Cyber threat intelligence (CTI) is more than indicators of compromise (IOC) I *may* have ranted about that before. #CTI

#RIP #AceFrehley rock legend

Beware faked #AusPost messages - they do not bear gifts they bear fraud. #phishing #scam #fraud #Spoof

#cybercrime - there are rumours that #Nintendo has allegedly been compromised by the Crimson Collective group

Morning trip to #LonePineKoalaSanctuary - I like the water dragons that hang out there #AustralianWildlife

# cybersecurity - The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent warning about active # exploitation of a critical # Microsoft Windows vulnerability that allows attackers to elevate privileges to SYSTEM level www.esecurityplanet.com/news/cisa-al...

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside … day trip to the beach - addressing burn out #holidays #daytrip #beach

# cybercrime - # Qantas among nearly 40 companies facing # ransom demand www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Apparenty # Deloitte will partially refund the Australian government after acknowledging that # GenAI was used in a report containing fabricated references and quotes. ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

I was quoted in an article about the data exposure of #NSWflood victims after a contractor uploaded the info to #ChatGPT - please thonk about #security and #privacy when using online tools! ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

More procrastinating - housework meh assignment ugh weeding ergg - instead I made an iron decal for my MacBook bag with my #CricutJoyXtra

Im on hols for a week - huge to do list including finishing an assignment - however as Queen of Procrastinators I am currently watching #StargateAtlantis

# cybercrime - # Extortion Campaign Targeting # Oracle E-Business Suite Customers www.securityweek.com/cybercrimina...

I was one of the fortunate security peeps to be able to try out Threat Vector Security's new tool Context Cipher. This tool is one of the very GOOD and very USEFUL deployments of AI for #cybersecurity #intelligence and #threathunting threatvectorsecurity.com/download/

keep hearing there is a cyber skills shortage. If this is the case ( and I have never believed it to be totally correct for various reasons) riddle me this: why are there so many highly skilled, knowledgeable, and experienced #cybersecurity and #GRC people out there looking for work?

A man has been fined $343,500 by the Australian Federal Court for posting #deepfake pronographic images of several Australian women.  Great work from the #eSafetyCommissioner, Julie Inman - Grant for launching this civil case www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

#cybermonth - pleased to see Department of Home Affairs (Australia) has released fact sheets on cyber security and online safety tailored to Australia’s #FirstNations people. With so much of our lives online we cannot leave anyone behind. www.actnowstaysecure.gov.au/first-nations

# cybercrime - Google’s Threat Intelligence Group and Mandiant unit reported on a Chinese cyberespionage campaign where the threat actors have dwell time of hundreds of days in compromised systems cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...

#cybercrime - the BBC has reported that #ransomware operators claim to have stolen pictures, names and addresses of around 8,000 children from the Kido nursery chain. bbc.com/news/article...

On a day off today and am setting up a new fiahtank in a Stargate theme - I will stock it with dwarf rasboras (Jaffa Kree) #aquarium #sg1 #stargate

#cybercrime - #phishing campaign has cloned the #FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) portal tricking people who are reporting cybercrime into using the spoofed sites instead to harvest personal and financial information www.ic3.gov/PSA/2025/PSA...

#cybersecurity - still seeing Australian #MyGov themed #phishing - stay vigilent - remember that legitimate MyGov notifications do not contain links or buttons to click on.

Here is Sebastian - the insider threat who disrupted my #ComfyCon talk

Don't forget to tune into #ComfyConAu tomorrow 21 September followed by #PancakesCon I will be doing a presentation too! Conference will be shared on YouTube m.youtube.com/watch?v=P4Sh...

#criminology - rational choice theory was originally an economist theory introduced in 1776 - I did know not that till today

#cybersecurity - #Google patches #zeroday that is apparently being actively exploited thehackernews.com/2025/09/goog...

#cybersecurity - #Microsoft disrupts RaccoonO365 phishing operation targeting 365 users #cybercrime itbrief.com.au/story/micros...

I wont be upgrading to iOS26 while I can avoid it - i prefer my acreen clear and easy to read - #Apple what were you thinking with #LiquidGlass ?? #accessibility #readability

This Sunday (21 Sept 2025) is #ComfyConAu2025 ! I am excited, pleased, and mildly terrified to be in the line up this year au.comfycon.rocks/previous_eve...

#Apple is reportedly facing a proposed class-action lawsuit in California federal court, with two #authors alleging the company trained its artificial intelligence system on pirated books #AI www.eweek.com/news/books3-...

Bought myself a box of #FaberCastell #Polychromos pencils. I am impressed with how soft and easy to sketch with they are, the vibrant pigments, and the blend-ability. #creativity #drawing

Words of wisdom from @2pucks.com

I will be speaking at #ComfyConAu 2025 - ranting as usual about #cybercrime and #criminology and hoping I make sense.

i am amusing myself - rewatching (for the who knows how manyth time) #StargateSG1 and eating Jaffas - every time I go to eat one I say Jaffa Kree … #scifi #geek

Yes I agree! I am tired of the stupidity! Use your brains stop relying on #GenAI

Proceedings filed against #OpenAI by family of teen who took his own life - including accusation that the #ChatGPT programme was designed "to foster psychological dependency in users," www.bbc.com/news/article...

I personally can attest to this #burnout - #Cybersecurity workers in Australia are losing more hours of productivity to stress and burnout ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

A report from #Sophos about a theeat actor using a #cybersecurity tool #Velociraptor as their primary C2 implant on a compromised system. news.sophos.com/en-us/2025/0...

www.afr.com/companies/pr... errors have apparently been been found in a report prepared for the government (costing $439,000) raising suspicions some of the content was generated by artificial intelligence.

The recent podcast i was on (i have not listened to it as it will only make me think how crap I am) however you are not me and you may find it interesting - #cybercrime and #GenAI open.spotify.com/episode/2YsZ...

From #AlienVault - #cybercrime Your Connection, Their Cash: Threat Actors Misuse SDKs to Sell Your Bandwidth otx.alienvault.com/pulse/68a789...

Latest #Win11 patch has some issues - #Microsoft has info here learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...

#Academic peer reviewed papers are literally supposed to be reviewed by human peers - apparently there are some being reviewed by #AI + researchers then attempting to game the system with AI prompts. No idea if this has been verified but food for thought asia.nikkei.com/business/tec...

Interesting ….. #GenAI Openai’s New Model states Mr Biden is still US President www.redpacketsecurity.com/openai-s-new...

#cybersecurity - #TrendMicro Confirms Active Exploitation of Critical Apex One Flaws in On-Premise Systems thehackernews.com/2025/08/tren...

To help calm my brain from work stress I have been reading the #keeperofthelostcities books (ebooks) - left my kindle on and found Sebastian ‘enjoying’ the books too #reading #ragdollcat

@hacks4pancakes.com - that was a great presentation from you at the #AWSNsummit2025 #security #DFIR

#AWSNsummit2025 - #security - wise words from Jessica Robinson ‘don’t miss the opportunites along the way’ I totally agree and really emphasise this! I see so many students focused on the career of their dreams and in that hyper focus they sometimes miss some amazing things

#cybersecurity - #microsoft - Spotlight-based #macOS TCC vulnerability www.microsoft.com/en-us/securi...

I was thinking yesterday about Social Control Theory (Hireschi) and pondering how that would apply in the internet age when social networks are online, may be anonymised - does this mean there is no control in social control anymore? #criminology