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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Contacts

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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)

https://aisa.org.au/Public/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=BMWA0525&WebsiteKey=dd1440d8-82c8-43e1-9f70-9cec638dc85b

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

Registrations are open now!

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