While the tech scene in Australia may be behind the times in a few ways (possibly security as well), Troy's view here is in no way affected by living here. This material was created because PluralSight wanted CEH-related material, as their viewers (world-wide) were asking for it. Full stop.

Blog posts like that are designed to steer traffic towards course views and "time watching the content", without which PluralSight authors don't get paid.