Sep 8, 2023 | Podcast
Having their identify stolen via phone porting, Melbourne couple returns from holiday to discovered their bank accounts were drained, shares sold and 20 new credit and debit cards created under their names. The semi-retired couple’s first indication that...
Sep 7, 2023 | Podcast
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) have just released a report of data breach notifications made between January to June 2023. According to the report, the number of data breach notification decreased by 16% down to 409 notifications. The top...
Sep 6, 2023 | Podcast
A UK supermarket chain is recalling four types of children’s snack as the website published on the packaging has been compromised. Usually when a supermarket recalls a food item, its due to an issue with the food contents. In this instance, the recall is due to...
Sep 5, 2023 | Podcast
A WordPress Migration Plugin contains add-ons that suffers from a vulnerability that could result in sensitive information disclosure. The plugin is the All-In-One WP Migration plugin and the affected extensions are its Box extension, Google Drive extension, One Drive...
Sep 4, 2023 | Podcast
The University of Sydney has suffered a third-party data breach exposing students’ personal information. The university released a notification on 31st August stating that it was made aware of a data breach involving one of their third-party provider. The...
Sep 1, 2023 | Podcast
A data breach victim suffered additional emotional toll when she was charged by the courts and fined US$1.2 million. The Australian victim from Byron Bay had her information compromised in the Medibank data breach in October 2022. This is the only breach of her...
Aug 31, 2023 | Podcast
If it looks like a PDF file and passes traditional PDF scanning, then you might think that the file is a PDF file. When it could be a malicious word document disguised as a PDF file. Japan’s computer emergency response team (JPCERT) recently shared a newly...
Aug 31, 2023 | Podcast
Developers are being targeted in supply chain attacks as more open-source libraries are caught stealing data. Software developers are increasingly being targeted in supply chain attacks. Their machines might have SSH keys providing access to other systems, they might...
Aug 30, 2023 | Speaking
Following my participation at Future of Security – Melbourne 2023, we also did a similar panel in Sydney at the Hilton Hotel. Luke was moderator and the other panelist were Simon, Simon and Kathy. We chatted about customer trust, policy execution, nimble detection,...
Aug 30, 2023 | Speaking
I had the great opportunity to participate in a CISO Sit Down recording together with industry peers, Venkat, Wayne and Ivano. The session was hosted by Karissa and we discussed all things security, such as the power of peer driven collaboration, the importance of...
