Perth's first Cyber Security industry podcast.
Aimed at anyone wanting to learn more about Cybersecurity how it affects their work, home and world around them.
Local and international Cyber and Technology news, interviews and events presented by Caitriona Forde, Fadzayi Chiwandire and Ben Aylett
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Perth's first Cyber Security industry podcast.
Aimed at anyone wanting to learn more about Cybersecurity how it affects their work, home and world around them.
Local and international Cyber and Technology news, interviews and events presented by Caitriona Forde, Fadzayi Chiwandire and Ben Aylett
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S5E7 - What the hell is going on with the Infosec job market?
Story 1
Australia heading towards age restrictions and verification in weeks.
Social media minimum age
Australia is quietly introducing 'unprecedented' age checks for search engines like Google
Main Topic
OAIC is getting some teeth and has come out swinging.
Landmark privacy penalty: What the ACL case means for data protection in Australia
Australian Clinical Labs ordered to pay penalties in relation to Medlab Pathology data breach in first for Privacy Act
MAILBAG
A follow up comment from a LinkedIn post http://tiny.cc/nl5u001
"The quality of the applicants coming through and the expectation do not match. So many think they deserve 100k plus but want to learn for multiple years while all other industry start at much lower this is specific for cyber .
For IT we recently posted a senior position and when we asked basic questions in office 365 majority couldn't even answer. The level of understanding is not the same as it used to be.
Now this i blame on three things. University have a lot of answer for from a learning and saying to students change jobs often and use it to springboard your salary.
Business need to be held accountable and not use staff as disposal tools. Recruit when required and train to improve and increase salary as the business grows
Third is students only want to learn to pass a course not to understand how and why you do it. I had an interesting chat with others that say students ask what they need to study for just tell us what going to be in the exam. Life isn't like that." - Ben, Perth
Upcoming Events
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AWSN Perth - Tabletop exercise 30th October
WiTWA 6th November
AICon in Busselton 14th Nov
AISA PerthSEC Conference: Thursday 27 November 2025
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S5E6 - Jaguar’s roar goes quiet for another week.
Story 1
NPM Hack
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/09/self-replicating-worm-hits-180-software-packages/
https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/40-npm-packages-compromised-in-supply.html
https://www.cyber.gov.au/about-us/view-all-content/alerts-and-advisories/ongoing-targeting-of-online-code-repositories
https://www.cyberdaily.au/security/12668-acsc-warns-of-aussie-orgs-ongoing-targeting-of-code-repositories
https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/i/npm-supply-chain-attack.html
Story 2
Collins Aerospace hack grounds flights in Europe
https://www.cyberdaily.au/security/12665-collins-aerospace-hack-a-wake-up-call-for-australian-airports-expert-says
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/european-airports-race-fix-check-in-glitch-after-hacking-disruption-2025-09-21/
Main Topic
JLR Outage goes into 5th week
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/jaguar-land-rover-cyber-attack-uk-factory-b2831761.html
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/20/jaguar-land-rover-hack-factories-cybersecurity-jlr
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/jaguar-land-rover-tata-motors-west-midlands-solihull-merseyside-b2823822.html
Upcoming Events
CyberCon Melbourne 15th to 17th Oct
BSides Perth 18/19 OCTOBER 2025
WiTWA 6th November
AISA PerthSEC Conference: Thursday 27 November 2025
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Story 1
Qantas and social engineering.
Story 2
Ingram Micro taken down by Safepay Ransomware Gang
https://redpiranha.net/news/what-is-safepay-ransomware-everything-you-need-know
Main Topic
Interview : Graeme Speak - Rethinking Cyber Security
https://www.linkedin.com/in/graemespeak/
Upcoming Events
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AISA
The 28th Annual CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy and Social Networking Conference - 15th to 17th July
AISA AdelaideSEC Conference - Friday 22 August 2025
BSides Perth 18/19 OCTOBER 2025
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S5E4 - Responsible Reporting and Drivers Licenses
Story 1
Mandatory reporting of Ransom Payments
https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/cyber-security-subsite/files/factsheet-ransomware-payment-reporting.pdf
Story 2
Tax Time Scams
https://www.ato.gov.au/online-services/scams-cyber-safety-and-identity-protection/scam-data
Main Topic
https://pulsetasmania.com.au/news/government-error-leaks-data-of-260-tasmanian-drivers/
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Story 1
Story 2
Disney Employee gets 3 years
Main Topic
Guest Interview - Sean Hannan
Upcoming Events
Red Piranha Crystal Eye 5.5 launch events.
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Cyber Resilience Summit Brisbane
May 14
https://forefrontevents.co/event/cyber-qld
AISA WA Branch Meeting
Presentation Title: BeyondCorp - Google's ZeroTrust implementation
Daniel White is a Staff Security Engineer at Google, working on incident response and digital forensics.
Date: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm (AWST)
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ACS WA Tech Summit: Innovation for a New Era
The Hub, Bentley Technology Park -
Tue 20 May 2025 01:00 PM AWST
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AusCERT Cyber Conference (Gold Coast)
May 20-23
https://conference.auscert.org.au/#:~:text=AUSCERT%202025%20will%20mark%20our,18
CYBERWEST SUMMIT!
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Story 1
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/former-disney-employee-files-wrongful-termination-complaint-after-cyber-attack/
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-journal/the-download-that-led-to-a-massive-hack-at-disney/50791f04-b675-4e9e-a033-7c4d37cd523b
Story 2
From SCIFs to Signal: How Signalgate sends a message of institutional disdain | Lowy Institute
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/06/signal-group-chat-leak-how-it-happened
Main Topic
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-04/superannuation-cyber-attack-rest-afsa/105137820
Bonus
https://redpiranha.net/news/suspected-saiga-threat-actors-exploit-australian-legal-sector-edr-bypass
Upcoming Events
CYBERWEST SUMMIT https://eventandconfco.eventsair.com/cyberwest-summit-2025
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Story 1
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-19/genea-ivf-investigating-cyber-incident/104954470
Story 2
https://readwrite.com/ai-deepfake-scam-italy-defense-minister-targeting-wealthy-tycoons/
Main Topic - Landmark Decision on invoice fraud.
Upcoming Events
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Season 4 Episode 10 - The Fundamentals with Dan Haagman
Story 1
Docusign APIs exploited in new phishing campaign.
https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/docusign-api-abused-invoice-attack
https://www.docusign.com/trust/alerts/alert-phishing-campaign-observed-november-6-2024
Story 2
Hacker behind Snowflake arrested in Canada, held on extradition charges.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/tag/alexander-antonin-moucka/
https://therecord.media/alleged-snowflake-hacker-detained-in-canada
Interview - Dan Haagman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/danhaagman/
Upcoming Events
November
26-29 - Cybercon - Melbourne - https://www.cyberconference.com.au/
Contacts
Website - Cyberwesthub.au
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This podcast is co-produced in partnership with CyberWest, the WA Cybersecurity Innovation hub in Joondalup.
Driving Growth in the WA Cybersecurity sector.
For more information, go to cyberwest.au.
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Special Note: For your own safety, do not look for or try to access the resources mentioned in this main story without a good VPN or other anonymising service. Exercise caution at all times.
Story 1
ChatGPT errors of judgement puts child at risk.
https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2024/chatgpt-error-of-judgement-puts-child-at-risk-.html
Main Topic - Jacob Larsen - Research : Doxxing takes a serious turn.
Live interview with Jacob Larsen on his research on Doxxing and Violence as a Service.
https://larsencyber.com/blog/2024-08-08-blackhat-doxing-to-doorstep/
https://larsencyber.com/blog/2024-08-07-blackhat-interviews-extorters/
https://www.wired.com/story/doxing-extortion-violence-as-service/
Upcoming Events
Cybercon
BSides - Melb, Canberra
AISA Perth Sec - Wednesday 23 October - https://aisasecuritydays.com.au/perthsec
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In this episode of West Coast Cyber, we talk about the global problem of fraud.
Story 1
Telegram - CEO Arrested https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-29/telegram-pavel-durov-banned-from-leaving-france-charges-laid/104283704
Story 2
Change Healthcare - Update
Main Topic - Scam Farms
Challenges - Apart from the traditional.
Red Flags to Look For:
Urgency
Playing on emotions - Fear, Greed, Lust etc.
Unusual methods (paying by gift cards, cryptocurrency)
Repeated (and unexpected) 2FA requests
Might even be from someone you know or trust (impersonation/spearphishing/whaling)
What can we do to slow down or stop fraud?
Policy
Culture
Champions
Event Calendar -
13th September - National Missings Persons Hackathon - Bash's review
26 - 28 Sept - Bsides Canberra
Contacts
Website - Cyberwesthub.au
Email - westcoastcyber@cyberwesthub.au
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Season 4 Episode 7 What actually caused the Medibank breach?
Story 1
Link to Crowdstrike blog update
https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/falcon-update-for-windows-hosts-technical-details/
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/24/business/crowdstrike-outage-uber-eats/index.html
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-07/drt-crowdstrike-root-cause-analysis/104193866
Story 2
Cabinet reshuffle -
Main Topic
Medibank breach
https://www.oaic.gov.au/newsroom/oaic-takes-civil-penalty-action-against-medibank
Event Calendar -
30th August - Scams and Sushi - City of Subiaco
Last week of August - Scam Watch Week - Share a story, stop a scam
3rd September - Student of Cyber with AWS
13th September - National Missings Persons Hackathon
17th September - Computing and Security Showcase Evening Joondalup ECU Building 21
Contacts
Website - Cyberwesthub.au
Email - westcoastcyber@cyberwesthub.au
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Story 1
Crowd Strike - Just a quick note “Early days, lots to unfold.”
Story 2
https://amp-abc-net-au.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/104126074
Main Topic
Free WiFi
Event Calendar -
24th - 26th July Indian Ocean Defence and Security Conference - PCEC
26th July Cyber Boardgame Arvo UWA Student Hub
4th August - PECAN + Capture the Flag - ECU Joondalup
10th August - Parallel Realities: AI and the Unfolding Cyber Culture - Curtin University St. Georges Terrace, Perth
Last week of August - Scam Watch Week - Share a story, stop a scam
3rd September - Student of Cyber with AWS
13th September - National Missing Persons Hackathon
17th September - Computing and Security Showcase Evening Joondalup ECU Building 21
If you have an event you would like to share, just get in touch with the team using the contacts below.
Contacts
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This time we talk about big medical breaches, the fallout, and our most favourite thing: Cyberwest.
Show Notes
Season 4, Episode 5, Cyberwest Rewind.
Story 1
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/medisecure-calls-in-administrators-after-cyber-breach-608580
Story 2
https://www.oaic.gov.au/newsroom/oaic-takes-civil-penalty-action-against-medibank
Main Topic
CyberWest Summit 2024
Event Calendar:
Contacts us at:
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Hash tags
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The content of this podcast is the opinions of hosts and guests and does not represent the views, thoughts and opinions of their respective employers, partners or stakeholders.
This podcast is co-produced in partnership with CyberWest, the WA Cybersecurity Innovation hub in Joondalup.
Driving Growth in the WA Cybersecurity sector.
For more information, go to cyberwesthub.au.
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Show Notes
Season 4 Episode 4 The S in IOT stands for Security
Articles
Story 1
Qantas fixes data breach after passengers' personal details shared - ABC News
Story 2
Authentication failure blamed for Change Healthcare ransomware attack | CSO Online (ampproject.org)
Main Topic
Event Calendar -
Cyberwest Summit 15/5 16/5
Contacts
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Politician spy
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-68420795
Medicare Hackers
https://cybernews.com/news/medibank-hacker-detained-russia/
Scammers strike everyday Australia
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In this 2024 season return we look at what has been called the Mother of all Breaches and ask if it lives up to the hype.
Show Notes
Season 4 Episode 1 Was it really the MOAB?
Articles
AU Govt names and sanctions Medibank Hacker
Deepfake nets scammers US$25million https://www.businessinsider.com/deepfake-coworkers-video-call-company-loses-millions-employee-ai-2024-2
Main Topic
MOAB - Is it really?
Contacts
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