Episodes

  • S4E7 What actually caused the Medibank breach
    Aug 13 2024

    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://www.inc-aus.com/associated-press/crowdstrike-ceo-called-to-testify-before-congress-over-global-tech-outage.html?cid=pushly

    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 -

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-28/anthony-albanese-reshuffles-cabinet-clare-oneil-andrew-giles/104141974

    https://au.news.yahoo.com/pm-albanese-unveil-look-cabinet-173000864.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGJqXero2AY2_lVvId1MsxW2sppVSNXfrPMYS0xcDwly7Q5aMXTPZCWvDT9j3f-41VmOf96qUDUJtieFpGhRYwH5_eTP5puaEeGFG9WIYQdhMe8d0QlKFc4XXUM0eeQIiGPAWXqLpqTYIYMTXVbsT07_c4GhK7sGVOh4YSnLj8T1


    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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    37 mins
  • S4E6 Free WIFI - Yes or No
    Jul 23 2024

    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

    https://www.afp.gov.au/news-centre/media-release/man-charged-over-creation-evil-twin-free-wifi-networks-access-personal


    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

    Website - Cyberwesthub.au

    Email - westcoastcyber@cyberwesthub.au

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    Social Media

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    43 mins
  • S4E5 Cyberwest Rewind
    Jun 11 2024

    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:

    • 19/6 (Wednesday) AISA Breakfast - Anzac Club WA - member tickets on the website.
    • 26/6 AWSN at the BankWest Offices on Murray Street - See the website for member tickets


    Contacts us at:

    • Website Cyberwesthub.au
    • Email westcoastcyber@cyberwesthub.au
    • Discord https://discord.gg/kwsmDBUZKZ
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    • Twitter https://twitter.com/WestCoastCybr
    • LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/westcoastcyber/
    • Instagram https://www.instagram.com/westcoastcyber/
    • Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@westcoastcyber



    The Red Piranha Competition

    Red Piranha is hosting an EOFY Competition for people in Perth!

    Your participation in the competition can make you win Red Piranha CISO Swag Bag which includes:

    ✅ 6 months of Loot Crate #1 Pop Culture Mystery Subscription for you!

    ✅50% off 1 x Platinum Managed Detection and Response (MDR)/Security Event and Incident Management (SIEM) 12 Month Subscription for your organisation.

    ✅Free Dark Web Monitoring

    ✅$10,000.00 off a Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Test (VAPT) for your organisation.

    ✅Free Cybersecurity Awareness Training (CSAT) for your organisation.

    To participate, all you have to do is:

    • Get down to Central Park, Perth City before 19th June 2024, and look up at the big screen. When you see Red Piranha’s Ad, get a selfie.
    • Upload your selfie to LinkedIn and use the hashtags #teamdefenceaustralia and #redpiranha




    Hash tags

    #cybersecurity #infosec #perth #australia #technology #westernaustralia #wa #cyber #instagram #scam #bounty #CISA #vulnerability #google #conti #phishing #password #passwordless #scams #microsoft # macro


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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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    41 mins
  • S4E4 From Planes to Medicine to the UK Govt cracking down on smart gear.
    May 7 2024

    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)

    https://amp.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/family-violence-and-sex-assault-victims-exposed-in-monash-health-data-breach-20240503-p5foni.html

    https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/ransomware/2024/03/alphv-ransomware-gang-fakes-own-death-fools-no-one


    Main Topic

    No more 12345: devices with weak passwords to be banned in UK | Data and computer security | The Guardian (ampproject.org)


    Event Calendar -

    Cyberwest Summit 15/5 16/5


    Contacts

    Website - Cyberwesthub.au

    Email - westcoastcyber@cyberwesthub.au

    Discord - https://discord.gg/kwsmDBUZKZ

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    33 mins
  • S4E3 FUD. What is it good for?
    Apr 2 2024
    The Cyberhype around the Baltimore Bridge story has got us talking about FUD and its impact.

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    45 mins
  • S4E2 The rise of scammers and what we can do about it
    Mar 5 2024

    Politician spy

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-68420795

    https://www.9news.com.au/national/mike-burgess-asio-speech-australian-politician-sold-out-their-country-spy-boss-reveals/9201ec83-63a4-48c1-96f0-1d6abf01e644


    Medicare Hackers

    https://cybernews.com/news/medibank-hacker-detained-russia/

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-22/russian-ermakov-reportedly-detained-medibank-cyber-crime/103497194


    Scammers strike everyday Australia

    https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/online-scam-heartless-scammers-use-apple-gift-cards-to-steal-1m-from-lonely-grandfather/356a046c-8847-4364-8324-703200611df7


    • Website - Cyberwesthub.au
    • Email - westcoastcyber@cyberwesthub.au
    • Discord - https://discord.gg/kwsmDBUZKZ
    • Social Media
    • Facebook https://www.facebook.com/WestCoastCyber
    • Twitter https://twitter.com/WestCoastCybr
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    • Insta https://www.instagram.com/westcoastcyber/



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    43 mins
  • S4E1 Was it REALLY the MOAB?
    Feb 6 2024

    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

    https://amp-smh-com-au.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.smh.com.au/politics/federal/identity-of-medibank-hacker-confirmed-government-invokes-cyber-sanctions-20240123-p5ezbl.html


    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?

    https://blog.knowbe4.com/unprecedented-cybersecurity-alert-26-billion-records-exposed-in-mega-data-breach


    Contacts

    Website - Cyberwesthub.au

    Email - westcoastcyber@cyberwesthub.au

    Discord - https://discord.gg/kwsmDBUZKZ

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    32 mins
  • End of Season Special #4
    Jan 16 2024
    Cyberwest Summit Interviews - Troy Hunt

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    13 mins