Signal Check

This episode covers a wave of high-stakes threats hitting before most people even pour their coffee — North Korean hackers exploiting a Windows zero-day, a massive cloud portal data-scraping campaign, and a Microsoft Defender vulnerability called ShieldBreak. Adrian also breaks down a sprawling operation using 737 malicious Chrome extensions to intercept traffic from users seeking privacy tools. Stories covered: - Lazarus hackers exploited Windows zero-day to target defense firms (BleepingComputer) - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lazarus-hackers-exploited-windows-zero-day-to-target-defense-firms/ - "City-Forum" data-theft attacks target Salesforce, ServiceNow portals (BleepingComputer) - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/city-forum-data-theft-attacks-target-salesforce-servicenow-portals/ - New Microsoft Defender 'ShieldBreak' zero-day grants SYSTEM privileges (BleepingComputer) - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-microsoft-defender-shieldbreak-zero-day-grants-system-privileges/ - 737 Chrome VPN Extensions Caught Routing Traffic Through Proxies. Check If You Have One (The Hacker News) - https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/737-chrome-vpn-extensions-caught.html - 3 Simple, Effective Exercises to Ease Tight Hip Flexors and Improve Your Mechanics, Straight From a Physical Therapist (Runner's World) - https://www.runnersworld.com/training/a73415988/exercises-to-ease-tight-hip-flexors/ - The Best Photos of the Big August Solar Eclipse (Wired) - https://www.wired.com/story/best-photos-august-solar-eclipse-spain/