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2022 in review: Cyber related events worth mentioning
I’m sure there is more I’m forgetting, I might add as time goes on.
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Change of blog intent
Whilst I’ve had this blog up and running for a while now, with the original intent of regularly writing articles, blogs and research, I have come to realise now a year later that this is maybe not my desire. Time constraints are one thing, but with the prevalence of ChatGPT, I don’t just want to…
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Gridware x InvestmentNSW Cyber workshop experience V2
An awesome outing for Gridware Cybersecurity’s incident response team – hosting another cyber workshop experience for high school students, our second iteration for the year immersing students in a cyber incident response scenario. Thanks to Investment NSW and NSW Department of Education for including the Gridware team in this experience to spread cyber awareness among…
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Medibank Cyber breach
In case you haven’t heard by now, the alleged threat actor responsible for the Medibank #cyber incident has begun leaking private customer data. This data leak exposes personally identified information of Australian Medibank customers including names, addresses, DOB and other Medicare details. A sad day for Australia’s cyber security image. A few helpful resources for…
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NPD4n6 ~ A Current Affair appearance: Digital forensic investigator’s warning for Aussies after Optus data breach
https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/optus-data-breach-digital-forensic-investigators-warning/b319e572-5776-40ca-a230-f46c815b85bd https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/videos/latest/digital-forensic-investigators-warning-for-aussies-after-optus-data-breach/cl8jzw1i5000c0qo58g2yccv9
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Gridware X InvestmentNSW cyber workshop experience
Several weeks ago, Gridware Cybersecurity‘s incident response team ran the first Cyber Workshop Experience with the NSW Government and support from Western Sydney University. The workshop was run for high school students looking at a career in #cyber! Running through an incident response scenario, students were put to the test to follow clues and artefacts…
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Cybersecurity training with WSU
Over the past several weeks, I and other Gridware Cybersecurity team members had the pleasure of running workshops for Western Sydney University #cybersecurity students. Taking deep dives into various types of incidents such as ransomware attacks, and providing insights into our own experience in industry – all in preparation for the opening of the Cybersecurity Aid…
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okta Cyber incident
A post from Okta‘s Chief Security Officer explaining that their investigation revealed there was no external compromise of Okta systems. Rather, there was a compromise to a contracted support engineer’s computer – where threat group LAPSUS$ was able to obtain remote access to Okta support systems using Remote Desktop Protocols (RDP). This has impacted up…
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Signal Messenger: privacy alert
Signal Messenger tried to post Instagram ads to showcase the level of granular data that Facebook has stored about its users – the ads included occupation, hobbies and recent life events of users, to name a few. Facebook wasn’t too keen on this, so they blocked the ads. Most people don’t realise how much Facebook…
NPD4n6: Nicks DFIR blog 