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This month's topic in the Cyber Security Business Connect and Protect Central Coast initiative is application control. We will talk about Application Control and introduce SentinelOne which helps control the applications on your system and is key to your defence in depth strategy. We’ll also pick apart the last podcast "Eugene’s Instagram hack" by talking cookies and social engineering, we don'...

In this episode, I chat with Eugene Aw who is a world traveller and photographer. On Instagram, Eugene has built a following of almost 6000 followers, which made him a target for hackers. Eugene recounts what happened in this social engineering attack that anyone could fall victim to. This episode is for anyone who has an Instagram or any online account (including email), because you may become...

This month in the Cyber Security Business Connect and Protect Central Coast initiative is User Application Hardening month. We’ll talk about last month’s topic which was restricting administrative privileges and why that’s important, I’ll talk about an exciting security device called a Yubikey, I tell you how you can strengthen your web browser security and we’ll wrap up with what’s happened in...

This month is macro security month. We’ll talk about how to secure yourself from malicious macros. If you don’t use macros, turn the ability to use them off. We’ll talk about how this is done. As we are so close to Christmas, we’ll talk about what you need to do to protect yourself from what is the busiest time of year for hackers. Why do hackers target Christmas? We’ll find out. And we check b...

This month is update month on the Cyber Security Business Connect and Protect Central Coast initiative. We talk about the Annual Cyber Security Threat Report released by the Australian Federal Government, updates to Windows, Apple and Android, what caused the mass exodus from Facebook’s WhatsApp app? And we get another update on the ransomware group REvil. Quick link: how to tell if you need to...

In this special episode, I speak with Richard Cotter from Softgen Australia. Richard has done a deep dive into cyber insurance, and he shares his findings and thoughts with us. We talk about cyber insurance from a business and insurers point of view and, what cyber insurance includes and excludes. Richard shares his thoughts on the future of cyber insurance (and cyberattacks generally) and he s...

In this episode, I interview Anna Cruckshank, the managing director of Aubrey Brown Lawyers. Anna has been a practicing lawyer for over 30 years and she will talk about her experience with, and her ongoing issues relating to, her identity being stolen. As we’ll find out, this was of no fault of her own, in fact it was probably just bad timing. This is a fascinating interview.

October is "international cyber security awareness month" or as I've dubbed it, Hacktoberfest. In this episode we talk about the Equifax breach of 2017 and how this aided hackers steal identities. We look at the Epik hack and why Loyal I.T.'s Managing Director (Michael Goodwin) had his data leaked in the breach. We talk briefly about the excellent haveibeenpwned.com website. We look at a new ty...

In this episode, we’ll discuss the topic of the month - Daily Backups. We'll look into what makes someone a cyber security expert, we'll talk about what the Essential Eight mandates for daily backups and I'll recommend a robust backup framework I have used ever since I started in I.T. back in 1998. What are the threats to your data? It's not only hackers that can cause data loss. How well do yo...

In this out-of-cycle episode, I chat with Gabby Bowles who is the Business Development Manager for the Central Coast Mariners Football Club. Recently, Gabby's Facebook account was hacked. Whilst you may think "big deal, if someone wants to hack my Facebook account, good for them I have nothing of value", it's not just about a hacker profiting from the hack, it's the inconvenience caused by such...

In this episode, we’ll discuss the topic of the month - multi-factor authentication. We’ll talk about a journalist who was hacked and the reason he was hacked is almost as astounding as how they hacked him, and the simple security measure that could have prevented it all. I’ll talk about the vulnerable website I hacked as part of a penetration test. I'll update you on current vulnerability news...

In this episode we are introduced to the Cyber Security Business Connect and Protect Central Coast initiative, the Federal Government's Essential Eight, I share a couple of hacking stories I have been involved with, we discuss the Australian Federal Police's Operation Ironside and discuss why patching your computers is very important.

This is the final video in the Cyber Security Business Connect and Protect Central Coast initiative. This video follows directly on from the last in which we now prioritise what we learnt in the previous video. Following the recommendations in this video will help make your business more resilient to cyber attacks.

The title of this video is tongue in cheek as there is no such thing as a perfectly secure small/medium business - or any business regardless of size for that matter. This video brings together teachings from over the last year, into what we can use as a checklist to help you secure your business in a way that elevates you above the low-hanging fruit that hackers target. In part 2, we will look...

Q&A - Application Control - What is SentinelOne?

Q&A - What is Web Filtering?

HOW TO - Email Hardening - How To Stop Scammers From Forging My Email Address

User Application Hardening - How to secure your web browser

Q&A - Hacking Case Studies

HOW TO - Restrict Administritave Privileges on Your PC

HOW TO - Use Yubikey To Secure Your Domain Network

HOW TO - use Yubikey to login to your Mac

HOW TO - Use Yubikey with Microsoft 365 and Intune to login to Windows

HOW TO - Use Yubikey on a Standalone and Workgroup Windows Computer

Q&A - How Do I Use Multifactor Authentication Without a Phone? Introducing Yubikey

HOW TO - Use Microsoft Macros Securely

HOW TO - Set up and use an Ad Blocker

Q&A - How Do I Know If I'm Under Attack?

Q&A - What is Windows 11?