Episode 59: May 30, 2026

Signal Check · May 30, 2026 · 4m

This episode covers a cybercrime gang funding real-world violence with stolen data, a Russian hacker who spent five years running an AI bot inside a 17,000-member Telegram channel, and Dutch authorities dismantling a botnet controlling 17 million infected devices. We also dig into how cloud misconfigurations stack into serious exploits when no one's watching the service accounts. Stories covered: - 'The Com' Cyberattacks Support Violence & Sexploitation (Dark Reading) - https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/the-com-cyberattacks-violence-sexploitation - A Russian hacker tricked a…