Daniel Croft

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Born in the heart of Western Sydney, Daniel Croft is a passionate journalist with an understanding for and experience writing in the technology space. Having studied at Macquarie University, he joined Momentum Media in 2022, writing across a number of publications including Australian Aviation, Cyber Security Connect and Defence Connect. Outside of writing, Daniel has a keen interest in music, and spends his time playing in bands around Sydney.

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US healthcare help desks targeted in social engineering attacks

The US healthcare sector continues to face an onslaught of cyber crime, with hackers having been recently observed targeting IT help desks within the industry with social ...

SECURITY • Mon, 08 Apr 2024

Home Depot employee data exposed after third-party vendor breached

Employees of the US’ largest home improvement retailer, Home Depot, have had their data exposed after a third-party vendor used by the retailer suffered a data breach

SECURITY • Mon, 08 Apr 2024

Hoya Optics production stunted following cyber attack

A cyber attack on one of the world’s largest optics manufacturers has led to some of its servers to go offline, stunting production.

SECURITY • Fri, 05 Apr 2024

AFP confirms no cyber attack behind outage

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has confirmed that an issue with its email sends was, in fact, not the result of a cyber attack but what it called a “technical ...

CULTURE • Fri, 05 Apr 2024

Victorian firefighters suffered delayed response post-cyber attack

A cyber attack Victorian firefighters suffered some time ago resulted in slowed response times to critical fires, according to new reports.

SECURITY • Fri, 05 Apr 2024

EU ditches cloud provider sovereignty requirements in Cybersecurity Certification Scheme

The European Union (EU) has abandoned regulations that would require cloud providers to be independent of non-EU legislation in its latest cyber security certification ...

GOVERNMENT • Thu, 04 Apr 2024

Five Eyes data reportedly exfiltrated in US federal contractor breach

Threat actors are claiming to have stolen data belonging to the Five Eyes intelligence group after breaching a US national security technology contractor.

SECURITY • Thu, 04 Apr 2024

New UTS pilot program teaches vulnerable non-profits cyber skills

The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is closing the cyber security gap between non-profits and other organisations, leading a pilot program designed to bolster the ...

CULTURE • Wed, 03 Apr 2024

Sydney’s Indian Support Centre suffers second cyber attack of the year

A Western Sydney-based organisation has been hit for the second time this year by a different actor using the same form of attack.

SECURITY • Wed, 03 Apr 2024

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