Signal Check

This episode covers who's really tracking you online, a dangerous privilege escalation bug lurking in enterprise certificate authorities, and two critical vulnerabilities hitting AI and industrial control tools. Adrian walks through the latest security signals before the chaos of the day takes over. It's Wednesday morning, and the machines are already moving. Stories covered: - Who’s Tracking You? Use This New Service to Find Out (Krebs on Security) - https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/08/whos-tracking-you-use-this-new-service-to-find-out/ - Certighost and the Privilege Hiding in Your Certificate Authority (BleepingComputer) - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/certighost-and-the-privilege-hiding-in-your-certificate-authority/ - Attackers Exploit MLflow SSRF Flaw to Steal Cloud Credentials and Secrets (The Hacker News) - https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/attackers-exploit-mlflow-ssrf-flaw-to.html - ‘All Paces Are Welcome’ and 3 Other Lies that Made Me Quit Run Clubs (Runner's World) - https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a73275754/running-clubs-inclusivity-problems/ - Exclusive: You Can Finally Buy a Fairphone—a Sustainable, Repairable Smartphone—in the US (Wired) - https://www.wired.com/story/you-can-finally-buy-a-fairphone-a-sustainable-repairable-smartphone-in-the-us/ - The United States is about to wake up to the threat from China's space program (Ars Technica) - https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/the-united-states-is-about-to-wake-up-to-the-threat-from-chinas-space-program/