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.
Episodes
16 episodes
EP:16 A New Era of Cyber Warfare Just Began
This week, we break down four major cybersecurity stories shaping the threat landscape in Australia and around the world.We examine how the NDIA defended against the TeamPCP software supply-chain attack, including the risks hidden inside...
How intelligence agencies defend against agentic AI
This week, we go deep into four cyber security stories that reveal how attackers are exploiting speed, complexity and hidden system behaviour.We break down new ACSC guidance on defending against AI-enabled cyber attacks, including how AI...
Microsoft Under Attack: Zero-Days & Supply Chain Chaos
This week, we break down four cyber stories that all come back to one thing: trust.Microsoft has patched 421 vulnerabilities, including a Windows kernel zero-day already exploited by North Korea’s Lazarus Group. Researchers ...
Ep12: Inside the Internets Hidden Control Systems
This week, we go beneath the surface of modern cyber security to look at the hidden systems that control everything else.We break down allegations of backdoor-like functionality in Chinese router firmware, the inner workings of the Ranso...
Five Eyes and Space Wars
AI Worms, Runaway Claude and Top Gun in SpaceWhat happens when an AI assistant treats a malicious document as trusted instructions? What happens when a cybersecurity testing environment accidentally gives an autonomous model access to th...
A technical deep dive into wp2shell
Hackers are exploiting critical vulnerabilities in WordPress, ServiceNow and SonicWall turning trusted websites, cloud platforms and VPN appliances into pathways for administrator access, remote code execution and malware deployment.In t...
Rogue AI Botnets and the Quantum Countdown
Microsoft has unleashed a record-breaking Patch Tuesday covering 622 vulnerabilities, a ransomware attack has disrupted production at a Coca-Cola dairy subsidiary, and a new botnet called NadMesh is targeting exposed AI platforms and automation...
Australia's Silent Signal War
Russian state-sponsored hackers are targeting poorly secured routers, Poland’s energy infrastructure has faced an attempted cyberattack attributed to Russia, frontier AI systems are becoming more capable through advanced model harnesses, and Sh...
How to Hack Accenture
In this episode, we break down four major cybersecurity stories showing how modern attacks are shifting from traditional malware to identity abuse, cloud compromise, endpoint telemetry, and security-tool exploitation.First, we look at Ac...
Hacking MacOS: Russian Style
In this episode, we break down four major cyber security stories shaping the threat landscape: North Korean hackers targeting developers through malicious open-source packages, the new PamStealer macOS malware using stealthy AppleScript and Rus...
Australian Signals Directorate kills the essential eight
In this week's episode, we break down four major cybersecurity stories that are shaping the threat landscape in 2026.We start with the Australian Signals Directorate's announcement that the Essential Eight cyber security framework will b...
Five eyes agencies make a memo on AI hacking
This week on cyber investigations we dive into stories that reveal how the next generation of cyber threats extends far beyond traditional hacking.First, we break down a sophisticated campaign involving malicious npm packages disguise...
Linux Rains Exploits
For tips, feedback or story suggestions, business contact: cyberinvestigationsau@gmail.comIn this episode of Cyber Investigations Australia, we break down three major cyber security stories making headlines: Copy Fail, the new Dirty Frag...
Australian Signals Directorate Joins Forces with Microsoft
Australia’s cyber defence landscape is shifting fast. In this episode, we break down two major cyber security stories: the expansion of the Microsoft-ASD Cyber Shield, known as MACS, across more Australian federal government agencies, and the u...
Three letter agency's hacking telecoms
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 a...
Australian Treasury has been hacked
In this episode, we unpack the alleged NSW Treasury data breach that has sent shockwaves across the New South Wales government. A Treasury staff member has been arrested and charged after allegedly downloading 5,600 commercially sensitive gover...