In this episode of the Cyber Uncut podcast, Liam Garman and David Hollingworth unpack how the US and Australian governments are holding social media giants responsible for their content and data safety. The pair begin by discussing revelations that Congress is looking to force ByteDance to sell TikTok in the United States to an approved third party or face being shut down. They then discuss how Julie Inman Grant, Australia’s eSafety commissioner, is challenging X for hosting videos of the Wakele...
Apr 26, 2024•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Uncut podcast, Sabeen Malik, vice-president of global government affairs and public policy at Rapid7, joins Liam Garman to discuss the changing nature of global tech policy – applauding Australia’s stringent cyber security legislation. The pair begin the podcast by discussing Malik’s time developing tech policy within the Obama administration and how there is a hesitancy among policymakers to acknowledge the nefarious application of popular new technologies. Malik th...
Apr 15, 2024•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Uncut podcast, hosts Phil Tarrant and Major General (Ret’d) Dr Marcus Thompson unpack building a nexus between academia, business and our national security organisations to build a stronger domestic cyber security industry. MAJGEN (Ret’d) Dr Marcus Thompson begins the podcast by discussing his experience setting up the Australian Defence Force’s initial cyber and information warfare capabilities and discusses creating a pathway into the cyber security industry to fos...
Apr 12, 2024•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Uncut podcast, Ben Miller, chief information security officer at Dragos, joins host Liam Garman to unpack the increasing number of ransomware attacks directed towards industrial organizations and how OT/ICS operators can better protect their assets. The pair begin by unpacking how threat groups have adapted their TTPs to attack modern industrial organisations and how ransomware attacks on manufacturers continue to disrupt global supply chains. Miller then details how...
Apr 05, 2024•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Uncut podcast, Raj Samani, senior vice-president and chief scientist at Rapid7, joins host Liam Garman to provide intelligence direct from the cyber security battlefield. The pair begin the podcast by discussing the links between leading threat groups and rogue states, detailing their TTPs and operating models. Samani then unpacks recent findings from North Korea’s Kimsuky threat group, lifting the veil on how such threat actors target companies and how Rapid7 works ...
Apr 03, 2024•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Uncut podcast, hosts Phil Tarrant and Major General (Ret’d) Dr Marcus Thompson unpack how foreign actors are targeting persons of interest on social media and how Australians are falling victim to unsophisticated credential stuffing campaigns. Like all news over recent months, the podcast begins talking about Taylor Swift – and how regular Australians became victims of credential stuffing campaigns on a popular ticketing website. The podcast continues with a look int...
Mar 15, 2024•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Uncut podcast, Mark Goudie, senior director of professional services at CrowdStrike, joins host Liam Garman to provide insight into the most prolific threats and vulnerabilities facing Australian businesses and how they can immediately take action to defend themselves. The podcast begins by examining critical findings from CrowdStrike’s Global Threat Report before detailing the top things Australian businesses must do to protect their assets. Goudie and Garman then o...
Mar 11, 2024•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Uncut podcast, Liam Garman, David Hollingworth, and Daniel Croft provide critical insights for business leaders on how to craft an investor and media relations strategy in the event of a breach. The trio begin the podcast by discussing the latest news before diving into how cyber breaches require all hands on deck to get a company back to business as usual. Hollingworth and Croft then provide anonymised case studies of investor and media relations strategies that hav...
Feb 16, 2024•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Uncut podcast, hosts Phil Tarrant and Major General (Ret’d) Dr Marcus Thompson discuss how malicious actors are targeting Australian courts and how Australians can keep themselves safe from the threat of credential stuffing. The pair begin the podcast by unpacking the Commonwealth’s sanctions on the Medibank hacker and how Australian courts have been in the crosshairs of malicious actors. Tarrant and Dr Thompson then unpack the recently leaked package of 26 billion d...
Feb 02, 2024•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Uncut podcast, Mercury ISS’ Edward Farrell and Niru Verma join host Steve Kuper to discuss the latest trends in cyber security and the importance of building a tailor-made security strategy for your business. The trio begin the podcast by unpacking how cyber security underpins all military capabilities, whether on land, at sea, or in the air, before discussing the importance of instituting threat-driven approaches to cyber. Farrell and Verma then unpack the latest tr...
Jan 26, 2024•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Uncut podcast, Liam Garman, David Hollingworth, and Daniel Croft unpack a recent string of cryptocurrency-related compromises on X (formerly Twitter) and how threat actors have targeted Australian consumers over the Christmas break. The trio begin unpacking a recent post on X by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) endorsing bitcoin-tracked exchange traded funds (ETFs) and how the post is the latest in a long string of cryptocurrency scams on the site. The...
Jan 12, 2024•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Uncut podcast, Liam Garman, David Hollingworth, and Daniel Croft unpack the biggest news stories for 2023 – and dive into the recent Rhysida and ALPHV attacks. The trio begin the podcast by unpacking the latest hack against Insomniac Games by Rhysida, which saw over a terabyte of data leaked online, as well as recent movements within the ALPHV ransomware gang. They then unpack the top five news stories of the year. Garman, Hollingworth, and Croft then wrap up the pod...
Dec 21, 2023•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Uncut podcast, Leon Poggioli, ANZ regional director at Claroty, and Liam Garman unpack what the 2023–2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy means for the industry and how businesses can build XIoT policies to mitigate the risk of penetration. • The pair begin the podcast by analysing how the 2023–2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy will support the growth of Australia’s cyber security industry and what it will mean for businesses. • Poggioli and Garman then anal...
Dec 15, 2023•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Uncut podcast, hosts Phil Tarrant and Dr Marcus Thompson discuss the key recommendations and findings from the recently released Australian Cyber Security Strategy, ASD Cyber Threat Report, and ASIC cyber pulse survey. The pair discuss: • recent appointments at Penten and unpack breaking news in the cyber security industry; • updates to the ASD Essential Eight Maturity Model, in particular, examining how new guidelines will help mitigate threat detection and response...
Dec 01, 2023•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Uncut podcast, Major General (Ret’d) Dr Marcus Thompson, inaugural head of the Australian Defence Force’s Information Warfare Division, and Phil Tarrant unpack how information warfare is employed in the modern threat environment. The pair begin the podcast by analysing information operations surrounding the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict and how information is harnessed to influence one’s adversaries to their will. They then examine how national power can be impacted ...
Nov 17, 2023•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Uncut podcast, Jaya Baloo, global chief security officer at Rapid7, joins host Liam Garman to unpack how Australia’s regulatory environment is impacting businesses trying to manage the rapid pace of change in today’s digital environment The pair begin by looking at how Baloo’s career developed and the challenges she’s faced keeping global organisations secure. Baloo and Garman then discuss the changing threat landscape and how cyber has become a hotly contested domai...
Nov 03, 2023•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Uncut podcast, Drew Bagley, vice-president and counsel for privacy and cyber policy at CrowdStrike, joins host Liam Garman to unpack the emerging cyber security trends facing Australian businesses and how the Australian government can draw from success overseas to build a robust and agile policy framework to protect Australians online. The pair begin the podcast by unpacking findings from CrowdStrike’s 2023 Threat Hunting report, detailing the emerging and evolving t...
Oct 20, 2023•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Uncut podcast, Alex Wilson, director of solutions engineering (APJ) at Yubico, joins host Liam Garman to unpack the weaknesses of traditional two-factor authentication and how businesses can strengthen their security through physical two-factor keys. The pair begin the podcast by discussing how threat actors can manipulate digital two-factor authentication measures and the challenges of rolling out 2FA across a workforce. Wilson and Garman then analyse some use cases...
Oct 13, 2023•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Uncut podcast, Absolute Software chief technology officer Nicko van Someren joins host Liam Garman to unpack how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can be used by both cyber response teams and threat actors – and AI/ML’s inherent limitations. The pair begin the podcast by demarcating AI and advanced ML and how the inability of individuals to grasp the full potential of AI is hampering its continued development in business applications. Van Someren...
Oct 09, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Uncut podcast, hosts Phil Tarrant and Major General (Ret’d) Marcus Thompson announce the rebranding of Cyber Security Connect into CyberDaily.au. The pair also discuss: The reasoning behind the rebrand to Cyber Daily, mainly the broad-reaching impact of cyber life across government, the economy and at the individual level of daily life. The evolution of the cyber environment and the regulatory and legislative environments and their high-stakes implications for the na...
Oct 06, 2023•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this transformative episode of the Cyber Security Uncut podcast, hosts Phil Tarrant and Liam Garman announce the upcoming rebrand of Cyber Security Connect to Cyber Daily and the launch of the reinvigorated Cyber Uncut podcast. Following the success of Cyber Security Connect, Cyber Daily will unpack and analyse all areas of digital transformation – ranging from cyber security, artificial intelligence and information systems through to modern digitally enabled business solutions to help Austra...
Sep 29, 2023•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Security Uncut podcast, hosts Liam Garman and Major General (Ret’d) Dr Marcus Thompson unpack how businesses can implement protocols to protect their systems from third-party compromise. In the podcast, the pair examine the recent TissuPath and Pareto data breaches, observing that no matter how secure an organisation’s networks may be – externally hosted data is always at risk. Dr Thompson and Garman then discuss how businesses must develop a whole-of-company respons...
Sep 15, 2023•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Security Uncut podcast, Christiaan Beek, senior director of threat analytics at Rapid7, joins host Liam Garman to discuss Rapid7’s 2023 Mid-Year Threat Review, unpacking the latest cyber security trends facing businesses and detailing need-to-know intelligence to keep Australian businesses safe. The pair begin the podcast analysing the most common threat vectors that are being exploited by cyber criminals, including unpatched software and old hardware systems, before...
Sep 06, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Security Uncut podcast, Leon Poggioli, ANZ regional director at Claroty, joins host Liam Garman to discuss new cyber security requirements for Australian businesses, and how organisations can leverage cyber as a competitive advantage. The podcast begins analysing recent findings from Claroty’s research arm, Team82, that has discovered 95 IoT CVEs this calendar year alone, before unpacking the new and emerging regulatory requirements for Australian businesses under SL...
Aug 30, 2023•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Security Uncut podcast, Peter Maloney, managing director and chief executive officer of cyber security and sovereign cloud services provider AUCloud, joins host Liam Garman to unpack why Australia has become one of the world’s most attractive targets for cyber criminals and how Australian businesses can protect themselves. The pair begin the podcast unpacking the factors that make Australia such a tempting target for cyber criminals, and some of the latest tactics an...
Aug 25, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Security Uncut podcast, hosts Phil Tarrant and Major General (Ret’d) Dr Marcus Thompson discuss how the industry can leverage recommendations put forward by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to build a stronger cyber security industry and how cyber can be used as a tool for diplomacy. The pair begin the podcast by discussing breaking news in the cyber security industry with the acquisition of ParaFlare by Deloitte Australia. Dr Thompson and Tarr...
Aug 21, 2023•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Security Uncut podcast, Liam Garman and Daniel Croft unpack the social paradigm of post-truth and how Russia’s Internet Research Agency has exploited this to prosecute online disinformation campaigns. The pair begin defining post-truth and how individuals are increasingly using emotion and affiliative sensemaking to cut through information on the internet. They then look into case studies of how Russia’s Internet Research Agency prosecutes online information campaign...
Aug 07, 2023•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Security Uncut podcast, Liam Garman and Daniel Croft discuss the impact of the major HWL Ebsworth attack and the response given by Australia’s first cyber security coordinator, Air Marshal Darren Goldie, while diving into the latest news in cyber security. The podcast begins with a discussion of ANZ bank CEO’s decision not to sign up to a voluntary anti-scam code that would see banks required to reimburse those who fall victim to scams. Garman and Croft then discuss ...
Jul 21, 2023•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Security Uncut podcast, Phil Tarrant and Major General (Ret’d) Dr Marcus Thompson unpack the hostile cyber threat environment facing Australia’s financial institutions. The pair begin the podcast by unpacking workforce challenges in Australia’s cyber security sector, with professionals tempted overseas with compelling salary packages. Dr Thompson and Tarrant continue the podcast by analysing the recent findings from APRA on the common cyber shortfalls among regulated...
Jul 07, 2023•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Cyber Security Uncut podcast, Major General (Ret’d) Dr Marcus Thompson and Liam Garman unpack the MOVEit file transfer breach and discuss proposals to label AI-generated content. The pair begin the podcast by discussing the recent MOVEit data breach and steps that businesses must take to improve their cyber resilience in the face of zero-day exploits. Dr Thompson and Garman then look into the recent HWL Ebsworth hack before diving into whether the Commonwealth should insti...
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