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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ALPHV fakes website seizure and calls it quits, lists malware code for $5m sale

It seems that one of the world’s most prolific ransomware gangs is finally throwing in the towel, with the ALPHV ransomware gang saying it cannot continue operations ...

SECURITY • Wed, 06 Mar 2024

Worldwide Meta outage sparks cyber attack concerns, threat groups claim responsibility

Tens of thousands of people across the globe were logged out of their Facebook and Instagram accounts overnight due to a technical issue that led to an outage in Meta’s ...

SECURITY • Tue, 05 Mar 2024

American Express customers exposed in third-party breach

American Express customers are being notified that their account information may have been exposed after a third party suffered a data breach.

SECURITY • Tue, 05 Mar 2024

Ukraine claims cyber attack on Russian Ministry of Defence

The Ukrainian government claims to have successfully breached Russia’s defence ministry and stolen sensitive documents.

SECURITY • Tue, 05 Mar 2024

ALPHV goes dark after scamming affiliate out of $22m Change Healthcare ransom payment

ALPHV has proven once again that literally nobody is safe from its antics, after the threat group shut down its servers following claims it had scammed one of its ...

SECURITY • Tue, 05 Mar 2024

Elon Musk sues OpenAI for breach of foundational contract

Tesla and SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk has initiated a lawsuit against AI giant and ChatGPT creator OpenAI, accusing the company of breaching a foundational contract ...

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Mon, 04 Mar 2024

Potentially millions of GitHub repositories infected in ‘repo confusion’ campaign

Potentially millions of GitHub repositories have been infected with malware in a unique “repo confusion” attack, according to new reports.

SECURITY • Mon, 04 Mar 2024

UnitedHealth cyber attack causes medical payment processing freeze US-wide

ALPHV’s attack on Change Healthcare continues to cause problems, with payments to hundreds, if not thousands, of healthcare providers across the US being frozen.

SECURITY • Fri, 01 Mar 2024

US investigates Chinese car makers for national security concerns

The US government is currently investigating if the recent influx of Chinese cars in Western markets will be a threat to national security.

TECH • Fri, 01 Mar 2024

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Daniel Croft

ALPHV fakes website seizure and calls it quits, lists malware code for $5m sale

Worldwide Meta outage sparks cyber attack concerns, threat groups claim responsibility

American Express customers exposed in third-party breach

Ukraine claims cyber attack on Russian Ministry of Defence

ALPHV goes dark after scamming affiliate out of $22m Change Healthcare ransom payment

Elon Musk sues OpenAI for breach of foundational contract

Potentially millions of GitHub repositories infected in ‘repo confusion’ campaign

UnitedHealth cyber attack causes medical payment processing freeze US-wide

US investigates Chinese car makers for national security concerns

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