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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Report finds 1 in 3 employees would click a suspicious link

Despite increased awareness around cyber crime, one in three employees across Australia and New Zealand would click a suspicious link sent to them, according to a new ...

CULTURE • Wed, 12 Jul 2023

Razer gets pwned as hackers steal source code

Gaming hardware and peripheral manufacturer Razer is currently looking into a potential data breach after hackers listed stolen data online.

SECURITY • Tue, 11 Jul 2023

Critical infrastructure operator brings systems down after cyber incident

Australian critical infrastructure manager Ventia has been forced to take some of its systems offline after it was affected by a cyber attack.

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 11 Jul 2023

Popular apps with 1.5m downloads discovered sending private data to China

Two massively popular apps found on the Google Play Store have been discovered to be collecting and sending data to China.

TECH • Fri, 07 Jul 2023

Nickelodeon gets slimed as hackers release decades-old data

Children’s television channel Nickelodeon has confirmed that it suffered a data breach after hackers claimed to have stolen half a terabyte of data.

SECURITY • Fri, 07 Jul 2023

Cyber criminals ‘pony up’, publish data of 10,000 horse riders

A horse-riding organisation has had the data of 10,000 users leaked after it said “neigh” to paying threat actors a demanded ransom.

SECURITY • Thu, 06 Jul 2023

Ransomware attack brings Japan’s busiest port to standstill

Operations at Japan’s largest and busiest port have been brought to a halt after a suspected ransomware attack disrupted the system controlling the port’s container ...

SECURITY • Thu, 06 Jul 2023

Financial institutions have cyber resilience gaps to fill, says APRA

An assessment of the cyber resilience of Australia’s finance sector has revealed that banks and other financial institutions have much more to do to secure themselves ...

CULTURE • Thu, 06 Jul 2023

Paterson pushes to ground over 3,000 Chinese drones across government

The Australian government owns over 3,000 Chinese-made drones that utilise technology linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), flagging them as a security risk, ...

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 05 Jul 2023

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