New Cyber Security Requirements for Australian Critical Infrastructure
Under a new Risk Management Protocol signed off my the Australian Minister for Home Affairs and Cybersecurity, board members on critical infrastructure organisations will be held culpable for failure to properly secure their assets. The organisations will have 18...
How Secure Is Your iPhone?
The Wall Street Journal has written an article that will challenge your belief on the security of your digital life. It reports on how a basic iPhone feature can allow criminals to steal your entire digital life. This basic feature is your pass code and the technique...Atlassian Suffered Data Breach Due to Exposed Employee Credentials
Atlassian recently suffered a data leak which affected thousands of employee records as well as the building floorplans for their Sydney and San Francisco offices. The employee records include email addresses, phone numbers and names. The threat actors gained entry to...NSA Best Practices for Securing Your Home Network
The NSA has released a cybersecurity information sheet on best practices for securing your home network. They provide recommendations for device security and for online behaviour. Some of those recommendations include upgrading and updating all equipment and software...
Guest Lecture at UNSW
Had the fantastic opportunity this evening to guest lecture at UNSW (University of New South Wales) to tomorrow’s software engineers and leaders. I shared the importance of cyber security in Software Design and Development, and provided some approaches and best...10 Signs You’re Being Scammed
Do you know how to spot a scammer? Well Phil Muncaster from We Live Security has provided 10 signs to watch out for that should set your alarm bells ringing. They are: #1 The message is unsolicited. #2 They call you out of the blue. #3 You’re being rushed into...GitHub CoPilot AI Model Helping Secure Code
GitHub has started rolling out a new AI model which helps identify insecure coding patterns. As part of the new security vulnerability filtering system, Copilot will help identify and block insecure code such as hardcoded credentials, path injections and SQL...GoDaddy Multi Year Security Breach
The web hosting provider GoDaddy recently announced that they had suffered a security breach. This incident, which was reported by customers in early December last year, redirected sites hosted on GoDaddy to random domains. GoDaddy believed that the incident is linked...