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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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

ALPHV affiliate behind Change Healthcare attack could be a Chinese state-sponsored actor

The ALPHV (BlackCat) affiliate behind the Change Healthcare ransomware attack may be a Chinese state-sponsored threat actor, according to new reports.

SECURITY • Thu, 07 Mar 2024

LinkedIn recovers from worldwide outage

As if falling like social media dominos, LinkedIn’s site went offline for thousands of users around the world just a day after Meta’s network outage prevented access to ...

CULTURE • Wed, 06 Mar 2024

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

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BEC campaign sees hackers impersonating US government agencies

Famous Belgian beer halts production following ransomware attack

Meta suggests security breach caused global outage

ALPHV affiliate behind Change Healthcare attack could be a Chinese state-sponsored actor

LinkedIn recovers from worldwide outage

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

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