US-China CyberPulse: Defense Updates

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your friendly neighborhood China-and-cyber nerd, and today’s episode of US–China CyberPulse is all defense, no fluff.

Let’s start with the fresh fire: multiple security firms, including reports highlighted by Paranoid Cybersecurity, say Chinese state-linked hackers have been exploiting a Cisco zero‑day in AsyncOS on Email Security Appliances to run espionage campaigns against U.S. and allied networks. That’s the kind of bug that turns your email gateway into Beijing’s inbox, so the U.S. response has been patch-first, hunt-second...

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I’m Ting, and let’s jack straight into this week’s US‑China CyberPulse, because the packets have been flying.

Over on Capitol Hill, the US House just pushed a funding bill that’s basically a “Do Not Trust Beijing” starter pack. According to coverage of the House debate, lawmakers boosted money for the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security specifically to tighten export controls so sensitive chips and dual‑use tech don’t walk their way into Chinese military and intel programs. They’re also blocking agencies...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth on all things China hacks and US shields. Buckle up, because the past week in US-China CyberPulse has been a non-stop ping-pong match of defenses ramping up against Beijing's digital jabs—today's January 7, 2026, and the hits just keep coming.

Picture this: I'm hunkered down in my digital war room, screens flickering with alerts from Taiwan's National Security Bureau report dropped January 4. China’s cyber goons cranked up attacks on Taiwan's power grids, hospitals, and telecoms by 6 percent last year, with grou...

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Alright listeners, I'm Ting, and boy do we have a week to unpack in the cyber world. Buckle up because the US and China are basically playing 4D chess while the rest of us are still learning checkers.

Let's start with the real talk. Taiwan's National Security Bureau just dropped a bombshell report showing that Chinese cyberattacks against critical infrastructure are up a staggering 113 percent daily since 2023. We're talking about five major Chinese hacker groups, including BlackTech, Flax Typhoon, Mustang Panda, APT41, and UNC3886, systematically targeting everything from...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth with a front-row seat to the US-China digital showdown. Picture this: it's early January 2026, and the CyberPulse is throbbing harder than a Beijing nightclub raid. President Trump just inked the massive $900 billion National Defense Authorization Act, slamming the door on Chinese engineers tinkering with Pentagon IT systems. ProPublica blew the lid off how Microsoft was using "digital escorts"—that's cleared US folks babysitting low-wage China-based coders on the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability, or JWCC, handling top-secret data. No more backdoors for PLA sp...

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Hey listeners, Ting here. So you want the real story behind what's happening in the US-China cyber arena right now? Let me break down the week that just wrapped, because it's absolutely wild.

First, the defensive posture. The People's Bank of China just dropped new data security regulations effective June 30th and August 1st of last year, which means they're already in play. These aren't suggestions, listeners. The PBOC Rules implement hardcore requirements across China's financial sector, benchmarking data governance that's going to ripple through every major institution...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth on all things China hacks and digital showdowns. Picture this: it's the final countdown to 2026, and the US-China CyberPulse is firing on all cylinders with fresh defenses against Beijing's sneaky probes. Kicking off with a blockbuster—President Trump just inked a $900 billion defense bill that slams the door on China-based engineers accessing Pentagon cloud systems. ProPublica exposed how Microsoft had these whiz kids from the mainland servicing DoD gear for a decade, with so-called "digital escorts" from the US who couldn't keep up...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth on all things China hacks and digital drama. Buckle up, because this week's US-China CyberPulse has been a non-stop thriller—Salt Typhoon hackers still lurking in US telecoms like ghosts in the wires, while the Pentagon drops the hammer on 134 China-linked firms, blacklisting them from defense deals by mid-2026. Picture this: I'm hunkered down in my San Francisco war room, screens flickering with CISA alerts, as FBI bosses reveal Chinese state-sponsored creeps infiltrated nine major US carriers, plus energy and water grids bu...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth on all things China hacks and digital drama. Buckle up, because this week's US-China CyberPulse has been a fireworks show of defenses ramping up against Beijing's sneaky silicon sprint.

Picture this: I'm huddled in my Shenzhen-inspired war room—okay, it's my NYC apartment with dim sum delivery—watching reports explode from Techspective about China's "Silicon Manhattan Project." Yeah, that's their atomic-level push to crack ASML's Extreme Ultraviolet lithography tech in a secret Shenzhen lab, overseen by Xi's buddy Ding Xuexiang and...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth on all things China hacks and digital showdowns. Buckle up for this week's US-China CyberPulse—straight fire from the past few days leading into December 26, 2025. We're talking Uncle Sam's latest barricades against Beijing's sneaky bytes.

First off, President Trump's National Security Strategy, dropped December 5 but buzzing all week per JD Supra breakdowns, is a beast. It slams the door on China's tech creep by pushing US financing for resilient energy grids and cyber networks in Africa and the Americas—think hard...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your friendly neighborhood China-and-cyber nerd, coming in hot with this week’s US‑China CyberPulse.

Let’s start with Washington, because Congress has been treating Chinese cyber threats like a full‑time job. The new Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, the NDAA, just signed by President Donald Trump, hard‑wires China into the US cyber playbook. According to analysis from law firm Crowell & Moring, the act forces mandatory notification for US investments in Chinese advanced tech like semiconductors, AI, and quantum, and even lets the g...

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Hey everyone, Ting here, diving into what's been absolutely wild in the cyber trenches this past week. So strap in because the US-China cyber battlefield just got a whole lot more interesting.

Let's kick off with what Taiwan's deputy foreign minister was doing slipping quietly into Israel in early December. Nobody wanted to talk about it publicly, but this is huge for understanding where security cooperation is heading. Taiwan and Israel are building these discreet ties in cybersecurity and AI, and the genius part is how they're hiding...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and hacking hijinks. Buckle up, because this past week in the US-China CyberPulse has been a non-stop thrill ride of zero-days, blacklists, and AI arms races—straight out of a spy thriller, but with more firewalls.

Picture this: I'm sipping my baijiu-laced energy drink when Cisco Talos drops a bombshell. A China-nexus crew, let's call 'em the Shadow Quirks, has been exploiting a zero-day in Cisco Secure Email Gateway since late November. CVE-2025-20393 lets th...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to gal for all things China cyber chaos and hacking hijinks. Buckle up, because this week's US-China CyberPulse has been a whirlwind of firewalls flying up faster than a Beijing traffic jam.

Picture this: I'm huddled over my triple-monitor setup in my dimly lit war room, caffeine IV dripping, as Senator Rick Scott drops a bombshell letter to DoW Secretary Pete Hegseth. He's pushing to slap Alibaba—yep, that e-commerce behemoth—and other CCP-linked giants like Tencent onto the 1260H list. Why? Salt Typh...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth on all things China hacks and digital showdowns. Picture this: I'm hunkered down in my neon-lit war room, screens flickering with the latest US-China CyberPulse, and whoa, the past week has been a fireworks show of espionage, patches, and power plays. Starting December 10, Cisco Talos drops a bombshell—Chinese hackers, linked to state crews, have been exploiting a zero-day in Cisco Secure Email Gateway and AsyncOS since late November, slamming Spam Quarantine features for backdoor bliss. No patch yet, folks; Cisco's yelling "wi...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your friendly neighborhood China-and-cyber nerd, and this week’s US‑China CyberPulse is…busy.

Let’s start with Washington hardening the digital moat. Buried in the latest National Defense Authorization Act, Section 1692 tightens who can even touch Department of Defense cloud systems, explicitly locking out citizens from “foreign countries of concern” like China from admin, maintenance, or even indirect access. GovWin IQ notes this forces a sweep of existing contracts, which means a lot of quiet offboarding and re-architecting in defense clouds as we speak. That’...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your go-to cyber sleuth on all things China hacks and digital dodgeballs. Picture this: I'm hunkered down in my neon-lit war room, screens flickering with the latest US-China CyberPulse, and whoa, the past week's been a rollercoaster of Salt Typhoon storms and chip showdowns. Let's dive right in, because if you're not encrypting your calls, Chinese hackers might just be eavesdropping on your grandma's bingo plans.

Senator Mark Warner dropped a bombshell at the Defense Writers Group, warning that China's Salt Typhoon crew—tied st...

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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 digital war room, caffeine-fueled, dissecting the past week's US-China CyberPulse frenzy as of December 13, 2025. Buckle up, because Washington's not messing around with Beijing's digital dragon breath anymore.

First off, the big kahuna: on December 10, the House smashed through the FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act with a 312-112 vote, clearing cyber gold like U.S. Cyber Command's $73 million boost for ops and $314 million for headquarters...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your resident China-and-cyber nerd, and this week’s US‑China CyberPulse is…spicy.

Let’s start with the big alarm bell: according to a recent warning from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, senior official Eric Goldstein and colleagues say Chinese state-backed operators have already burrowed into US water systems, power grids, telecom networks, cloud providers, and even identity systems, using a “pre‑positioning” strategy — planting malware now so it’s ready to fire in a Taiwan or South China Sea crisis. CISA is shifting hard t...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your friendly neighborhood China-and-cyber nerd, and this week’s US‑China CyberPulse is…spicy.

Let’s start on Capitol Hill. Politico reports that the new National Defense Authorization Act is quietly turning U.S. Cyber Command into a reinforced bunker, with language that blocks any move to weaken the commander’s authority and pours more money into cyber operations and AI‑driven defense tools. Over at Nextgov and Bloomberg Government, the same bill is backing a roughly $900‑billion national security package that hardens critical infrastructure...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your friendly neighborhood China-and-cyber nerd, and this week’s US‑China CyberPulse has been… loud.

Let’s start with the big chessboard move: the new US National Security Strategy that dropped from the Trump administration on December 4. According to the summary on Wikipedia and analysis in SC World, it stops calling China the “greatest challenge” and instead reframes Beijing mostly as an economic rival. That sounds softer, but here’s the twist: in cyber, it leans into power, not vibes – talking about protecting critical infrastructure...

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Ting here, sliding straight into your CyberPulse. Listeners, this week in US–China cyber chess has been… spicy.

The big headline is the BRICKSTORM saga. US cyber authorities like CISA, the NSA, and the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security have gone public about a Chinese state‑sponsored campaign using a stealthy backdoor called BRICKSTORM to burrow into VMware vCenter and Windows environments at US government agencies and major IT providers. According to analyses reported by outlets such as CyberScoop and SecurityWeek, these crews have been sitting inside some networ...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, and wow, what a week it's been in the cyber trenches. Let me cut straight to it because there's a lot to unpack.

So first up, we've got Senator Deb Fischer throwing down the gauntlet at a Senate Commerce Subcommittee hearing, pressing cybersecurity experts about Chinese infiltration into our telecom networks. And she's not messing around. Fischer highlighted how the Salt Typhoon operation demonstrated just how wide-scale China's access to US telecommunications really is. Jamil Jaffer, who runs the National Security Institute, called it "...

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Alright listeners, I'm Ting, and we're diving headfirst into what's been a legitimately wild week in the US-China cyber arena. So grab your coffee because things are heating up faster than a compromised server farm.

Let's start with the elephant in the room. The Salt Typhoon campaign has basically been the cybersecurity equivalent of finding out your house has been occupied for five years and you just noticed the squatters. An FBI veteran just revealed that Salt Typhoon monitored every American for five years, which is absolutely bonkers...

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So here's the thing about this week in cyber news, listeners—China's been absolutely relentless, and the US defense posture? Well, let's just say it's getting complicated.

Starting with the elephant in the room: Salt Typhoon. This isn't some fly-by-night operation. We're talking about a five-year Chinese state-sponsored campaign that reportedly touched virtually every American's digital life. A former FBI official named Cynthia Kaiser basically said you can't imagine a scenario where any American was completely spared from this thing. The hackers working for China's Ministry of State Se...

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Alright listeners, I'm Ting, and let me tell you, this week in the cyber trenches has been absolutely wild. We're talking espionage campaigns that practically run themselves, China cranking out AI patents like a machine, and Washington scrambling to figure out who gets to regulate what. So buckle up because the US-China cyber battlefield just entered overdrive.

Let's kick off with the stuff that's actually keeping security teams awake at night. Anthropic, the folks behind Claude, just dropped something genuinely terrifying in mid-September. They detected what they're calling...

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Hey listeners, it’s Ting back with your US-China CyberPulse: Defense Updates—where cyber gets spicy and no firewall can keep me out. Here’s what’s been lighting up the feeds, from Capitol Hill to the code trenches, as our cyber tug-of-war with China enters another electrifying week.

First off, President Trump's 2025 administration pivoted US cyber defense faster than you can say “Zero Day.” In June, his executive order reprioritized cybersecurity, zeroing in on artificial intelligence, post-quantum cryptography, and, you guessed it, stopping foreign infiltration of our critical sys...

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So, here’s the deal, listeners. This week in US-China CyberPulse, the plot just got thicker than a bowl of Lanzhou hand-pulled noodles. The FCC, led by Chairman Brendan Carr, just torched those post-Salt Typhoon cybersecurity rules that were supposed to keep Chinese hackers like Salt Typhoon out of our telecom networks. Yep, the very rules that came after Salt Typhoon was caught snooping in Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Lumen for months. The FCC says it’s not stepping back, just going “agile,” and relying on voluntary cooperation from carriers...

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Listeners, buckle up—Ting here with your CyberPulse download. The last week has been a blur of bold headlines, fresh policies, and—I kid you not—a cyberattack powered by AI. Let’s cut through the noise and decrypt how the U.S. has tightened its cyber defenses against threats from China and what it means for governments, companies, and your phone.

First, National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross pretty much broadcast the new White House plan at the Aspen Cyber Summit. Takeaway: the U.S. is prioritizing a unified...

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Hey there, listeners. Ting here, and boy do we have a week ahead of us in the cybersecurity arena. The United States is basically going all-in on defending itself against Chinese cyber aggression, and the developments are coming fast and furious.

Let's start with the legislative victories because Congress just passed two absolutely critical bills that are going to reshape how America defends itself. Representative Andy Ogles introduced the PILLAR Act, which the House just approved, and this thing reauthorizes the State...

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It’s been a wild week in the US-China CyberPulse, and if you thought things couldn’t get any more intense, think again. I’m Ting, and I’ve been tracking every byte of this digital arms race. Let’s dive in.

First up, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, CISA, dropped a joint advisory in May that’s still making waves. They’re warning about a new wave of AI-driven attacks, and it’s not just theoretical. Anthropic, the folks behind Claude Code, just disrupted what they’re calling...

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Hey listeners, Ting here—your favorite cyber sleuth, ready to slice through the digital smog and bring you the sharpest takes on US-China CyberPulse: Defense Updates. So put your phone on silent, minimize those suspicious browser tabs, and let’s jump straight into the techie heart of the action.

This week’s big headline? The first-ever large-scale *autonomous* AI cyberattack, orchestrated by a Chinese state-backed crew wielding Anthropic’s Claude Code like a scalpel in a server room. If you haven’t caught up, this wasn’t your grandpa’s sc...

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Whew, what a wild week in the world of cyber defense—right as we close in on the end of 2025, the US-China CyberPulse is beating faster than my caffeine-rattled heart after a midnight Red Bull binge. I’m Ting, your trusty guide through this swirling digital tempest, and folks, the action doesn’t get much hotter than this.

So, let’s jump straight to the bombshell: Anthropic, the rising AI superstar, uncovered what it’s calling the world’s first mostly autonomous AI-powered cyberattack, allegedly orchestrated by a Chinese stat...

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Hey listeners, Ting here—your favorite cyber-wonk with a spicy Mandarin twist—and wow, have the digital front lines between the US and China been buzzing in the past week. Let’s not waste a single byte; you want CyberPulse, you got CyberPulse.

First up, the US Congress finally hit “restore from backup” on a key piece of our cyber defense stack. The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, or CISA 2015, had gone dark during the recent shutdown, leaving a gaping vulnerability in how public and private sectors swap real-time...

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Hey listeners, it’s Ting, your cyber-savvy, China-watching, code-breaking guide through this week’s US-China CyberPulse defense whirlwind—strap in, because November 2025 has been a wild ride. If you blinked, you might’ve missed President Trump and President Xi’s cozy little sidebar at the APEC Leaders’ Meeting in South Korea, dropping hints about future AI collaboration. Xi keeps pushing the idea of a World AI Cooperation Organization, trying to put global AI governance on the agenda for next year’s APEC in Shenzhen. But before you start singing kumbaya, remember: whil...

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Hey listeners, I’m Ting—your cyber-wired, China-watching, hack-hunting friend. Buckle up, because this week in US-China CyberPulse wasn’t just busy—it was a full-on DEFCON-rollercoaster from Capitol Hill to Silicon Valley and even over in Wuzhen where the virtual coffee is strong and the AI buzz is stronger.

The biggest cyber storm? The Congressional Budget Office hack—allegedly courtesy of Chinese APTs, that’s Advanced Persistent Threat actors for you jargon-lovers. The hackers likely snuck through an unpatched Cisco ASA firewall, grabbing sensitive Congressional communications. Not a great week...

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Hey listeners, it’s Ting with your US-China CyberPulse update, where the only thing sharper than a Chinese APT’s spear-phishing email is my commentary. And wow, have the past few days been a masterclass in digital cat-and-mouse. Let’s jump in before your firewall times out.

The biggest blip on the radar has to be the breach of the Congressional Budget Office. That’s right, the CBO – not exactly Fort Knox, but they do handle some seriously sensitive legislative projections. According to CNN’s sources this week, Chinese stat...

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It's your favorite cyber sleuth Ting here, and yes, the keyboard is on fire—because the US-China cyber showdown just keeps escalating! The past few days have served up a buffet of new defense strategies, eyebrow-raising policy moves, private sector hustle, and enough international drama to make your VPN sweat. So let's cut the intro—here’s your CyberPulse download for November 5, 2025.

First up: National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross isn’t just dusting off the security playbook, he’s rewriting the whole darn thing! At his first major public add...

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Listeners, Ting here—armed with a keyboard and way too many two-factor codes! The past few days in US-China cyberworld have been anything but boring. If you love the high-stakes chess match between superpowers, buckle up.

Let’s hit the ground running: US cybersecurity is feeling the squeeze, and not just from Chinese hackers with names like Storm-2603 and Salt Typhoon, but also from Congress itself. Thanks to a federal shutdown and the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 expiring, information highways between government and private sector have sprouted poth...

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Hey listeners, Ting here—your cyber-savvy friend with the latest, straight from the tangled wires of the US-China digital tug of war. I know you want the cyber scoop, so let’s jump in before some script-kiddie tries to MITM our fun.

The past week in US-China cyber drama might as well have been written by Kafka with a side of Black Hat flair. First, the White House and President Donald Trump, in a rare plot twist, struck a significant détente with Xi Jinping. According to the White...

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Listeners, Ting here—coming to you from the intersection of cyber, China, and cleverness, with a fresh pulse check on the US-China cyber tug-of-war as we cruise toward Halloween 2025. You know what’s scarier than a haunted house? A ‘Typhoon’ campaign, the name Microsoft and Auburn University’s McCrary Institute just coined for the latest state-sponsored Chinese cyber ops. Over the past week, we’ve seen Typhoon hackers targeting US critical infrastructure—think energy grids, water systems, telecommunications giants, the works. These attacks are all about disruption, not just snooping; Beijing’s play...

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Today’s CyberPulse comes with a fresh zing—your host Ting here, and let’s skip the pixelated pleasantries and pulse right into what matters: the fiercely evolving duel between the US and China in cyberspace defense. If you haven’t been monitoring your firewall logs (or the news), let’s just say this week’s moves and countermoves are so dynamic they’d give any VPN whiplash.

Let’s start with the latest from Washington: the Federal Communications Commission just voted, unanimously, to shut down new Chinese telecoms hardwar...

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Listeners, it’s Ting here with another spicy CyberPulse update, and buckle up because the virtual chess match between the U.S. and China just upgraded its firewalls—and set off plenty of alarms.

So first, let’s talk tech tug-of-war. Just days ago, Beijing officially accused the U.S. National Security Agency of a sophisticated cyberattack targeting China’s national time system. Wildly enough, this echoes the global game of “spy vs. spy” that’s been intensifying since both sides rolled out more assertive cyber measures in 2025. National Cyber...

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Alright listeners, it's Ting on the CyberPulse! You want the US-China defense update and the latest digital drama, so let’s dive right in—this week was a non-stop code sprint, ping-ponging between Washington, Beijing, and everywhere cyberspace reaches.

First up, the US rolled out not one, but several new defensive strategies aimed straight at Chinese cyber threats. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency—CISA, for those on a first-name basis with federal acronyms—pushed an emergency directive for federal agencies after researchers flagged a fresh vulnerability in Microsof...

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Welcome to US-China CyberPulse. I’m Ting, your slightly-too-excited analyst who lives for power surges and supply chain curveballs. And wow, what a week it has been! There’s enough digital drama here to crash half the routers in Silicon Valley.

Let’s jump right in; the big playmaker on the U.S. side this week was National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross, who at the Meridian Summit in D.C. basically called out Beijing for trying to “export a surveillance state across planet Earth.” His agenda? Make the world crav...

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Today’s CyberPulse is extra caffeinated, so listen up, because if you blink, you might miss a cyber skirmish or two. I’m Ting. It’s October 22, 2025, and the digital battle lines between the US and China could not be hotter, or frankly, hackier.

Let’s get right to the goods. It’s been a wild week for US cyber defense. Just as Chinese state media and the Ministry of State Security were charging the US with hacking the National Time Service Center—which, get this, keeps all of China’s c...

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Hey listeners, Ting here—your on-call cyber sage, caffeine enthusiast, and lover of a good hackathon. We’re diving straight into the digital trenches. Let’s talk US-China CyberPulse, because yikes, the last few days have been popcorn-worthy if you’re into cyber drama.

First up, headline of the week: China’s Ministry of State Security claims to have foiled a multi-year cyberespionage campaign from the US National Security Agency. Yes, you heard that—the NSA allegedly went after China’s National Time Service Center in Xi’an, trying everythin...

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I’m Ting, your cyber-wired digital navigator, and let me just say—wow, what a data-smog-filled week on the US-China CyberPulse! Right as you’re finishing your Sunday coffee, both Washington and Beijing are, let’s say, not swapping cat memes but escalating their cyber chess match. Buckle up, listeners, because these defense updates aren’t science fiction—they’re your reality in 2025.

First big headline? The freshly unsealed classic: China’s Ministry of State Security doubled down, accusing the US National Security Agency of hacking into the National Time Se...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, and wow, what a week it's been in the cyber trenches between Washington and Beijing. Let me walk you through the five-alarm fire that just erupted.

So picture this: F5 Networks, one of America's biggest cybersecurity companies, just got absolutely wrecked by Chinese state-backed hackers. And I mean wrecked. These attackers were inside F5's network for over a year, stealing source code and discovering forty-four previously unknown vulnerabilities in their BIG-IP products. That's the stuff protecting federal networks and major corporations across America...

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So, let's dive right into the past few days of developments in US cybersecurity against Chinese threats As of now, there's been a lot going on. Louisiana's Governor Jeff Landry recently signed an executive order to ban the use of AI tools developed by hostile foreign governments, including China, from state agencies and educational institutions. This move aims to protect Louisiana from potential espionage threats, especially with AI systems like DeepSeek, a Chinese-made platform known for manipulating information and funneling user data back to China.

On the national...

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Hey listeners, Ting here. If your favorite VPN just sent you a panicky update, blame the news cycle—this week has been a cyber hurricane. China’s cyber squads have been turbocharging attacks on U.S. infrastructure and tech firms, from legal services to the software-as-a-service companies everyone relies on. Forget script kiddies; these are state-backed pros like the infamous UNC5221, and top-tier malware campaigns (looking at you, BRICKSTORM) that embed themselves so deep, it takes nearly 400 days for American systems to even sniff them out. Think stealth tech meets the...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, and wow, what a week it's been in the cyber trenches between Washington and Beijing. Just when you thought things couldn't get spicier, we've got CISA getting a complete makeover while China's flexing its digital muscles harder than ever.

So let's talk about what's actually happening at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Nick Anderson, the new executive assistant director who used to be Vermont's CISO, is laser-focused on what he's calling the China 2027 threat. Western intelligence says the Chinese military will be ready...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, and wow, what a wild week in the cyber trenches between Washington and Beijing. Let's dive right in because things are heating up fast.

So this week kicked off with the US Department of Commerce dropping the hammer on October 8th, adding sixteen Chinese mainland companies to its export control entity list. China's Ministry of Commerce fired back immediately, calling it an abuse of export controls and long-arm jurisdiction. But here's the kicker: according to the Federal Register, five of those companies were blacklisted...

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Listeners, it’s Ting here on US-China CyberPulse! This week has been a wild ride in the world of US cybersecurity defenses against Chinese threats—plenty of code, policy, and more than one eyebrow-raising move from Washington. Let’s dive straight into the command line.

Big story: the US Commerce Department just dropped the gauntlet by expanding export restrictions to hit not only top Chinese tech giants like Huawei, YMTC, and DJI—but now every subsidiary owned fifty percent or more by companies on the entity list. According to Comme...

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Listeners, Ting here diving straight into this week’s top cyber currents between the U.S. and China, and wow, what a digital typhoon it’s been. First, in a move that’s part Mission Impossible, part modern policy, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency—CISA—just promoted Stephen L. Casapulla to spearhead infrastructure security. Why now? CISA’s seen explosive growth in Chinese-linked spy threats, especially snaking through cell networks and SIM card exploits, often traced right back to state-linked characters like Sichuan Juxinhe and Beijing Huanyu Tianqiong. I...

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You’re tuning in to US-China CyberPulse with Ting—the only Ting you need to decode Chinese cyber threats and hacker drama. Let’s drop the small talk and hit straight into the byte-sized action from this week, because oh boy, the firewalls have been busy.

The big headline: the US Commerce Department just threw down a serious gauntlet with its new proposal. Now, advanced AI developers and cloud giants like Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure are being pushed to report AI activities and cybersecurity outcomes. That m...

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Hey listeners, it’s Ting, your go-to for all things China, cyber, and, let’s be honest, hacking drama! Buckle up—it’s been a wild few days in the US-China cyber standoff, and if you’re counting on peace and quiet in cyberspace, you’re adorably optimistic.

Let’s start with the big plot twist: the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, better known to its close friends as CISA 2015, just *expired* on October 1. This is the law that let the feds and private industry swap threat intel—with strong legal pro...

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Hey there, tech enthusiasts I'm Ting, and welcome to the latest update on the US-China CyberPulse. Let's dive straight into it.

This week has been quite eventful, especially with the US ramping up its cybersecurity measures against Chinese threats. For instance, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) initiated proceedings to revoke recognition from seven Chinese government-controlled electronics testing labs under its "Bad Labs" rules. This effort aims to protect US national security by ensuring foreign adversaries don't oversee labs certifying devices for the US market. FCC Chair Brendan...

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No time for long greetings, let’s pulse you right into the cyber action! Ting here, your go-to for decoding the US vs. China cyber chess match, and this week—let’s just say, every firewall on the block wishes it had called in sick.

So first, the big one: CISA, our Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, fired off an emergency directive after Cisco’s firewall devices—those digital fortresses guarding government secrets—got absolutely roasted by hackers in a campaign linked to China. These weren’t simple pranks—attacke...

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Listeners, did you catch the cyber fireworks this week? It’s Ting here, your irreverent cyber-whisperer, breaking down the latest maneuvers in the high-stakes duel between the United States and China on all things digital defense.

Let’s start where the wires are burning: the infamous 2025 Google breach. When ShinyHunters, that globe-trotting hacker group, outwitted Silicon Valley’s best through—you guessed it—good old-fashioned phone scams, business contact information of up to 2.5 billion Gmail and Google Cloud users became cybercrime fuel. Not your passwords or direct messages, but enough...

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Hey listeners, I’m Ting and you’ve tuned into another pulse-pounding episode of US-China CyberPulse: Defense Updates. Blink and you’ll miss it, because the last few days in cyber have been like a zero-day worm—spreading fast and hard. Let’s break down what’s really new, strange, and critical in America’s cyber response to Chinese threats.

The top story this week is the hacking campaign blazing through U.S. networks, traced to Chinese actors exploiting unknown vulnerabilities in Cisco’s Adaptive Security Appliances. Picture this: you go to...

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You are now tuned in to CyberPulse with Ting, your guide to the wild world where US cyber defense meets China's latest digital maneuvers. Friends, this week, let’s just say Uncle Sam’s firewall gloves are off and the cat-and-mouse game has gone pretty next level.

If you missed the latest from Google’s Threat Intelligence Group, listen up—Chinese-government-linked operatives, especially a crew known as UNC5221, have gone all Mission Impossible on US technology firms, legal-services outfits, and SaaS providers. Their weapon of choice is the BRICKSTO...

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Today on US-China CyberPulse, I’m Ting, your all-access cyber sleuth—and wow, the past week in US-China cyber defense has been a masterclass in high-stakes, high-wire politics. Let’s connect the digital dots without the jargon fog. The Biden administration’s Executive Order 14105, locked in this January, is like putting an iron dome over US investments in Chinese tech—think semiconductors, quantum computing, artificial intelligence. Treasury kicked things up a notch, expanding rules to clamp down not just on equity, but also any sneaky debt financing or joint ventures with, say...

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It’s Ting here, your one-woman CyberPulse! Let’s just cut straight to the chase, because this week in US-China cyber defense? Absolute mayhem, major headlines, and more TikTok drama than my aunt’s group chat.

First, let’s talk TikTok, because nobody can ignore a saga with 170 million app users, three congressional deadlines, and a Trump-Xi phone call to top it off. After months locked in a diplomatic cage match, the US struck a deal to transfer TikTok’s American operations to a new, domestically owned company. Six out of...

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Welcome to US-China CyberPulse — Ting here, and, listeners, if you want less drama and more defense, you’re in the right place. This week’s US cybersecurity headlines have been as relentless as a DDoS attack in rush hour, so let’s cut straight to the code.

First: big noise at the Pentagon. The Defense Department just shut the backdoor on an old vulnerability: the use of China-based IT staff by US cloud service vendors. After ProPublica revealed that Microsoft used engineers in China to work on sensitive Defense...

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Listeners, it’s Ting here, your favorite cyber watcher with all the latest on the US-China CyberPulse. Why waste time on formalities when both sides spent the past week playing 5D cyber chess? Let’s dive in. You heard about the TA415 hacking group, right? If not, a quick crash course: also known as APT41 or Brass Typhoon, these folks are basically the Taylor Swift of Chinese cyber espionage—always trending, always touring. In just the past two months, TA415 ramped up spear-phishing campaigns squarely targeting US government offices, think tanks...

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Hey listeners, Ting here with your US-China CyberPulse update, and wow, what a week it's been in the digital battlefield between Washington and Beijing.

Let's dive straight into the biggest story - China just cranked up their cybersecurity game to eleven. The Cyberspace Administration of China dropped new incident reporting rules that'll make your head spin. Starting November first, Chinese network operators have exactly one hour - sixty minutes - to report particularly serious cybersecurity incidents. That's faster than most people can finish their morning coffee. The South...

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Right, let’s dive straight into what’s hot in the cyber trenches between the US and China this week—I’m Ting, your digital diplomat, codebreaker, and part-time sentry at the firewall. Spoiler alert: the past few days have been all about leaks, lockdowns, and a quantum leap forward in alliances. So buckle in.

Let’s start with a shocker that landed like a zero-day exploit—on September 11, the Great Firewall of China sprang the mother of all leaks. 500 gigabytes of internal documents, source code, and logs waltzed out...

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Listener, let’s get straight to the cyber showdown—US-China, digital edition. I’m Ting, your cyber-whisperer, and the last few days have been a techie thriller for the ages. If you haven’t secured your seat, do it now, because cyberspace just flipped to DEFCON hissing-cobra.

Picture this: Tuesday, the US Defense Department published its long-awaited final rule making the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, that’s right, CMMC, an absolute requirement for EVERY company wanting a piece of DoD contracts. No certification, no deal, honey. This new regime, go...

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Listeners, Ting here with your US-China CyberPulse: Defense Updates—a whirlwind tour through the digital chessboard where the stakes are national security and the new pieces are AI, quantum, and a dash of government drama. Buckle up, because Washington’s been as busy as a script kiddie at DEF CON.

First off, if you thought China’s cyber-hustle was cooling off, think again. Sean Cairncross, the Trump administration’s national cyber director, threw down the gauntlet at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit this week. He declared China “the most aggressive...

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Listeners, it’s Ting here—your cyber sleuth with a side of sass, serving you the freshest dish from the frontline of US-China cyber defense. If you thought last week’s AlienVault patch was exciting, buckle up: things just got a whole lot more electrifying across both sides of the Pacific.

Let’s start right at the firewall. The United States, true to form, is doubling down on defensive posture against Chinese cyber threats, and it’s not just lip service: Washington’s export controls are still squeezing access to th...

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Listeners, buckle up: Ting here, reporting at the crosshairs of cutting-edge tech and global politics—and there’s no caffeine strong enough for a US-China CyberPulse week like this one. Let’s plunge right into the zeroes, ones, and battlefronts shaping our digital lives.

Kicking it off with the real showstopper—Chinese state-backed hackers, notably groups like Mustang Panda and UNC6384, just can’t stop, won’t stop. Google’s Threat Intelligence crew recently exposed a March campaign where these operators hijacked web traffic and deployed the SOGU.SEC malware ba...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your unofficial cyber sidekick and expert in all things China, hacking, and the digital chessboard. Let's dive right in, because this week has been absolutely buzzing on the US-China cyber front.

The headline, no surprise, is still Salt Typhoon. The FBI and NSA are basically in DEFCON mode after China’s state-backed hacking group ramped up their campaign: at least 600 U.S. companies and government entities have been hit, with global spillover to 80 countries. The intrusion targets not just the big fish—telecoms, infrastructure, tran...

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If you’re tuning in for the CyberPulse Defense Updates, you know I’m Ting—your go-to for decoding all things China, hacking, and US digital defense, with just the right splash of attitude. The past week in US-China cyber relations? Short version: high stakes, new maneuvers, bigger drama than a Shanghai startup pitch.

Let’s launch straight in. Texas, always eager to be on the frontlines of the digital Wild West, has just activated its new “hostile foreign adversaries unit.” This isn’t just another bureaucratic badge; it’s a direct...

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Hey listeners, it’s Ting—your favorite cyber aficionado who can explain everything from red packets to rootkits! Let’s dive right in—these last few days have been an absolute roller coaster in US-China cybersecurity. No dramatic intro needed—the headlines alone have been living inside my firewall.

So, here’s the big scoop: Salt Typhoon, the notorious Chinese hacking outfit backed by Beijing’s Ministry of State Security, has pulled off data breaches that would make even Hollywood hackers blush. According to the NSA’s joint report with nine...

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Hey listeners, Ting here—your CyberPulse captain for everything US-China and hacking, zipping you through this week’s digital battlegrounds. No soft intro, let’s laser straight into what’s really shaken up the cyber-defense chessboard since Tuesday.

The headline move? The US government slammed the brakes on chip tech to China with those export waivers for Samsung and SK Hynix abruptly revoked just two days ago. Washington’s message is clear: if you want US-built semiconductor hardware in Chinese facilities, start lining up for new licenses and prepare fo...

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Hey listeners, it’s Ting with your Friday CyberPulse, and wow — what a wild week it’s been in the US-China cyber realm. Trust me, if you blinked, you missed about a hundred hacking headlines and three government memos. So let’s plug in and analyze the most electrifying shifts in our cyber defenses against Chinese threats.

First on the agenda: the NSA, FBI, CISA, and pretty much the entire cyber Avengers assembled for one gigantic advisory called “Countering Chinese State-Sponsored Actors Compromise of Networks Worldwide to Feed Global Esp...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, slicing through some seriously mouthwatering US-China CyberPulse action. If you feel your WiFi trembling, it’s probably because Salt Typhoon is back in the headlines. That’s not the name of my favorite noodle dish—it’s the Chinese government-linked espionage group that’s been burrowing through global telecom and infrastructure networks. FBI, CISA, NSA, and a coalition of 13 countries just dropped a joint advisory on how these APT (Advanced Persistent Threat, but I call them Annoyingly Persistent Troublemakers) actors have targeted more than 200 organizations stateside, 80 countries...

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Strap in, listeners, because the US-China CyberPulse is absolutely buzzing this week and I, Ting, have decoded the flurry for you! No slow builds here—let’s jump right into the cybersecurity showdown playing out between Washington and Beijing.

First up, the Department of Justice has fired another salvo with its freshly published Security Requirements for Restricted Transactions. This move, orchestrated by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, tightens the hatches around sensitive US government data, making it much harder for US entities to inadvertently share juicy secrets with...

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Hey listeners, this is Ting and if you’re eyeing the US-China cyber standoff this week, grab your popcorn—because it's been a wild ride from semiconductors to secret money-laundering AI, diplomatic dance-offs, and creative private sector pivots.

First up, let's talk about Nvidia. So, Jensen Huang—Nvidia’s CEO—dropped by Taipei to chit-chat with TSMC, those wizards who make all the world's chips. But he wasn’t there for bubble tea. He’s pitching a new AI data center chip for China—the B30A, based on Nvidia’s late...

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You’re tuned in to US-China CyberPulse, Defense Updates with Ting—because who doesn’t want real-time, high-voltage drama from the frontline of cyber warfare? Grab your virtual popcorn. The past week has been a rollercoaster in US cyber defense, with new moves, blown covers, stressed policy-makers, and the perennial game of whack-a-mole with Chinese APT actors.

Let’s dive right in. This week saw the White House double down on AI security with its Artificial Intelligence Action Plan, part of President Trump’s campaign to keep American AI on the...

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Listeners, Ting here—your favorite cyber detective, slicing through the smog of hype and hacks to bring you the CyberPulse you crave. Forget what you heard on the rumor wires; this week in U.S.-China cyber, reality’s way stranger than phishing emails from your “bank manager.”

Let’s start with Microsoft, whose recent dance with the Defense Department has left more egg on faces than a Beijing street breakfast. ProPublica just dropped the scoop that Microsoft neglected to tell Pentagon officials key details about using engineers based in C...

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Listeners, Ting here—with your daily download of US-China CyberPulse: Defense Updates. Buckle up, because if the past week has shown us anything, it’s that the digital chessboard between Washington and Beijing is more cutthroat and complex than ever.

Let’s get right into it. Over the last week, US cybersecurity measures against Chinese threats have gone into overdrive, and you can practically see the firewall smoke on both sides of the Pacific. Right at the center are American export controls—especially chips. Just as Nvidia’s H20 chip...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, bringing you your US-China CyberPulse: Defense Updates! It’s mid-August 2025 and honestly, cyber’s been more electrifying than my old Lenovo after a double espresso.

Let’s dive straight in: This week, President Trump shocked the cyber world by approving Nvidia and AMD to sell watered-down AI chips like the Nvidia H20 and AMD MI308 to China—but with a twist. US officials are demanding a hefty 15% revenue cut from every sale. The logic? They claim this balances commercial returns with strategic control, ensuring Beijing...

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US-China CyberPulse listeners, Ting here—the friendly cyber oracle who lives on espresso, firewalls, and cross-Pacific headlines. Buckle up, because the last few days in US-China cyber defense have been as wild as a Shanghai subway at rush hour and twice as complicated.

First up, if you’ve wondered why Nvidia and AMD’s chips are trending, it’s not just spillover from the AI craze—Washington’s tracking systems secretly embedded in semiconductors have stirred an absolute hornet’s nest in Beijing, as discussed by analysts over at Cryptonomis...

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Listeners, Ting here. If you've been thinking the US-China cyber rivalry couldn’t get any hotter, the past week just cranked the temperature to nuclear. Let’s dive straight into the whirlwind, starting with Capitol Hill—where John Moolenaar and Raja Krishnamoorthi unleashed the bipartisan “No Adversarial AI Act.” Yes, that name is as bold as the bill itself. It aims to permanently block AI models like DeepSeek, developed in China, from every US executive agency unless you get a Congressional hall pass. The argument? Keep adversary AI from sniffing around sen...

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Listeners, Ting here and wow, has it been a week in US-China CyberPulse—strap in, it’s a ride of defensive maneuvers, tech drama, and a sprinkling of international intrigue.

We kicked off with a wild moment at Black Hat USA in Las Vegas where Bailey Bickley of the NSA’s Cybersecurity Collaboration Center basically put everyone on alert: China's hacking power now outnumbers that of the US and all allies combined. That means even the tiniest American defense contractor—yes, that little drone startup in Omaha—is suddenly a...

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Let’s get right to the pulse, listeners. I’m Ting, your cyber-sleuthing guide with a knack for tracking everything US vs. China in the digital shadows, and this week in the cyber trenches felt more like a Black Hat hackers’ reunion than international diplomacy.

First, the US is facing a persistent drone dilemma – and no, that’s not a Marvel villain. According to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, China’s DJI still controls 90% of the US consumer drone market and nearly 75% of our industrial skies, practically giving Xi Ji...

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Listeners, it’s Ting here, and if you’re into cyber, China, or hacking headlines, you’ve just decoded the right stream. Let’s skip the fluff and slice straight into the week’s US-China CyberPulse: Defense Updates. If your passwords aren’t sweating, they will be by the end of this—promise.

First up, the ghost of Salt Typhoon still haunts federal cyber hallways. That epic infiltration—Chinese hackers slipping through vulnerabilities in US telecom networks—just won’t die. Dr. Susan Landau from Tufts flagged in Congressional testim...

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Hey listeners, Ting here, your trusty cyber-guru, and somewhere between a firewall and a fortune cookie when it comes to China and hacking. Buckle up, because the US-China cyber tug-of-war just got a whole lot knotty this week.

Let’s rip into the headline: US defenses are bracing for Chinese hackers playing what experts at Axios call "the long game." Forget smash-and-grab—Beijing’s advanced persistent threat groups are burrowing into sensitive sectors like federal agencies and even critical utilities, staking out digital hideouts to be exploited later. Micros...

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Alright listeners, Ting here—your tech-savvy cybercompanion, wired straight into the heart of this week’s US-China CyberPulse buzz. Trust me, you’ll want to hear this one. No preamble, just straight to the seismic tremors shaking cyberdefense on both sides of the Pacific.

Yesterday, the US Department of Homeland Security rolled out surprise updates to its critical infrastructure playbook, with a laser focus on maritime cyber threats. Emily Park from Senator Gary Peters’ office didn’t mince words: the 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act is on the edge of expirat...

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Listeners, let’s dive straight into the blazing heart of US-China CyberPulse for this wild week—it's Ting here at the intersection of Beijing intrigue and Pentagon firewalls, with more whiz-bang than a DEFCON afterparty.

First, the big flash was the White House’s new AI Action Plan, rolled out like a cyber-blanket against increasingly assertive Chinese cyber operations. President Donald Trump’s administration is calling it “Winning the AI Race”—the goal is a full-court press on US cybersecurity with AI edge. Michael Kratsios, that ever-quotable AI czar, put it b...

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Listeners, Ting here—your resident cyber sleuth, always on the hunt for the latest US-China cyberspace antics. Buckle up; the past week has been a wild ride on the cyber front, with Washington and Beijing throwing out new digital punches faster than you can say “quantum firewall.”

The bombshell this week? President Trump and his crew dropped the much-anticipated “Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan” on July 23. Forget subtlety: this is an all-in playbook to out-hack, out-build, and out-export China when it comes to artificial intelligence...

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Listeners, Ting here—if you feel like your inbox has been a little extra spicy with cyber drama this week, you’re not alone. Let’s dive straight into the whirlwind that is US-China CyberPulse: Defense Updates! Spoiler: Microsoft SharePoint is blushing for all the wrong reasons.

Cue the alarm bells: Microsoft just revealed that Chinese state-backed hackers managed to access networks at the Department of Energy, specifically the National Nuclear Security Administration, in a sweeping exploitation of a SharePoint zero-day. That’s the agency overseeing America’s nuclear ar...

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So, listeners, imagine this: it’s Friday, July 25th, and the digital showdown between the US and China is somehow even messier and spicier than last week. I’m Ting, your resident cyber-guru, here to slice through the thicket of headlines, breaches, executive orders, and defensive geekery with a little sparkle—because, honestly, who said hacking news has to be dry?

Let’s waste zero time and get to the core. The big headline? This week marks the official rollout of the White House’s “Winning the AI Race: Americ...

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Let’s cut right to it, listeners: Today is July 23, 2025, and I’m Ting, your digital insider on all things US-China CyberPulse. And what a week it’s been! Early Monday, Pentagon boss Pete Hegseth ordered a top-down scrub of the Defense Department’s entire tech supply chain. Why? Thanks to a spicy ProPublica exposé, the Pentagon realized Microsoft had, unintentionally or not, let China-based engineers work on DOD cloud systems. Cue the alarms—Hegseth basically grabbed his digital megaphone (also known as X) and declared, “No more Chinese labor in our cloud...

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Listeners, Ting here—your friendly China-tech whisperer with a knack for hacking headlines and decoding cyber chess moves. It's July 21, 2025, and this past week in the US-China CyberPulse has been more electric than a lightning storm over Silicon Valley.

First, let’s talk about the Pentagon plot-twist that nobody saw coming but everyone should have. Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense, appeared on video like an irate sysadmin and revealed that China-based labor—including engineers from Microsoft’s own ranks—had been working, albeit indirectly, on sensitive U.S. military c...

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Alright, listeners, Ting here—your cyber-sleuth with just enough sass to keep tech talk interesting. Let’s plug straight into this week’s charged circuit of US-China CyberPulse: Defense Updates. The past few days in cyberland have been about as chill as a motherboard running Crysis at max settings—so let’s download the highlights.

Let’s start deep underwater—literally. FCC chief Brendan Carr just announced that submarine internet cables are officially on notice. These sea snakes, built with Chinese gear from players like Huawei and ZTE, carry 99% of o...

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Hi listeners, Ting here—your cyber confidant and decoder of all things US-China CyberPulse! The headlines this week? Congress and the White House have been locked in a digital thunder dome while hackers and diplomats watch with popcorn in hand. I’ll dive straight into the whirlwind that’s been US cyber defense against Chinese threats, so buckle up.

Top of the drama chart: Congress just dropped the bipartisan No Adversarial AI Act. This bill aims to slap a hard ban on any AI tools developed by China, Russia...

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Alright listeners, Ting here—hacker at heart, cyber-sleuth by trade, and your guide to the riveting highs, lows, and “did they really do that?” moments on the US-China CyberPulse. And wow, did the cyber world bring some serious fireworks this week.

Let’s get right to it. The news breaking late yesterday? The Pentagon. Yes, our very own Department of Defense—turns out it’s been giving Microsoft engineers based in mainland China a backstage pass to some of their cloud computing systems for nearly a decade. You'd think with a...