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)

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

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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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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/

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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

Website - Cyberwesthub.au

Email - westcoastcyber@cyberwesthub.au

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