Imagine this, you're in your kitchen baking a cake and someone calls you from crypto.com saying they're from the security team and that there's been suspicious activity on your account. You are a crypto.com customer so this sounds pretty legitimate. But turns out it's not. It's just a scammer pretending to be from crypto.com.

This is what happened to Stephen. He received a call from a US number. The caller directed him to a convincing lookalike site (a hyphenated domain), pressured him with urgency, and prompted him to enter his app PIN and a 2FA code, plus delete the legitimate app and download another wallet app.

Everyone thinks that they wouldn't fall for a scam. But scammers use psychological tactics to get us when our guard is down. We loved Stephen sharing his story with us and we need to normalise talking about scamming because we are all vulnerable due to living in the digital world.

If you are know someone who you’re concerned could fall for a crypto scam, make sure you share this episode with them.

If you'd like to share your own scam story, please get in contact with us.

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https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/report-a-scam

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https://www.idcare.org/

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In this episode, we are joined by Sam Brazier-Hollins, Head of Technical Consulting at Fujitsu (also Annie-Mei's former manager). We got so into the convo straight away that we forgot to get Sam to actually introduce himself properly. But you can look him up on LinkedIn.

We discuss Sam's recent work trip to New Zealand for the Digital Workplace Conference discussing Microsoft 365 security and AI adoption alongside change management. Sam also reflects on balancing cybersecurity work with having a three-month-old daughter.

Not sure what data you should be sharing with AI? This episode covers everything about privacy issues, data retention, bias, hallucinations and bots chatting to other bots.

We discuss when AI is useful (eg. taking meeting notes) and when it’s not.

If you’re in the consulting space, you’ll find this episode useful for providing tips on how to successfully roll out Microsoft Copilot. Sam is a Microsoft MVP, with the ‘P’ standing for Professional.

We also talk about the importance of taking time offline in an age where it feels like we’re constantly online. Sam and Annie-Mei love to cook, while Anika loves reading tarot cards. Can you tell we're all 30-something millennials?

Sam Brazier-Hollins:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-brazier-hollins/

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Jasmine McCrudden joins us in a juicy episode spilling the tea on all things cyber recruitment.

Wanna know if you're doing enough to stand out on your CV? Not sure what hiring managers are looking for in the interview? Jasmine is here to help.

She provides some great insights including where all the cybersecurity professionals are in Australia, and the biggest mistakes people are making on their CVs and during interviews.

Plus how much does LinkedIn matter for your personal brand? And is AI helping or hindering your chances of getting a job?

Also Jasmine has kindly reviewed two CVs that were part of a comp that we ran on LinkedIn. If you aren't following The Cybersecurity Gals on LinkedIn, make sure you go do that now.

The Cybersecurity Gals:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-cybersecurity-gals/

Jasmine McCrudden:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/j-mccrudden/

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