Story 1

Qantas 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-humans

Story 2

Ingram Micro taken down by Safepay Ransomware Gang

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ingram-micro-outage-caused-by-safepay-ransomware-attack/

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/

https://bankvault.com

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

https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/ms-co-op-cyberattackers-duped-it-help-desks-into-resetting-passwords-says-report-2025-05-06/

Story 2

Disney Employee gets 3 years

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/fired-disney-employee-gets-3-years-in-prison-for-hacking-and-changing-menus

Main Topic

Guest Interview - Sean Hannan

Upcoming Events

Red Piranha Crystal Eye 5.5 launch events.

https://redpiranha.net/events

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

https://www.acs.org.au/cpd-education/event-detail.html?eventId=701Om00000H5pePIAR

AusCERT Cyber Conference (Gold Coast) 

May 20-23 

https://conference.auscert.org.au/#:~:text=AUSCERT%202025%20will%20mark%20our,18

CYBERWEST SUMMIT!

28th and 29th May - https://eventandconfco.eventsair.com/cyberwest-summit-2025

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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.

https://cybersecurity4smallbusiness.com/10-landmark-cybersecurity-court-ruling-on-email-fraud-who-pays-the-price/

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

https://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=wa

Interview - Dan Haagman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/danhaagman/

Upcoming Events

November

26-29 - Cybercon - Melbourne - https://www.cyberconference.com.au/

Contacts

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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.

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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

AISA Stuent Sec - Thursday 31st October - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aisa-studentsec-tickets-1004923171257 

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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

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/sep/06/pavel-durov-telegram-founder-post-comments-arrest-france

Story 2

Change Healthcare - Update

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/09/17/nx-s1-5111590/cyberattacks-ransomware-health-care-federal-response

Main Topic - Scam Farms

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cyber-cx_last-night-60-minutes-australia-looked-at-activity-7233641800350015489-pqvG/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android

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

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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://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 - [email protected]

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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 

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 - [email protected]

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