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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Vietnamese spies attempt to plant spyware on US officials

US members of Congress and other officials were targeted by Vietnamese government spies attempting to plant spyware on their devices as part of a wider espionage campaign

SECURITY • Tue, 17 Oct 2023

AI energy demands could slow its adoption

As fast as the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is moving, physical infrastructure and essential services may just stunt its growth.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Tue, 17 Oct 2023

Steam curbs malicious updates from compromised developer accounts

Video game marketplace Steam is implementing additional security measures to combat the growing number of malware-ridden updates from infected publisher accounts.

CULTURE • Mon, 16 Oct 2023

Aussie researchers trial technology to prevent MitM attacks on military robots

An algorithm designed to prevent man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks targeting unmanned military weapons and vehicles has been developed by Australian researchers.

SECURITY • Mon, 16 Oct 2023

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Energy One says cyber incident had no sign of malicious activity

Investigations into the cyber incident it suffered back in August have shown no signs of malicious activity, according to Australian critical infrastructure and software ...

SECURITY • Tue, 03 Oct 2023

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DoS attack on royal family claimed by pro-Russian hackers

An attack on the website of the British Royal Family that saw it taken down has been claimed by pro-Russian hackers.

SECURITY • Tue, 03 Oct 2023

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Canadian Air Force and government sites hacked by Indian threat actor

Websites belonging to Canadian military and government agencies have been hit by India based hackers, resulting in outages according to new reports.

SECURITY • Tue, 03 Oct 2023

Chinese hackers steal 60,000 US State Department emails

At least 60,000 emails have been stolen from the US State Department after Chinese hackers breached Microsoft’s Exchange email service.

SECURITY • Fri, 29 Sep 2023

Vatican pushes UN for AI weapon regulations

The Vatican has called for the development of AI weaponry to be brought to a standstill until international regulations are introduced.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Thu, 28 Sep 2023

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Daniel Croft

Vietnamese spies attempt to plant spyware on US officials

AI energy demands could slow its adoption

Steam curbs malicious updates from compromised developer accounts

Aussie researchers trial technology to prevent MitM attacks on military robots

Energy One says cyber incident had no sign of malicious activity

DoS attack on royal family claimed by pro-Russian hackers

Canadian Air Force and government sites hacked by Indian threat actor

Chinese hackers steal 60,000 US State Department emails

Vatican pushes UN for AI weapon regulations

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