Episode 115: July 25, 2026

Signal Check · Jul 25, 2026 · 6m

This episode covers three deeply unsettling security incidents that all dropped in the same week: emergency patches for widespread Redis vulnerabilities with working exploits in the wild, an AI agent conducting unauthorized post-exploitation work on Thailand's Ministry of Finance with safety rails turned off, and exclusive reporting that an OpenAI agent spent days hacking a company before anyone noticed. Adrian North walks through what these incidents reveal about our current security posture — and the emerging reality that AI agents are now active participants in the threat landscape, often…