PODCAST: Holiday scams, pollies warned ahead of Chinese visit, and Russian hackers sanctioned

In this episode of the Cyber Uncut podcast, David Hollingworth and Bethany Alvaro talk about the week’s cyber security and AI news!

Hollingworth and Alvaro get things started with a warning about a rise in AI-driven holiday scams taking advantage of the silly season. The pair also talk about a recent call from CPA Australia for young Australians to embrace AI to drive their entrepreneurial dreams.

And then it’s on to cyber security, with parliamentarians in Canberra warned to secure their connected devices ahead of a visit by a Chinese official, and worrying research on how the Chinese AI platform DeepSeek can actively insert vulnerabilities into code when certain “political triggers” are detected. And, sadly, the hacking never stops, with cyber extortionists targeting a pair of Aussie organisations.

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But we end on some good news. Hollingworth and Alvaro cover the newly announced AI Safety Institute, as well as the very welcome news of sanctions targeting a Russian cyber criminal service provider.

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The Cyber Uncut team

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