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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Counter-Strike 2 flaw exposes IP addresses, allows for image injection

Gamers have been observed abusing a flaw in Counter-Strike 2, which allowed them to inject images into players’ user interfaces and view their IP addresses.

SECURITY • Tue, 12 Dec 2023

Government announces $17m AI centre investment

The Australian government has assigned $17 million to the development of several AI centres, which will assist businesses in adopting the new technology.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Mon, 11 Dec 2023

ALPHV site reportedly downed by law enforcement

The prolific ALPHV ransomware gang has had its site taken down for days, with the main suspect for the outage being law enforcement.

SECURITY • Mon, 11 Dec 2023

University of Wollongong says data ‘likely’ accessed in cyber attack

The University of Wollongong (UOW) has confirmed a cyber incident affecting its systems that has likely resulted in data being accessed by unauthorised users.

SECURITY • Mon, 11 Dec 2023

UK alleges Russia has launched cyber attacks to interfere with election

Moscow has been accused by the UK government of interfering with its upcoming general election as part of a cyber espionage campaign.

SECURITY • Fri, 08 Dec 2023

ACSC issues high alert regarding major Atlassian vulnerabilities

The Australian Cyber Security Centre has issued a high alert regarding vulnerabilities discovered within three Atlassian products.

SECURITY • Fri, 08 Dec 2023

AMD launches world’s fastest AI accelerator chipset

AMD continues to take the fight to NVIDIA, with the chip giant announcing a new range of artificial intelligence (AI) chipsets, including a new, industry-leading, ...

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Fri, 08 Dec 2023

Threat actor targets SodaStream as part of wider attack on Israeli organisations

Threat actors are claiming to have gained unauthorised access to the systems of the world’s number one sparkling water brand, SodaStream.

SECURITY • Wed, 06 Dec 2023

Westpac outage affects mobile and online banking

Big four bank Westpac has said its mobile and online banking services have now returned to normal following an eight-hour outage earlier in the week.

TECH • Wed, 06 Dec 2023