West Coast Cyber
Perth's first Cyber Security industry podcast. Aimed at anyone wanting to learn more about Cybersecurity how it affects their work, home and world around them. Local and international Cyber and Technology news, interviews and events presented by Caitriona Forde, Fadzayi Chiwandire and Ben Aylett Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
S5E9 - We made out alive in 2025!
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Fake Domains - https://thehackernews.com/2025/11/russian-hackers-create-4300-fake-travel.html
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The change to the internet that nobody is talking about. Age verification controls on Search Engines!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-11/age-verification-search-engines/105516256
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Looking back and Looking forward - The panel discusses what we saw over the year and what we...
S5E8 - Destiny Rescue Special
CONTENT WARNING - Child Exploitation
We speak with Matt Valentine from destinyrescue.org about his fight against child exploitation.
To support Destiny Rescue and their mission to make a difference to the lives of children impacted by exploitation, simply go to the website or contact Destiny Rescue’s corporate partnerships manager, Julia Yeow, directly at Julia.yeow@destinyrescue....
S5E7 - What the hell is going on with the Infosec job market?
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Australia heading towards age restrictions and verification in weeks.
Social media minimum age
Australia is quietly introducing 'unprecedented' age checks for search engines like Google
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OAIC is getting some teeth and has come out swinging.
Landmark privacy penalty: What the ACL case means for dat...
S5E6 - Jaguar’s roar goes quiet for another week.
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NPM Hack
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/09/self-replicating-worm-hits-180-software-packages/
https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/40-npm-packages-compromised-in-supply.html
https://www.cyber.gov.au/about-us/view-all-content/alerts-and-advisories/ongoing-targeting-of-online-code-repositories
https://www.cyberdaily.au/security/12668-acsc-warns-of-aussie-orgs-ongoing-targeting-of-...
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Qantas and social engineering.
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Ingram Micro taken down by Safepay Ransomware Gang
https://redpiranha.net/news/what-is-safepay-ransomware-everything-you-need-know
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S5E4 - Responsible Reporting and Drivers Licenses
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Mandatory reporting of Ransom Payments
https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/cyber-security-subsite/files/factsheet-ransomware-payment-reporting.pdf
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Tax Time Scams
https://www.ato.gov.au/online-services/scams-cyber-safety-and-identity-protection/scam-data
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https://pulsetasmania.com.au/news/government-error-leaks-data-of-260-tasmanian-drivers/
Upcoming Event...
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Disney Employee gets 3 years
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Guest Interview - Sean Hannan
Upcoming Events
Red Piranha Crystal Eye 5.5 launch events.
https://redpiranha.n...
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https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/former-disney-employee-files-wrongful-termination-complaint-after-cyber-attack/
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-journal/the-download-that-led-to-a-massive-hack-at-disney/50791f04-b675-4e9e-a033-7c4d37cd523b
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From SCIFs to Signal: How Signalgate sends a message of institutional disdain | Lowy Institute
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/06/signal-group-chat-leak-how-it-hap...
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-19/genea-ivf-investigating-cyber-incident/104954470
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https://readwrite.com/ai-deepfake-scam-italy-defense-minister-targeting-wealthy-tycoons/
Main Topic - Landmark Decision on invoice fraud.
Upcoming Events
https://www.aisa.org.au/Public/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=BMWA...
Season 4 Episode 10 - The Fundamentals with Dan Haagman
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Docusign APIs exploited in new phishing campaign.
https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/docusign-api-abused-invoice-attack
https://www.docusign.com/trust/alerts/alert-phishing-campaign-observed-november-6-2024
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Hacker behind Snowflake arrested in Canada, held on extradition charges.
Special Note: For your own safety, do not look for or try to access the resources mentioned in this main story without a good VPN or other anonymising service. Exercise caution at all times.
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ChatGPT errors of judgement puts child at risk.
https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2024/chatgpt-error-of-judgement-puts-child-at-risk-.html
Main Topic - Jacob Larsen - Research : Doxxing takes a serious turn.
Live interview with Jacob Lar...
In this episode of West Coast Cyber, we talk about the global problem of fraud.
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Telegram - CEO Arrested https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-29/telegram-pavel-durov-banned-from-leaving-france-charges-laid/104283704
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Change Healthcare - Update
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/09/17/nx-s1-...
Season 4 Episode 7 What actually caused the Medibank breach?
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Link to Crowdstrike blog update
https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/falcon-update-for-windows-hosts-technical-details/
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/24/business/crowdstrike-outage-uber-eats/index.html
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Crowd Strike - Just a quick note “Early days, lots to unfold.”
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https://amp-abc-net-au.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/104126074
Main Topic
Free WiFi
Event Calendar -
24th - 26th July Indian Ocean Defence and Security Conference - PCEC
26th July Cyber Boardgame Arvo UWA ...
This time we talk about big medical breaches, the fallout, and our most favourite thing: Cyberwest.
Show Notes
Season 4, Episode 5, Cyberwest Rewind.
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https://www.itnews.com.au/news/medisecure-calls-in-administrators-after-cyber-breach-608580
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https://www.oaic.gov.au/newsroom/oaic-takes-civil-penalty-action-against-medibank
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CyberWest Summit 2024
Event Calendar:
- 19/6 (Wednesday) AISA Breakfast ...
Show Notes
Season 4 Episode 4 The S in IOT stands for Security
Articles
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Qantas fixes data breach after passengers' personal details shared - ABC News
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Authentication failure blamed for Change Healthcare ransomware attack | CSO Online (ampproject.org)
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Politician spy
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-68420795
Medicare Hackers
https://cybernews.com/news/medibank-hacker-detained-russia/
Scammers strike everyday Au...
In this 2024 season return we look at what has been called the Mother of all Breaches and ask if it lives up to the hype.
Show Notes
Season 4 Episode 1 Was it really the MOAB?
Articles
AU Govt names and sanctions Medibank Hacker
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