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Personal profile
Biography
Stephen's current research interests are in cyber security, digital forensics, cyber threat intelligence and information warfare. His research draws on a diverse background in policing, security and information technology. His PhD thesis examined the impact of Eastern European cybercrime groups on Australian banks. Stephen over the last 20 years has held a number of senior positions in information security with IBM, CSC, RSA, National Australia Bank (nabCERT) and SecureWorks. In 2009 nabCERT, the team Stephen setup and led, won AusCERT's Annual Award for Organisational Excellence in Information Security. Stephen prior to working in industry spent 14 years in the NSW Police as a Detective and was instrumental in the establishment of their first computer crime investigation team. Stephen is currently a Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security at Macquarie University in Australia and an Honorary Research Fellow at Massey University in New Zealand. He is also currently a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and an Information Systems Security Management Professional (ISSMP).
Research interests
- Cyber conflict
- Cyber espionage
- Organised cyber crime groups
- State offensive cyber capability
Teaching
PICT8080 Cyber Conflict, Cyber Espionage and Cyber Terrorism
PICT8040 Cyber Crime and Cyber Policing
Research student supervision
Interested in PhD and MRes candidates in areas of cyber security, digital forensics, cyber threat intelligence and information warfare.
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Projects
OMQCSH: Optus Macquarie University Cyber Security Hub
Kaafar, D., Schreer, B., Selvadurai, N., Wiggins, M., Sheedy, E., Cooper, A., Leung, P., Asghar, H., Ikram, M., Shevchenko, P., Berkovsky, S., Huang, Y., Harrison, N., McCombie, S., Hill, G., Bayl-Smith, P., Zhang, X., Yang, J., Modabber, S., Dras, M., McIver, A., Middlebrook, L., Johnson, M. & Goldbarsht, D.
2/12/16 → …
Project: Research
Research Outputs
Denial and deception in the digital age: novel trends in an ancient art
Uhlmann, A. J., McCombie, S. & Watters, P., 2021, (Accepted/In press) Springer, Springer Nature. 200 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Discerning payment patterns in Bitcoin from Ransomware attacks
Turner, A. B., McCombie, S. & Uhlmann, A. J., 5 Jul 2020, In : Journal of Money Laundering Control. 45 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Please explain: why is Canberra splurging on cyber security?
McCombie, S. & Cox, K., 7 Jul 2020, The Lighthouse.Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Website › Article
Open Access
The Russian gambit and the US intelligence community: Russia's use of kompromat and implausible deniability to optimize its 2016 information campaign against the US presidential election
Uhlmann, A. J. & McCombie, S., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Library Trends. 68, 4Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
The US 2016 presidential election & Russia's troll farms
McCombie, S., Uhlmann, A. J. & Morrison, S., 2020, In : Intelligence and National Security. 35, 1, p. 95-114 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Citations
(Scopus)
Prizes
Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers AIPIO Publication Award
Stephen McCombie (Recipient), Allon J Uhlmann (Recipient) & James Ramsay (Recipient), 2019
Prize
Activities
Interference in the 2016 US Election
Stephen McCombie (Speaker)Jul 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Educating Cyber Security Intelligence Analysts
Stephen McCombie (Speaker)24 Jul 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Cyber-Overlord: Nation-State Cyberattack Exercise
Stephen McCombie (Speaker), Bob de la Lande (Speaker)15 Feb 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
The Evolution of Cyber Attacks on Australian Banks
Stephen McCombie (Speaker), Paul Nankervis (Speaker)23 Jul 2015
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
INTERPOL Cyber-Intelligence System Conceptual Model
Stephen McCombie (Speaker)14 Apr 2015
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Press / Media
Sky News Fraudwatch Special - More than 60,000 scams reported to ACCC this year
13/07/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
The fraud factories - Online scams targeting ordinary Australians are raking in hundreds of millions of dollars a year
15/06/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Leading Lights: how little Russian interference deepened American divides
Allon J. Uhlmann & Stephen McCombie
30/04/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Digital Forensics – A Presentation In The Courts
25/07/16
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment