Ep. 67 - The Axis of Disruption: APT41, Volt Typhoon, and the China-Russia Cyber Alliance

For years, Beijing and Moscow kept their cyber tools apart. Not anymore. Hosts Tova Dvorin and Adrian Culley unpack the "no limits" partnership gone operational—the ESA/Galileo satellite attack where a Chinese Volt Typhoon cell opened the door and Russian AcidRain wiper code did the damage.

We cover: APT41 running Russian exploit kits, Salt Typhoon pre-positioned in US telecom, China's 72-hour zero-day disclosure law feeding vulnerabilities to Russia, and the CVSS-10 Grimbolt flaw. Why continuous validation and a CTEM program are your best defense against the axis of disruption.

Key takeaways:

00:00 Introduction to the China-Russia cyber alliance

00:34 The breach of the European Space Agency

01:13 The No Limits Partnership: A new era of cooperation

02:15 Historical context of cyber tactics

03:54 The vulnerability exchange program

05:21 Coordinated attacks and their implications

09:25 The nightmare scenario for 2026

12:39 Strategies for defense against these threats

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