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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SmartPay customer data exposed in cyber attack

A cyber attack on SmartPay that led to customer data being exposed has ignited an investigation by the eftpos hardware provider.

SECURITY • Mon, 19 Jun 2023

G7 leaders targeted by China-based hackers

Countries and leaders who met for the G7 summit last month have drawn the attention of what are believed to be China-based hackers.

GOVERNMENT • Mon, 19 Jun 2023

Several US government agencies affected in MOVEit attack

A number of US government agencies have been named the latest victims of the MOVEit file transfer cyber attack that occurred late last month.

GOVERNMENT • Fri, 16 Jun 2023

Concerns of government data exposed in hack, Home Affairs establishes crisis group

Following the major attack by Russian hackers on Australian law firm HWL Ebsworth, a government crisis group has been formed to establish what federal data has been ...

GOVERNMENT • Fri, 16 Jun 2023

Absolute Software expands SSE solution to bolster remote work security

Absolute Software has announced the launch of its Secure Web Gateway Service, which will expand on the organisation’s Security Service Edge (SSE) solution.

SECURITY • Thu, 15 Jun 2023

OAIC data stolen by Russian hackers

Russian hackers have breached the systems and stolen the data of Australia’s privacy watchdog, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).

SECURITY • Thu, 15 Jun 2023

Dragos’ new Global Partner Program combines OT security and threat intelligence

Operation technology (OT) cyber security company Dragos has lifted the lid on its Global Partner Program in the Asia Pacific, granting customers of managed service ...

SECURITY • Wed, 14 Jun 2023

HWL Ebsworth secures court order to prevent hackers releasing stolen info

Following the Russian cyber attack on its systems that led to third-party data being released, Australian law firm HWL Ebsworth (HWLE) has successfully secured an NSW ...

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 14 Jun 2023

Sydney’s Cross City Tunnel attacked by Russian state-sponsored hackers

An attack on Australian critical infrastructure has been launched by Russian-state backed hackers, with the operator of Sydney’s Cross City Tunnel reporting that it had ...