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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Qantas confirms data breach was not a cyber attack, app back to normal

Qantas has confirmed that the data breach it suffered through its app earlier this week was a technical issue and not the result of a malicious cyber attack.

CULTURE • Fri, 03 May 2024

Iranian hackers impersonate journalists in social engineering campaign

Cyber security experts have reportedly observed hackers from an Iranian state-sponsored threat group posing as journalists as part of a social engineering threat campaign

SECURITY • Fri, 03 May 2024

US warns of pro-Russian activists attacking critical infrastructure OT environments

Pro-Russian hacktivists are reportedly targeting US critical infrastructure operations and water facilities, according to a US government advisory.

GOVERNMENT • Thu, 02 May 2024

Australian federal courts to review endpoint detection and response

Australia’s federal courts have announced that they will be conducting a review of their endpoint detection and response (EDR) technology.

GOVERNMENT • Thu, 02 May 2024

‘Maybe a third’ of Americans affected by Change Healthcare attack

The chief executive of UnitedHealth has revealed that the Change Healthcare data breach could have affected roughly one-third of US citizens.

SECURITY • Thu, 02 May 2024

OpenAI called out for potential GDPR violations

ChatGPT creator OpenAI is currently being accused of violating the GDPR by an Austrian cyber security watchdog for its artificial intelligence (AI) tool’s tendency to ...

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Wed, 01 May 2024

UNICEF data allegedly leaked on BreachForums

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has allegedly had its systems breached and data leaked online on the notorious BreachForums hacking forum.

SECURITY • Wed, 01 May 2024

Qantas breach exposes customer booking details

A data breach in Qantas’ mobile app has granted users access to the booking information of other customers.

SECURITY • Tue, 30 Apr 2024

Hackers accessed UnitedHealth through Citrix portal, says CEO

The chief executive of UnitedHealth has at long last revealed the methods through which threat actors breached Change Healthcare’s systems earlier this year.