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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Microsoft says Russian state-sponsored actors accessed critical software systems

Microsoft has announced that Russian state-sponsored hackers successfully gained access to some of its critical software systems following an earlier hack of several ...

SECURITY • Mon, 11 Mar 2024

Russia designates US government as APT Sand Eagle, claims it launched attack on Russian devices

Cyber security firms in Russia have assigned the US government its very own advanced persistent threat (APT) designation after claiming it or government agencies had ...

SECURITY • Mon, 11 Mar 2024

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NSW AI regulation should take notes from federal and international governments, says Law Society of NSW

The NSW government should be looking at what the rest of the world is doing regarding artificial intelligence (AI) regulation rather than trying to invent its own ...

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Mon, 11 Mar 2024

UnitedHealth shares good news as some systems back online

Things may finally be looking up for UnitedHealth after some of its pharmacy systems have been finally brought back online over two weeks after it was hit by a major ...

SECURITY • Mon, 11 Mar 2024

Most cyber experts not prepared for AI-augmented cyber threats

Cyber criminals are increasingly using AI to their advantage, and most cyber security experts say they aren’t prepared.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Fri, 08 Mar 2024

Medusa ransomware claims attack on US Federal Credit Union

The infamous Medusa ransomware gang has claimed an attack on a US Federal Credit Union, leading to the leak of personal and financial information.

SECURITY • Fri, 08 Mar 2024

BEC campaign sees hackers impersonating US government agencies

Hackers have been observed impersonating US government agencies as part of a business email compromise (BEC) campaign aiming to trick victims into clicking links to ...

SECURITY • Thu, 07 Mar 2024

Famous Belgian beer halts production following ransomware attack

Belgian beer brand Duvel has had to halt its manufacturing process after a ransomware attack was detected on its systems.

SECURITY • Thu, 07 Mar 2024

Meta suggests security breach caused global outage

A security breach could be to blame for yesterday’s (6 March) Meta outage that logged users out of Facebook and Instagram.

SECURITY • Thu, 07 Mar 2024