Cyber Investigations
Stay across the latest cyber security news, data breaches, ransomware attacks, insider threats, and digital investigations from Australia and around the world. This podcast breaks down major cyber incidents, government and corporate security failures, threat actors, and the investigations behind the headlines.
Each episode delivers clear analysis of real-world cyber attacks, data leaks, government cyber incidents, critical infrastructure threats, and emerging security risks. Whether you work in cyber security, technology, government, or risk, you’ll get practical context on what happened, why it matters, and what organisations can learn.
If you follow cyber security, incident response, threat intelligence, digital forensics, privacy breaches, and public sector cyber risk, this podcast gives you timely coverage, sharp commentary, and deeper insight into the stories shaping the security landscape.
Cyber Investigations
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n this episode, we unpack Citizen Lab’s “Bad Connection” report, which reveals how covert surveillance actors exploited the hidden infrastructure of global telecommunications networks. Rather than hacking a phone directly, these actors abused telecom signalling systems and trust relationships between mobile operators to attempt location tracking at the network level.
We explain the technical foundations in plain English, including BGP, SS7, and Diameter — three key parts of the global communications ecosystem. You’ll learn how internet routing works, how mobile networks locate subscribers, how international roaming relies on trusted signalling, and how those same systems can be misused for surveillance.
We also explore the role of silent SMS, SIMjacker-style attacks, signalling firewalls, ghost operators, and why this report matters for cyber security, privacy, mobile network security, journalists, executives, government agencies, and anyone interested in digital surveillance.
This episode is about more than one cyber incident. It is a look inside the hidden layers of the global phone network — and a reminder that some of the most powerful surveillance risks happen far beneath the screen.
Topics covered: Citizen Lab, Bad Connection report, telecom surveillance, SS7 attacks, Diameter protocol, BGP routing, mobile tracking, silent SMS, SIMjacker, ghost operators, cyber security, privacy, digital surveillance, mobile network security, telecom signalling, location tracking, spyware alternatives, cyber investigations.