West Coast Cyber
Episodes
S6E1 - Don't believe the hype
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The HeadlinesASIC Finehttps://www.cyberdaily.au/security/13197-fiig-securities-faces-2-5m-fine-following-2023-cyber-attackApple’s first Zero day of ...
S5E9 - We made out alive in 2025!
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
S5E9 - We made out alive in 2025!Story 1Fake Domains - https://thehackernews.com/2025/11/russian-hackers-create-4300-fake-travel.htmlStory 2The change...
S5E8 - Destiny Rescue Special
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
S5E8 - Destiny Rescue SpecialCONTENT WARNING - Child ExploitationWe speak with Matt Valentine from destinyrescue.org about his fight against...
S5E7 - What the hell is going on with the Infosec job market
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
S5E7 - What the hell is going on with the Infosec job market?Story 1Australia heading towards age restrictions and verification in weeks.Social media ...
S5E6 - Jaguar’s roar goes quiet for another week.
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
S5E6 - Jaguar’s roar goes quiet for another week.Story 1NPM Hackhttps://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/09/self-replicating-worm-hits-180-software-packages...
S5E5 - Rethinking Cyber Security with Graeme Speak
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Story 1Qantas and social engineering.https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/06/qantas-attack-reveals-one-phone-call-is-all-it-takes-to-crack-cy...
S5E4 - Responsible Reporting and Drivers Licenses
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
S5E4 - Responsible Reporting and Drivers LicensesStory 1Mandatory reporting of Ransom Paymentshttps://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/cyber-security-subsite/fi...
S5E3 - Insights to a real Crypto Scam
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Story 1https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/ms-co-op-cyberattackers-duped-it-help-desks-into-resetting-passwords-says-report-2025-05-06/St...
S5E2 - The Superhack
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Story 1https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/former-disney-employee-files-wrongful-termination-complaint-after-cyber-attack/https://www.wsj.com/podc...
S5E1 - Email fraud ruling. Who’s at fault?
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Story 1https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-19/genea-ivf-investigating-cyber-incident/104954470Story 2https://readwrite.com/ai-deepfake-scam-italy-defe...
S4E10 Going back to the fundamentals with Dan Haagman
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Season 4 Episode 10 - The Fundamentals with Dan HaagmanStory 1Docusign APIs exploited in new phishing campaign.https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-secur...
S4E9 Doxxing takes a dark turn - Interview with Jacob Larsen
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
S4E8 We talk about the global problem of fraud
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of West Coast Cyber, we talk about the global problem of fraud.Story 1Telegram - CEO Arrested https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-29/t...
S4E7 What actually caused the Medibank breach
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Season 4 Episode 7 What actually caused the Medibank breach?Story 1Link to Crowdstrike blog updatehttps://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/falcon-update-for-w...
S4E6 Free WIFI - Yes or No
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Story 1Crowd Strike - Just a quick note “Early days, lots to unfold.”Story 2https://amp-abc-net-au.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/1...
S4E5 Cyberwest Rewind
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This time we talk about big medical breaches, the fallout, and our most favourite thing: Cyberwest.Show NotesSeason 4, Episode 5, Cyberwest Rewind.Sto...
S4E4 From Planes to Medicine to the UK Govt cracking down on smart gear.
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Show NotesSeason 4 Episode 4 The S in IOT stands for SecurityArticlesStory 1Qantas fixes data breach after passengers' personal details shared - ABC N...
S4E3 FUD. What is it good for?
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Cyberhype around the Baltimore Bridge story has got us talking about FUD and its impact. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...
S4E2 The rise of scammers and what we can do about it
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Politician spyhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-68420795https://www.9news.com.au/national/mike-burgess-asio-speech-australian-politician-sold-o...
S4E1 Was it REALLY the MOAB?
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 NotesSeason 4 Episode 1 ...
End of Season Special #4
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cyberwest Summit Interviews - Troy Hunt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
End of Season Special #3
02 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cyberwest Summit Interviews - Bex Nitert Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
End of Season Special #2
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cyberwest Summit Interviews - Catherine Manstead Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
End of Season Special #1
16 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cyberwest Summit 2023 Interviews - Simon Carabetta and Ian Yip Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S3E18 The Cyberchampions
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the strategy for cyber in Australia.2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy (homeaffairs.gov.au) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...
Interview - Gemma Marshall - Akkodis
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With over 10 years’ experience in the Tech talent industry in London,Gemma’s passion for driving diversity and solving the persistent issue of tec...
Interview - Dr Lisa Dethridge - RMIT University Melbourne
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa focuses on communication pathways at the “bleeding edge” oftechnological innovation using telecoms, games and robots as virtualcollaboration ...
S3E15 - The Concerned Information Security Officer
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you are a CISO, does the latest news around Solarwinds concern you? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S3E14 - When hackers take on casinos, who do you bet on?
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tiktok, UK cops and broken slots. As we head into Cyber Security Awareness Month, we have some big news to cover. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...
S3E13 - Once more into the breaches!
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This time, we cover the impact of data breaches in the Not For Profit sector. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Keys, Opsec and Fake News, Oh My!
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A mixed bag this time with some news on Opsec Failures, Typos and can the ACCC do something about misinformation? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...
S3E11 - Full circle with Lastpass
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the Lastpass debacle and take a look at lessons learned. We also like to move it, move it but not like PWC does. Hosted on Acast. See acast...
S3E10 It's the vibe of the thing - Culture and Cybersecurity
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Let's talk about that one big thing that is holding back cybersecurity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S3E9 CyberWest Special : Stefan Prandl
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stefan joins us for a chat about their new product Firebug, a Network Threat Hunt as a Service as well as some thoughts around AI.For more about Hyprf...
S3E8 CyberWest Special : Walt Coulston
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Walt joins us for a chat about the impact Data Centers can have on our envinronment and what changes we are seeing with Data Centres and Cybersecurity...
S3E7 The 2023 CyberWest Summit Special
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we have a chat with the Director of Cyberwest Cecily Rawlinson about the 2023 Cyberwest Summit, the Cyber event for non-cyber people.F...
S3E6 CyberWest Special : Vannessa Van Beek
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vannessa joins us in studio for a chat about her work within Kinetic IT and the crossover between disciplines and how they can be leveraged to complim...
S3E5 CyberWest Special : Sam Grunhard
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Grunhard from the Cyber and Infrastructure Security Centre calls in to talk about the role the national department plays in maintaining the secur...
S3E4 CyberWest Special : Terry Roberts
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Terry Roberts from whitehawk.com calls in to talk about her journey and her views on risk and the cyber community.For more about Whitehawk, go to Whit...
S3E3 Can the Aussie Government actually do it?
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A roundup off the latest breaches and we look at what the Australian government plans for cyber and ask if it will work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
S3E2- The National Cyber Plan
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This time on West Coast Cyber. Some good news, some bad news, a ray of hope and upcoming local events. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
S3E1 - Previously on WCC
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about what went on while we weren't watching in December. Passwords, shared responsibility, ransomware and the fallout for Lastpass. Hosted on...
Season Final LIVE from WiTWA
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the last regular for the 2022 season live from the Women in Technology WA conference where we talk to 4 awesome people that have spoke...
Representation and Cyber in 2022
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is about the recent rash of breaches and we spend some time talking about developments in the local industry around representation and wh...
Interview : Darknet Diaries
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of West Coast Cyber, we talk about Darknet Diaries and to it’s creator Jack Rysider. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
Passwords Part 2
31 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We continue to talk about a future without passwords with a gadget, ask questions about data theft and universities and Microsoft v macros - again! WT...
Passwords Part 1
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about a future without passwords, look at the state of scams and Microsoft v macros - WTF! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
Business Email Compromise
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
West Coast Cyber talks Business Email Compromise and payment redirection scams that are impacting local businesses in WA and around the world. The Wes...
Instascam!
30 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The one with the Instascammers! The West Coast Cyber team discuss Instagram scams, phishing and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...
Cyber security and Disinformation
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The one with Disinformation. A fascinating take on the intersection of cyber security and disinformation, featuring 3 very special guests. What can we...
Cyber Cognitive Vulnerabilities!
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We talk risks around QR codes, a small change from Microsoft making for a big Cyber Security win for everyone, what a modern hybrid war could mean for...
The one with the changes!
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We have some news about our beloved podcast and we will fill you in on what we have planned for the 2022 season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...