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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40+ nation global alliance agrees to not pay hackers ransomware payments

An over-40-nation alliance led by the US has vowed never to pay ransom to hackers following cyber breaches in an effort to cut off funding for cyber criminal ...

SECURITY • Wed, 01 Nov 2023

British Library investigates system outage following cyber attack

The website and online systems of the British Library are suffering from a major outage after being hit by a cyber attack.

SECURITY • Wed, 01 Nov 2023

Over 632k US defence and justice department emails exposed in MOVEit hack

Five months after the breach occurred, high-profile targets continue to join the long list of victims affected by the MOVEit hack that occurred back in May, the latest of ...

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 31 Oct 2023

Industry responds to the White House’s AI executive order

The Biden administration’s newly announced “Executive Order on the Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence” is being regarded by many ...

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 31 Oct 2023

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US government issues executive order for AI regulation

Answering demands for government regulation of artificial intelligence (AI), the White House has announced an executive order regarding the technology’s safe development ...

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 31 Oct 2023

Cloudflare detects 350m DDoS attacks per day

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are spiking sharply in Australia and around the globe, according to cloud and network security company Cloudflare.

SECURITY • Mon, 30 Oct 2023

ID verification security a top priority, says Law Council of Australia

There is a sweet irony to identity verification. On the one hand, it’s a tried and tested tool that is proven effective in maintaining account security.

GOVERNMENT • Mon, 30 Oct 2023

Australia hosts joint cyber warfare training operations with the US

Cyber experts from the US and the Australian Defence Force (ADF) have partnered to launch cyber warfare training operations.

GOVERNMENT • Mon, 30 Oct 2023

UN appoints AI global advisory council

The United Nations has appointed an artificial intelligence global advisory council to assess the implications of AI.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Fri, 27 Oct 2023