The Get Cyber Resilient Show

In this episode, Gar sits down with Belinda Noel, Chief Growth Officer at Secolve. Belinda talks us through the expanding world of Operational Technology (OT) and Cyber Security, looking at its growing importance and need for attention. We look at the differences and overlap between IT, OT and IOT, and how each play their part, the immaturity of OT security and why it hasn't been a priority and the threats which are bringing it to the forefront of cyber concerns.

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On this week’s episode, Gar and Vinh are taking a look behind the cyber news, kicking off with the twitter hacker extradition in the US, we then discuss the snake espionage infrastructure that cyber agencies have detected in over 50 countries.

Staying global, we look at how the EU is going hard on cyber labelling for the cloud services, then back at home, we cover the Capita ransomware attack costs, Microsoft patches and the trading halt for Australian company TechnologyOne. As always, we wrap up with a lightning round of the latest breaches and vulnerabilities to make the headlines.

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We’re back for the first episode of Season 10! In this Behind the Cyber News episode we kick off with a look into the United Nations Cyber Crime Treaty and its implications on global law enforcement. We then review the Top 5 Most Dangerous cyberattacks for 2023 as announced by the SANS Technology Institute at the RSA Conference, we then move back to local headlines with the Federal Government and Minister Clare O’Neil warning that Australia faces a ‘dystopian’ future of cyber attacks targeting the fabric of our society. We then wrap up of the latest breaches and vulnerabilities to make the headlines.

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This week we are joined by Dr Andrew Reeves, Director at Cybermindz and a psychologist. In this conversation, Andrew talks us through the Cybermindz organisation, the data that came has been uncovered in his research on mental health in cyber and the nine attributes that point to what is different in the world of stress and burnout in cyber and what that can cost a company and a country.

Andrew also walks us through the cognitive heuristics and biases attackers use to gain access to systems, and how to align your security alertness (aka awareness) program to work with the mindsets, values and motivations of employees.

On this week’s episode; Dan, Gar and Vinh kick off with a look behind the latest high profile, large scale breach – Latitude Financial. We then pivot to a review of the latest misuse of AI, fooling voice recognition systems used to verify identity by Centrelink and the ATO, we also discuss the possibility that the federal government is considering making the tech sector bear more liability for insecure products. As always, we wrap up the episode with a lightning round of the latest breaches and vulnerabilities to make the headlines.

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On this week’s episode Dan, Gar and Vinh take another look behind the cyber news, we kick off by looking into the breach at cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. We then dive into the recent Attorney General’s review of the privacy act and the recommendations made to further help protect people from worsening cybersecurity threats. We then look into AI powered chatbots and how they can be hacked to reveal information that is meant to be kept out of the public domain, and we wrap up the show with the latest breaches and vulnerabilities to make the headlines.

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On this week’s episode Dan, Gar and Vinh take another look behind the cyber news, covering the proposal to institute a government wide ban on Chinese-linked cameras as well as delving into the hottest topic in tech on the planet at the moment, ChatGPT and its impact on cybersecurity. We then pivot into a deep dive review of the new industry group formed to boost national critical infrastructure resilience and wrap up the show with the latest breaches and vulnerabilities to make the headlines.

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And we're back, for the first episode of 2023! Dan, Gar and Vinh return to the mics and take us behind the latest cyber news making headlines. In this episode we cover the newly formed global Ransomware taskforce being led by Australia, we dive into how an outage at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the US sent the nation into travel chaos, and how revenue from Ransomware attacks fell by over $300 million dollars in value in 2022. We then wrap up of the latest breaches and vulnerabilities to make the headlines.

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For our last episode in 2022, we look forward into the new year and hear from the team and some previous guests who give their Cyber Predictions for 2023. 

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• Duncan Jones from Quantinuum
• Lee Roebik from Sekuro 
• Peter Coroneos from Cybermindz 
• Shishir Singh from Blackberry 

On this week’s Behind the News episode; Dan, Gar and Vinh kick off by taking a look into a ‘false subscription callback scam’ from a group called Luna Moth. We then review the latest attack on LastPass and breached customer details; we continue with another win for the good guys, this time with the arrest of nearly 1,000 suspects. We then wrap up of the latest breaches and vulnerabilities to make the headlines.

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On this week’s ep, the team kick off with a review of the latest developments and impacts from the Medibank and Optus breaches. We then investigate the Thales data breach that wasn’t through their IT systems as well as another win for the good guys with the arrest of 59 suspected scammers across Europe.  We then wrap up of the latest breaches and vulnerabilities to make the headlines.

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On this week’s Behind the News episode, the team discuss the ongoing fallout from the Optus and Medibank breaches, as well as looking into the latest victim, Harcourts Melbourne. We then pivot to the take down of an international cybercriminal in the Netherlands and an attack on a German copper smelter and the implication it could have locally. We then wrap up of the latest breaches and vulnerabilities to make the headlines.

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Dan, Gar and Vinh are back for another look behind the cyber news. In this week’s episode the team unpack another high profile breach, this time the ransomware attack on one of the country’s largest health insurers; Medibank Private. We then dive into an update on the fallout and investigations launched off the back of the Optus data breach; we also take a look at the information overload, burnout and talent retention challenges impacting SOC performance. We wrap up with a rapid fire review of the latest breaches and vulnerabilities to make the headlines.

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In this week's episode, Dan and Gar are back on the mics joined by our newest host, Vinh Nguyen!  The team take a look behind the cyber news, starting with the biggest cybersecurity story of the year in Australia, the Optus data breach. They also discuss the latest developments of the Uber breach and the fall out of T-Mobile's data breach, including their $350 million payout. We finish off the show with a wrap of the latest breaches and vulnerabilities to make the headlines.

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On this week's news episode, we review how the alleged criminals stung by the ANOM app sting last year are questioning the evidence’s lawfulness, then we’ll look at how prominent password management company LastPass has once again suffered a hack, we then dive into how ransomware attacks against a software company are having implications for the United Kingdom’s National Health Service. We finish with a wrap of the latest breaches and vulnerabilities to make the headlines.

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Expert opinions and insights on the biggest events making cybersecurity headlines this past fortnight.

On this week's news episode, we’ll be reviewing the news of how Phishing fraudsters allegedly used a SIM box to fleece hundreds of victims. We then take a look at how the federal court of Australia has ruled that an insurer is not liable for ransomware clean-up costs, we also discuss the latest warning on a ransomware gang making million dollar demands. We then finish with a wrap up of the latest breaches and vulnerabilities to make the headlines.

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In this episode we take a look behind the news of how the police allege a Brisbane teenager built spyware that has been used by domestic violence perpetrators across the globe, we investigate how Microsoft have accused an Austrian firm of misusing spyware technology, we then look into how to secure the thousands of satellites now orbiting earth and their vulnerability to a cyberattack, and we wrap up with a review of the latest breaches making headlines.

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Lee Roebig, Customer CISO for Sekuro joins the podcast this week to talk everything Zero Trust. We talk through what Zero Trust really is, its lesser known of benefits and how Zero Trust aligns with other well known frameworks.

We then delve into what type of organisation Zero Trust works for and then we round out the episode with Lee’s advice for pursuing a Zero Trust strategy.

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In this episode we break down the brand risk associated with compromised Social Media accounts as highlighted by the recent Disney hack, we review the crypto crash and its impact on ransomware in the short and longer term, we then look into the backlash to the facial recognition roll-out across major Australian retailers and how it could have been avoided, and we wrap up with a review of the latest breaches making headlines.

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This week we are joined by Emily Edgeley, an infosec analyst and manager turned public speaking coach. In this episode we tap into Emily’s expertise on story telling, why it’s important, how it works with specific examples for cyber. We then pivot into powerful presentations (something key for any CISO needing to get board buy in) including common presentation mistakes, messaging and how to use, or not use Powerpoint.

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Expert opinions and insights on the biggest events making cybersecurity headlines this past fortnight.

In this episode we discuss 'Operation First Light 2022' which resulted in thousands of arrests and millions of dollars seized in a global takedown, we talk tax-time and the latest trends in this ongoing cyber challenge, discuss rules to mitigate 'SIM swap scamming', and review the latest breaches making headlines.

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Geoff White, speaker, investigative journalist, author of The Lazarus Heist and co-creator of the Lazarus Heist podcast, joins the show this week to take us on his journey of going behind the news articles and unpacking some of the biggest cyber events of the past few decades.

Geoff talks to the origins and evolution of the Lazarus Hacking Group and the impacts of their biggest cyber heists, how cyberattacks still sit in a grey area of warfare, the future of cybercrime including its impact on the Metaverse, how AI and facial recognition are solving crimes, and gives us a look at the flip side of some of the world’s biggest cyber heists.

Expert opinions and insights on the biggest events making cybersecurity headlines this past fortnight.

In this episode we explore what impact the change to a Labor government in Australia will have on national cyber policy, examine a 3-year-old government review calling for Australia to overhaul identity verification and make better use of biometrics, dive into the 5 key trends identified in the seminal Verizon DBIR report,  and review the latest breaches and vulnerabilities making headlines.

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This week we take a look behind the news that password-less security has finally arrived through the FIDO alliance, dig into the change to mandatory IoT security standards in Australia, review the latest cyber updates regarding the war in the Ukraine, review cyber’s role in the upcoming Australian election and beyond, and review the latest breaches making headlines.

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In this episode we look behind the use of ‘Bossware’ technology and how employers are monitoring web browsing and application use of their remote working employees, we dive into the ongoing risks in the property market with ‘payment redirection’ scams, update you on the role of cyber in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and review the latest breaches making headlines.

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