Signal Check

This episode digs into how the tools meant to protect us are being turned against us — from fourteen thousand compromised security cameras to researchers breaking through Cloudflare's supposedly isolated environments. We also look at a new service that finally names every company tracking your digital movements, plus a ransomware crew now posing as the recovery team sent to help you. Stories covered: - Hackers Compromised 14,500+ Dahua Devices Using Credential Attacks, Auth Bypasses, and P2P (The Hacker News) - https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/hackers-compromised-14500-dahua-devices.html - 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/ - Cloudflare Workers Spectre Attack Leaks JWT From Co-Located Worker at 12 Bits/Second (The Hacker News) - https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/cloudflare-workers-spectre-attack-leaks.html - Rogue ransomware affiliate poses as recovery firm to steal payments (BleepingComputer) - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rogue-ransomware-affiliate-ransom-busters-poses-as-recovery-firm/ - The 2026 NYC Marathon Will Include Previous Champions—and the American Record Holder (Runner's World) - https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a73474083/2026-nyc-marathon-elite-field-announced/ - Flight attendants freaked out that Google is buying tons of Spirit employee data (Ars Technica) - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/flight-attendants-freaked-out-that-google-to-buy-tons-of-spirit-employee-data/