microsoft's February Patch Tuesday squashed six zero-days, while BeyondTrust rushed CVE-2026-1731 fixes amid active exploits. Public-private pacts ramped up resilience, with redundant systems and threat hunting. Experts like Rescana urge auditing edge access and faking out "Dream Job" scams. Lessons? Attackers wield AI for speed—we're still in meetings, says Ivanti. Cybersecurity advisor nailed it: "Innovation without security is instability." Bolt down supply chains, train humans, and go international—Washington's pushing AI governance at APEC amid China rivalry. Whew, listeners, stay vigilant—that dragon's code evolves fast. Thanks for tuning in—subscribe for more cyber tea! 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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    China's Cyber Ticks Sucking on America's Server Farm Plus Trump's Awkward Xi Summit Timing

    This is your Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege podcast. Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos. Picture this: it's been a wild week in the shadows of the digital battlefield, and America's critical infrastructure is feeling the heat from some seriously slick Chinese ops. We're talking **Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege**, where Volt Typhoon—that notorious PLA-linked crew—has been burrowing deeper into our power grids, water systems, and comms networks like ticks on a server farm. Just days ago, on February 10th, CISA dropped an update on Brickstorm malware, a nasty .NET-compiled beast that PRC state-sponsored hackers deployed on a U.S. org's VMware vCenter server back in April 2024. These geniuses gained persistent access through September 2025, hitting domain controllers and snagging cryptographic keys from an Active Directory Federation Services server. Attack methodology? Classic living-off-the-land: exploiting unpatched VMs, lateral movement via stolen creds, and custom malware for stealthy C2. Affected systems: core IT backbone, priming for sabotage on electric utilities and pipelines, per Microsoft's warnings. Attribution? Ironclad. Google Threat Intelligence's latest report fingers UNC3236, aka Volt Typhoon, probing North American defense contractor login portals with ARCMAZE obfuscation to dodge detection. They're using operational relay box networks—fancy ORBs—for recon on edge devices, hitting aerospace giants and research labs like that U.S. institution breached via REDCap exploits in late 2023, dropping INFINITERED for credential theft. Defensive measures ramped up fast. Congress extended the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act through September 2026, letting private firms swap threat intel with feds liability-free—huge for coordinated takedowns. CISA's leading incident responses, pushing EDR tweaks and network segmentation. Experts like SentinelOne's Dakota Cary call leaked Expedition Cloud docs a "rare insight"—that's Nanjing Saining's cyber range, simulating U.S.-style power and transport nets since 2021. NetAskari and Recorded Future News broke it: AI-orchestrated attack groups rehearsing disruptions, no defenders invited. Lessons learned? As NATO's Radmila Shekerinska warned at Munich Cyber Security Conference, we gotta impose real costs on China and Russia for this hybrid mess. Trump's pausing some China tech bans—like China Telecom ops and TP-Link routers—ahead of an Xi summit, per Japan Times sources, but that won't stop the siege. Google says the defense industrial base is in "constant multi-vector siege," with China-nexus crews evading EDR via single-endpoint hits. Witty wrap: China's not just knocking; they're picking the lock with quantum picks while we patch one hole at a time. Stay vigilant, segment those edges, and share intel like it's free bubble tea. Thanks for tuning in, listeners—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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    Dragons Dont Breathe Fire Anymore They Code It: Beijings Zero-Day Siege on US Defense Contractors

    This is your Dragon's Code: America Under Cyber Siege podcast. Hey listeners, I'm Ting, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos, and buckle up because this past week, America's defense industrial base got hit with Dragon's Code—a relentless cyber siege straight from Beijing's playbook. Picture this: I'm huddled over my screens on February 11, 2026, watching Google Threat Intelligence Group drop their bombshell report, flagging China-nexus crews like UNC3886 and UNC5221 as the undisputed volume kings of espionage hacks against U.S. contractors. These sneaky operators kicked off intrusions by zero-daying over two dozen unknown flaws in edge devices—think routers, firewalls, and IoT gadgets from Honeywell and Siemens—slipping past firewalls into supply chains for unmanned aircraft systems and aerospace R&D. Google Threat Intelligence Group details how they exploited these weak points for initial access, pivoting to steal blueprints on next-gen drones and battlefield tech, all while masking as legit traffic via ORB networks. Affected systems? IT networks at Boeing suppliers, Lockheed Martin subs, and even dual-use manufacturers churning out components for F-35 jets. Attribution? Crystal clear from GTIG's two-year analysis: IP traces, TTPs matching PLA Unit 61398 alumni, and leaked Expedition Cloud docs reviewed by Recorded Future News, showing Beijing rehearsing identical attacks on replicas of U.S.-style critical infra. These files spilled source code for "South China Sea drills," prepping takedowns of power grids and telcos—now aimed at our grids too, per CISA's acting chief warning of China targeting U.S. networks amid staff shortages. Defenses? Singapore's Cyber Security Agency and IMDA just crushed UNC3886's assault on Singtel, M1, StarHub, and SIMBA Telecom with Operation Cyber Guardian—multi-agency takedowns isolating edge vulns and deploying AI anomaly hunters. Stateside, GTIG urges proactive threat hunting: segment OT from IT, patch edges religiously, and hunt for DKnife, Cisco Talos-attributed Chinese toolkit hijacking router traffic for credential theft since 2019. Lessons? Cybersecurity guru Mandiant chimes in: China's tradecraft evolved—personal email phishing at Raytheon staff, per GTIG, blending social engineering with zero-days. DHS officials fret reimbursements delays could hobble responses, as FCW reports 70 CISA staff reassigned. Experts like those at Ankura CTIX say surge resilient arches now, or wartime production craters from ransomware bleed-over. Witty wrap: Dragons don't breathe fire anymore; they code it. Stay vigilant, patch those edges, and laugh in binary at Beijing's siege. Thanks for tuning in, listeners—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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