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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Mercury announces launch of research services to empower cyber professionals

Australian cyber consulting organisation Mercury Information Security Services (Mercury) has launched research services, leading the charge against growing and changing ...

TECH • Mon, 06 Nov 2023

Cloudflare suffers systems outage due to power failure

Network delivery and security giant Cloudflare has experienced a multi-day outage on its control plane and analytics services.

TECH • Mon, 06 Nov 2023

LockBit strikes at bicycle giant Shimano, steals 4.5TB of data

World-leading bicycle part manufacturer Shimano has suffered a major cyber attack at the hands of the world’s most prolific ransomware group – LockBit.

SECURITY • Mon, 06 Nov 2023

42% of cyber attacks successfully breach Australian companies

Australian businesses are unable to ward off 42 per cent of cyber attacks, according to a new study, highlighting the need for organisations to prioritise preventative ...

SECURITY • Fri, 03 Nov 2023

Researchers apologise to big 4 consultancy firms for false AI-based accusations

The big four consultancy firms in Australia have been issued an apology by several Australian researchers after they had accused them of ethical wrongdoing based on ...

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Fri, 03 Nov 2023

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AI-generated pictures of the Israel-Hamas war being sold by Adobe

AI-generated and realistic images depicting the conflict in Israel-Gaza are being sold on Adobe’s stock image subscription service and used by media publications online

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Thu, 02 Nov 2023

ACSC critical alert flags multiple issues with Atlassian Confluence Data Center

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has discovered two vulnerabilities affecting Atlassian’s Confluence Data Center and Server, leading it to issue a critical ...

SECURITY • Thu, 02 Nov 2023

SEC accuses SolarWinds of defrauding investors by lying about its security posture

Three years after it became the catalyst of one of the most prolific cyber attacks of all time, SolarWinds is being called out by the US Securities and Exchange ...

SECURITY • Wed, 01 Nov 2023

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 ...