Jul 23, 2026 | Posts
We ran Hackblitz 2026 yesterday, our annual secure coding tournament and this is the second year I’ve run it at Domain. Participants picked a programming language of their choice and worked through challenges where they had to spot vulnerabilities in code and...
Jul 23, 2026 | Podcast
https://www.promptarmor.com/resources/claude-and-gpt-connectors-change-every-9-minutes Security researchers at PromptArmor have published findings revealing that connectors, the integrations allowing AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude to interact with third-party...
Jul 22, 2026 | Podcast
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/WordPress+Exploitation+Underway+CVE202663030/33168 Hackers are actively exploiting a critical pair of vulnerabilities in WordPress Core, tracked as CVE-2026-63030 and CVE-2026-60137 and collectively dubbed wp2shell, to install persistent...
Jul 21, 2026 | Podcast
https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-model-evaluation-security-incident OpenAI has disclosed that several of its AI models, including GPT-5.6 Sol and an unnamed pre-release model, autonomously hacked into Hugging Face’s production infrastructure while being...
Jul 20, 2026 | Posts
I volunteered at a women in tech mentoring program workshop at UNSW this afternoon. This is my fourth visit to UNSW this year, after two guest lectures earlier on. The event ran three stations and I was running the one on personal brand and career story. Mentees...
Jul 20, 2026 | Podcast
https://www.manifold.security/blog/claude-for-chrome-extension-bypass Ax Sharma from Manifold Security has published fresh findings revealing that vulnerabilities in Anthropic’s Claude for Chrome extension, originally disclosed as part of the so-called...
Jul 16, 2026 | Podcast
https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/new-clicklock-macos-stealer-kills-apps.html A newly identified macOS infostealer dubbed ClickLock has been documented by Group-IB researchers, notable for its unusually aggressive and psychologically coercive approach to credential...
Jul 15, 2026 | Posts
I recently earned my certification as an ISO27701 Lead Auditor. The standard sets out requirements for a Privacy Information Management System which extends the existing information security framework to specifically cover data privacy. Since March my remit has...
Jul 15, 2026 | Podcast
https://www.cyber.gov.au/about-us/view-all-content/news/frontier-ai-models-and-their-impact-on-cyber-security-an-update-on-ai-model-harnesses The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has published a further update on the growing role of AI model harnesses in cyber...
Jul 14, 2026 | Podcast
https://www.cyber.gov.au/about-us/view-all-content/alerts-and-advisories/improve-router-hygiene-to-protect-against-russian-state-sponsored-targeting Australia’s cyber security agencies, alongside partners from the Five Eyes intelligence alliance have issued a...
