--- title: Blog | Alchemy Security Consulting description: Explore key insights on offensive and defensive security topics, including OSINT for penetration testers and risks posed by local administrators, from Alchemy Security's latest articles. --- [Go Back Up](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/blog#top) [Skip to Content](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/blog#body) **University of Sydney Code Library Breach:** Disclosed 18 Dec, 2025 Personal details of about 27,500 current and former staff exposed. 18 Dec 2025 - Syd Uni breached [Read more](https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2025/12/18/notification-of-cyber-and-data-breach.html) [![Alchemy\_Security\_Consulting\_Logo\_B2\_Cropped\_White\_400](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Alchemy_Security_Consulting_Logo_B2_Cropped_White_400.png?width=200&name=Alchemy_Security_Consulting_Logo_B2_Cropped_White_400.png)](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/) - Offensive Security - Defensive Security - Managed Services - Company - Resources [Have you been breached?](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/breached) [Book a consult](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/contact) [Offensive Security](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/offensive) [Penetration Testing](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/offensive/pentest) [Red Teaming](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/offensive/red-teaming) [Adversary Simulation](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/offensive/adversary-simulation) [Purple Teaming](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/offensive/purple-teaming) [Defensive Security](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/defensive) [Incident Response](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/breached) [SIEM, Logging & Detection Engineering](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/defensive/siem-logging) [Managed Services](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/managed) [Managed Detection & Response](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/managed/mdr) [Managed SOC](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/managed/soc) [Continuous Threat Emulation](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/managed/continuous-threat-emulation) [About Us](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/about) [Contact Us](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/contact) [Blog](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/blog) - Offensive Security [Offensive Security](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/offensive) [Penetration Testing](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/offensive/pentest) [Red Teaming](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/offensive/red-teaming) [Adversary Simulation](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/offensive/adversary-simulation) [Purple Teaming](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/offensive/purple-teaming) - Defensive Security [Defensive Security](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/defensive) [Incident Response](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/breached) [SIEM, Logging & Detection Engineering](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/defensive/siem-logging) - Managed Services [Managed Services](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/managed) [Managed Detection & Response](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/managed/mdr) [Managed SOC](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/managed/soc) [Continuous Threat Emulation](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/managed/continuous-threat-emulation) - Company [About Us](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/about) [Contact Us](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/contact) - Resources [Blog](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/blog) [Have you been breached?](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/breached) [Book a consult](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/contact) ![](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/spider-dealer-01-1024x571-1.jpg?height=500&name=spider-dealer-01-1024x571-1.jpg) Defence 11 March 2022 8 min read ## [Conti Group - Tooling, Leaks and Russian FSB Ties](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/blog/conti-group-tooling-leaks-and-russian-fsb-ties) The Conti group have been featured across many news outlets lately both inside and outside the cyber security community. It is well known that this specific threat actor is mainly operated from within Russia, and with the recent events within Russia and Ukraine we thought it would be a good idea to... Read More --- ![Alchemy Security Consulting](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/hubfs/Images/Logos/Alchemy/Alchemy_Security_Consulting_Logo_B2_Cropped_White_350.png) Offensive, defensive and managed security expertise to help you understand your exposure, strengthen your defences and validate improvement. #### Get In Touch ##### Location 30 Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia 5000 ##### Contact ###### Phone : [1300 792 870](tel:+611300792870) ###### Email : [sales@alchemysec.com.au](mailto:sales@alchemysec.com.au) #### Services - [Penetration Testing](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/offensive/pentest) - [Red Teaming](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/offensive/red-teaming) - [Adversary Simulation](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/offensive/adversary-simulation) - [Purple Teaming](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/offensive/purple-teaming) - [Incident Response](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/breached) - [SIEM, Logging & Detection Engineering](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/defensive/siem-logging) - [Managed Detection & Response](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/managed/mdr) - [Managed SOC](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/managed/soc) - [Continuous Threat Emulation](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/services/managed/continuous-threat-emulation) #### Company - [About Us](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/about) - [Blog](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/blog) - [Contact](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/contact) - [Book a Consult](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/contact) - [Privacy Policy](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/privacy-policy) © Alchemy Security. All rights reserved | [Privacy Policy](https://www.alchemysec.com.au/privacy-policy) ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@id" : "https://alchemysec.com.au/#organization", "@type" : "Organization", "address" : { "@type" : "PostalAddress", "addressCountry" : "AU", "addressLocality" : "Adelaide", "addressRegion" : "SA", "postalCode" : "5000", "streetAddress" : "30 Pirie St" }, "description" : "Cybersecurity consultancy providing offensive security, defensive security and managed security services.", "email" : "sales@alchemysec.com.au", "name" : "Alchemy Security Consulting", "telephone" : "+611300792870", "url" : "https://alchemysec.com.au/" } ```