About this episode

Adrian North discusses a significant botnet takedown, a supply chain attack on developers, Verizon's breach report, and a Romanian ultramarathon that turned into a mountain rescue due to severe weather.

On today's Signal Check, Adrian North digs into a massive botnet takedown involving two million compromised devices, a coordinated supply chain attack targeting developers across three major code repositories, and Verizon's latest breach report showing a major shift in how attackers are getting in. Plus, a Romanian ultramarathon turns into a mountain rescue when weather strikes harder than expected.

People in this episode

Host: Adrian North

Topics covered

• cybersecurity
• botnet
• supply chain attack
• data breach
• ultramarathon
• mountain rescue

Keywords

• botnet takedown
• supply chain attack
• Verizon breach report
• Romanian ultramarathon
• mountain rescue
• cybersecurity
• attack methods

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Verizon

Places: Romania

More episodes of Signal Check

• Episode 61: June 01, 2026 · June 1, 2026 · 5 min
• Episode 60: May 31, 2026 · May 31, 2026 · 6 min
• Episode 59: May 30, 2026 · May 30, 2026 · 5 min
• Episode 57: May 28, 2026 · May 28, 2026 · 5 min
• Episode 56: May 27, 2026 · May 27, 2026 · 6 min
• Episode 54: May 25, 2026 · May 25, 2026 · 7 min

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Signal Check podcast page.