Cyber Investigations

About 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.

Publisher

Cyber Investigations Media

Category

business · education · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Apr 2026

Latest episode

30 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

21 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Oct 2026

   Episode 20 - Inside the PHP Attack Chain Nightmare (A Full Breakdown)

   This week, we dive into PHP2Shell, a critical PHP exploit chain that has gone from proof-of-concept to active exploitation, with attackers reportedly compromising 25 servers, including enterprise firewalls. We break down the technical details behind CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, exploring how attackers exploit PHP memory corruption, bypass Address Space Layout Randomisation (ASLR), manipulate function pointers and chain vulnerabilities to achieve remote code execution and root access. ...

2. 

   21 Oct 2026

   Episode 19 - The Largest Malvertising Campaign Was Just Discovered

   What if simply visiting a legitimate website was enough to infect your device with spyware without clicking a single thing? In this episode, we dive into three major cybersecurity stories exposing how attackers are exploiting trusted technologies, cloud identities and legacy authentication systems. Citizen Lab has uncovered how surveillance company Discover-Tech weaponised real-time advertising auctions to deliver Candiru spyware. We break down real-time bidding, JavaScript injection, i...

3. 

   13 Oct 2026

   Episode 18 - Agentic Harness Was Used to Attack Banks, It Back Fired

   What happens when hackers start using AI to attack banks — and accidentally expose themselves in the process? This week, we're diving into four major cybersecurity stories involving AI-powered hacking, critical vulnerabilities, software supply-chain attacks and stolen cloud credentials. CrowdStrike investigates a suspected China-based attacker who used AI penetration testing tools, including ARTEX and Claude Code, in a campaign targeting financial institutions. We explore the attack infrastru...

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