Jul 27, 2023 | Speaking
I had the privilege of being a judge on the 5th episode of Australia’s Got Tech Talent. The event was hosted by Yana Martens and it was live streamed on Facebook and LinkedIn. Each episode has a tech entrepreneur presenting and we had a pitch by Shantanu...
Jul 27, 2023 | Podcast
Microsoft is expanding access to cloud logging to all customers for free, with more becoming available in September 2023. This came after they received strong criticisms as a result of the Storm-0558 breach. On July 11, Microsoft reported having quelled a...
Jul 26, 2023 | Podcast
VirusTotal has suffered a data leak. The popular online service was launched in 2004 and is used to analyse suspicious files and URLs to detect malicious content or malware. The data leak involved a database with 5,600 registered customers names and email addresses....
Jul 25, 2023 | Podcast
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is urging all Australian to report Cybercrimes using their easy online service. The reporting can be done anonymously and reports by individuals will be referred directly to the relevant state or territory law enforcement...
Jul 24, 2023 | Podcast
Security Researchers have discovered a design flaw in Google Cloud Build which can allow for supply chain attacks. Google Cloud Build is Google Cloud’s managed continuous integration and delivery service. This CI/CD service allows users to automate the process...
Jul 21, 2023 | Podcast
Researchers from a German university recently published a paper revealing that tens of thousands of container images hosted on Docker Hub contain confidential secrets. Docker Hub is an online repository for docker container images. And a docker container image is a...
Jul 20, 2023 | Podcast
Sharing on social media is a good way to keep in touch with friends, but sometimes that can get you in trouble. A Russian Naval officer was recently killed near his home and it was believed that he may have been tracked on the Strava App. Strava is a social fitness...
Jul 19, 2023 | Podcast
Do using USB drivers as an initial infection vector still work today? Well, what is old is new again and security researchers at Mandiant have observed a threefold increase in the number of attacks using infected USB drives to steal secrets. The increase is attributed...
Jul 18, 2023 | Podcast
Logging in via QR code is something that more websites are starting to embrace. Some of those websites include Discord, Telegram, Whatsapp, Steam and Tiktok. Rather than having to enter a username/password in the website, you use the application’s mobile app to...
Jul 17, 2023 | Podcast
Popular open-source PDF library, Ghostscript, has been discovered to have a critical vulnerability that allows for remote code execution. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-3664 and impacts Ghostscript versions prior to 10.01.2. The software is installed by...
