West Coast Cyber

Story 1Qantas and social engineering.https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/06/qantas-attack-reveals-one-phone-call-is-all-it-takes-to-crack-cybersecuritys-weakest-link-humansStory 2Ingram Micro taken down by Safepay Ransomware Ganghttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ingram-micro-outage-caused-by-safepay-ransomware-attack/https://redpiranha.net/news/what-is-safepay-ransomware-everything-you-need-knowMain TopicInterview : Graeme Speak - Rethinking Cyber Securityhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/graemespeak/https://bankvault.comUpcoming EventsIf you have an event that you want to include, get in touch.AISAThe 28th Annual CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy and Social Networking Conference - 15th to 17th JulyAISA AdelaideSEC Conference - Friday 22 August 2025BSides Perth 18/19 OCTOBER 2025Want to support the podcast? Leave a review and recommend us to a friend! Spread the word!aCast : https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/westcoastcyberApple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/west-coast-cyber/id1793990678Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/4bvYuqrdeh1BIDKXi0rcNriHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-west-coast-cyber-107688022/Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/@westcoastcyberContactsWebsite - https://www.cyberwesthub.au/resourcesEmail - westcoastcyber@cyberwesthub.auDiscord - https://discord.gg/kwsmDBUZKZSocial MediaFacebook https://www.facebook.com/WestCoastCyberTwitter https://twitter.com/WestCoastCybrLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/westcoastcyber/Insta https://www.instagram.com/westcoastcyber/

S5E4 - Responsible Reporting and Drivers LicensesStory 1Mandatory reporting of Ransom Paymentshttps://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/cyber-security-subsite/files/factsheet-ransomware-payment-reporting.pdfStory 2Tax Time Scamshttps://www.ato.gov.au/online-services/scams-cyber-safety-and-identity-protection/scam-dataMain Topichttps://pulsetasmania.com.au/news/government-error-leaks-data-of-260-tasmanian-drivers/Upcoming EventsIf you have an event that you want to include, get in touch.Want to support the podcast? Leave a review and recommend us to a friend! Spread the word!aCast : https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/westcoastcyberApple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/west-coast-cyber/id1793990678Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/4bvYuqrdeh1BIDKXi0rcNriHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-west-coast-cyber-107688022/Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/@westcoastcyberContactsWebsite - https://www.cyberwesthub.au/resourcesEmail - westcoastcyber@cyberwesthub.auDiscord - https://discord.gg/kwsmDBUZKZSocial MediaFacebook https://www.facebook.com/WestCoastCyberTwitter https://twitter.com/WestCoastCybrLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/westcoastcyber/Insta https://www.instagram.com/westcoastcyber/

Story 1https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/ms-co-op-cyberattackers-duped-it-help-desks-into-resetting-passwords-says-report-2025-05-06/Story 2Disney Employee gets 3 yearshttps://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/fired-disney-employee-gets-3-years-in-prison-for-hacking-and-changing-menusMain TopicGuest Interview - Sean HannanUpcoming EventsRed Piranha Crystal Eye 5.5 launch events.https://redpiranha.net/eventsCyber Resilience Summit Brisbane May 14 https://forefrontevents.co/event/cyber-qldAISA WA Branch MeetingPresentation Title: BeyondCorp - Google's ZeroTrust implementationDaniel White is a Staff Security Engineer at Google, working on incident response and digital forensics.Date: Tuesday 13 May 2025Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm (AWST)https://aisa.org.au/Public/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=BMWA0525&WebsiteKey=dd1440d8-82c8-43e1-9f70-9cec638dc85bACS WA Tech Summit: Innovation for a New EraThe Hub, Bentley Technology Park - Tue 20 May 2025 01:00 PM AWSThttps://www.acs.org.au/cpd-education/event-detail.html?eventId=701Om00000H5pePIARAusCERT Cyber Conference (Gold Coast) May 20-23 https://conference.auscert.org.au/#:~:text=AUSCERT%202025%20will%20mark%20our,18CYBERWEST SUMMIT!28th and 29th May - https://eventandconfco.eventsair.com/cyberwest-summit-2025 Registrations are open now!If you have an event that you want to include, get in touch.Want to support the podcast? Leave a review and recommend us to a friend! Spread the word!aCast : https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/westcoastcyberApple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/west-coast-cyber/id1793990678Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/4bvYuqrdeh1BIDKXi0rcNriHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-west-coast-cyber-107688022/Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/@westcoastcyberContactsWebsite - https://www.cyberwesthub.au/resourcesEmail - westcoastcyber@cyberwesthub.auDiscord - https://discord.gg/kwsmDBUZKZSocial MediaFacebook https://www.facebook.com/WestCoastCyberTwitter https://twitter.com/WestCoastCybrLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/westcoastcyber/Insta https://www.instagram.com/westcoastcyber/

Story 1https://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-a033-7c4d37cd523bStory 2From SCIFs to Signal: How Signalgate sends a message of institutional disdain | Lowy Institutehttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/06/signal-group-chat-leak-how-it-happenedMain Topichttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-04/superannuation-cyber-attack-rest-afsa/105137820Bonushttps://redpiranha.net/news/suspected-saiga-threat-actors-exploit-australian-legal-sector-edr-bypassUpcoming EventsCYBERWEST SUMMIT https://eventandconfco.eventsair.com/cyberwest-summit-2025Want to support the podcast? Leave a review and recommend us to a friend! Spread the word!aCast : https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/westcoastcyberApple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/west-coast-cyber/id1793990678Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/4bvYuqrdeh1BIDKXi0rcNriHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-west-coast-cyber-107688022/Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/@westcoastcyberContactsWebsite - https://www.cyberwesthub.au/resourcesEmail - westcoastcyber@cyberwesthub.auDiscord - https://discord.gg/kwsmDBUZKZSocial MediaFacebook https://www.facebook.com/WestCoastCyberTwitter https://twitter.com/WestCoastCybrLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/westcoastcyber/Insta https://www.instagram.com/westcoastcyber/

Story 1https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-19/genea-ivf-investigating-cyber-incident/104954470Story 2https://readwrite.com/ai-deepfake-scam-italy-defense-minister-targeting-wealthy-tycoons/Main Topic - Landmark Decision on invoice fraud.https://cybersecurity4smallbusiness.com/10-landmark-cybersecurity-court-ruling-on-email-fraud-who-pays-the-price/Upcoming Eventshttps://www.aisa.org.au/Public/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=BMWA250225&WebsiteKey=dd1440d8-82c8-43e1-9f70-9cec638dc85bhttps://www.aisa.org.au/Public/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=BMCLD2725&WebsiteKey=dd1440d8-82c8-43e1-9f70-9cec638dc85bhttps://www.cyberwesthub.au/events-collection/black-swan-summit-2025https://eventandconfco.eventsair.com/cyberwest-summit-2025Rate and Review!aCast : https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/westcoastcyberApple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/west-coast-cyber/id1793990678Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/4bvYuqrdeh1BIDKXi0rcNriHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-west-coast-cyber-107688022/Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/@westcoastcyberContactsWebsite - https://www.cyberwesthub.au/resourcesEmail - westcoastcyber@cyberwesthub.auDiscord - https://discord.gg/kwsmDBUZKZSocial Mediahttps://www.facebook.com/WestCoastCyberhttps://twitter.com/WestCoastCybrhttps://www.linkedin.com/showcase/westcoastcyber/https://www.instagram.com/westcoastcyber/

Season 4 Episode 10 - The Fundamentals with Dan HaagmanStory 1Docusign APIs exploited in new phishing campaign.https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/docusign-api-abused-invoice-attackhttps://www.docusign.com/trust/alerts/alert-phishing-campaign-observed-november-6-2024Story 2Hacker behind Snowflake arrested in Canada, held on extradition charges.https://krebsonsecurity.com/tag/alexander-antonin-moucka/https://therecord.media/alleged-snowflake-hacker-detained-in-canadahttps://thenightly.com.au/politics/australia/man-arrested-after-cybercrime-investigation-into-software-breaches-that-affected-millions-of-australians-c-16649915?fbclid=IwY2xjawGW4zBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHR1UtBwEj_IFUWeCrgPIHCw4Qyz2jUsEURuetn7RN2p0tAYzbwVsxnxJtQ_aem_kRaiRznyXouWYXoIUCt6Zw&sfnsn=waInterview - Dan Haagman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/danhaagman/Upcoming EventsNovember26-29 - Cybercon - Melbourne - https://www.cyberconference.com.au/ContactsWebsite - Cyberwesthub.auEmail - westcoastcyber@cyberwesthub.auDiscord - https://discord.gg/kwsmDBUZKZSocial MediaFacebook https://www.facebook.com/WestCoastCyberTwitter https://twitter.com/WestCoastCybrLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/westcoastcyber/Insta https://www.instagram.com/westcoastcyber/Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/@westcoastcyberThis 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.

In this episode of West Coast Cyber, we talk about the global problem of fraud.Story 1Telegram - CEO Arrested https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-29/telegram-pavel-durov-banned-from-leaving-france-charges-laid/104283704https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/sep/06/pavel-durov-telegram-founder-post-comments-arrest-franceStory 2Change Healthcare - Updatehttps://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/09/17/nx-s1-5111590/cyberattacks-ransomware-health-care-federal-responseMain Topic - Scam Farmshttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/cyber-cx_last-night-60-minutes-australia-looked-at-activity-7233641800350015489-pqvG/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_androidChallenges - 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 ChampionsEvent Calendar - 13th September - National Missings Persons Hackathon - Bash's review26 - 28 Sept - Bsides CanberraContactsWebsite - Cyberwesthub.auEmail - westcoastcyber@cyberwesthub.auDiscord - https://discord.gg/kwsmDBUZKZSocial MediaFacebook https://www.facebook.com/WestCoastCyberTwitter https://twitter.com/WestCoastCybrLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/westcoastcyber/Insta https://www.instagram.com/westcoastcyber/Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/@westcoastcyber

Season 4 Episode 7 What actually caused the Medibank breach?Story 1Link 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/104193866Story 2Cabinet 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_c4GhK7sGVOh4YSnLj8T1Main TopicMedibank breach https://www.oaic.gov.au/newsroom/oaic-takes-civil-penalty-action-against-medibankEvent Calendar - 30th August - Scams and Sushi - City of SubiacoLast week of August - Scam Watch Week - Share a story, stop a scam3rd September - Student of Cyber with AWS13th September - National Missings Persons Hackathon17th September - Computing and Security Showcase Evening Joondalup ECU Building 21ContactsWebsite - Cyberwesthub.auEmail - westcoastcyber@cyberwesthub.auDiscord - https://discord.gg/kwsmDBUZKZSocial MediaFacebook https://www.facebook.com/WestCoastCyberTwitter https://twitter.com/WestCoastCybrLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/westcoastcyber/Insta https://www.instagram.com/westcoastcyber/Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/@westcoastcyber