Guest on SecurePod Podcast

Mar 17, 2025 | Podcast, Speaking

Had the great opportunity to be on Episode One of SecureFlag’s SecurePod podcast. Had a chat with Nick Kelly on the importance of cybersecurity culture change, secure development practices, threat modeling and building security champions. We did the recording...

Sydney Law Firm Targeted by Foreign Cyber Attackers in Extortion Attempt

Mar 17, 2025 | Podcast

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/prominent-sydney-law-firm-hit-with-cyberattack-massive-data-breach-20250313-p5ljd8.html Brydens Lawyers, a prominent Sydney law firm with ties to major sports leagues, has been targeted by foreign cyber attackers who stole over 600...

Melbourne Man Charged in Mobile Number Porting Scam

Mar 14, 2025 | Podcast

https://www.afp.gov.au/news-centre/media-release/victorian-man-charged-over-alleged-bulk-phone-porting-scam A Melbourne man is facing court after allegedly attempting to steal mobile numbers from identity theft victims. The man, 34, is accused of making 193...

Former Software Developer Found Guilty of Sabotaging Employer’s Systems

Mar 13, 2025 | Podcast

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/texas-man-convicted-sabotaging-his-employers-computer-systems-and-deleting-data A federal jury in Cleveland has convicted a senior software developer, Davis Lu, of sabotaging his former employer, Eaton Corporation’s, computer...

Cybercriminals Use Bogus Copyright Claims to Spread Malware on YouTube

Mar 12, 2025 | Podcast

Undercover miner: how YouTubers get pressed into distributing SilentCryptoMiner as a restriction bypass tool Cybercriminals are exploiting YouTube’s copyright claim system to coerce creators into promoting malware and cryptocurrency miners. They are targeting...

Hacktivist Group Claims Responsibility for X Outages, Musk Blames “Massive Cyberattack”

Mar 11, 2025 | Podcast

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/x-hit-by-massive-cyberattack-amid-dark-storms-ddos-claims/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-11/elon-musk-says-x-outages-result-of-cyber-attack/105035078 The hacktivist group Dark Storm has claimed responsibility for...

Critical PHP Vulnerability Under Mass Exploitation Worldwide

Mar 10, 2025 | Podcast

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-php-rce-vulnerability-mass-exploited-in-new-attacks A critical PHP remote code execution vulnerability, CVE-2024-4577, is being actively exploited in widespread attacks targeting Windows systems globally. The...

Google Introduces AI Scam Detection for Android

Mar 8, 2025 | Podcast

https://security.googleblog.com/2025/03/new-ai-powered-scam-detection-features.html Google has launched AI-powered scam detection features for Android devices, designed to protect users from conversational fraud. These features target scams that start innocently but...

Code Security Remains Crucial, Even in Hardened Environments

Mar 7, 2025 | Podcast

https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/why-code-security-matters-even-in-hardened-environments A recent study demonstrates that even in hardened environments with read-only file systems, attackers can exploit file write vulnerabilities in Node.js applications to achieve...

Malicious PyPi Package Pirating Deezer Music for Years

Mar 6, 2025 | Podcast

https://socket.dev/blog/malicious-pypi-package-exploits-deezer-api-for-coordinated-music-piracy A PyPi package named ‘automslc,’ downloaded over 100,000 times since 2019, has been pirating music from the Deezer streaming service using hardcoded...