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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Microsoft harnesses ChatGPT as a security assistant

Microsoft has utilised ChatGPT to create a cyber security assistant tool to aid security teams in identifying threats and breaches and analysing data.

SECURITY • Wed, 29 Mar 2023

Australia’s cyber security strategy fails to consider maritime sector

The maritime industry is being increasingly targeted by hackers, and Australia’s cyber security strategy has failed to take it into consideration.

SECURITY • Tue, 28 Mar 2023

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Home Affairs establishes Cyber and Infrastructure Security Group

A Cyber and Infrastructure Security Group (CISG) will be established next month by the Department of Home Affairs.

SECURITY • Tue, 28 Mar 2023

Crown Resorts files allegedly accessed by ransomware group

Crown Resorts has announced that it has been contacted by a ransomware group claiming to have accessed some of its files.

SECURITY • Mon, 27 Mar 2023

AFP arrests alleged cyber criminals for laundering $1.7m in stolen funds

An alleged cyber criminal syndicate responsible for laundering $1.7 million it had stolen in various cyber attacks has seen four of its members charged.

SECURITY • Fri, 24 Mar 2023

‘It will come out’ — the importance of mandatory reporting, with Rapid7’s Raj Samani

As the Australian cyber climate worsens, the federal government has begun to adopt a number of changes to combat it.

SECURITY • Fri, 24 Mar 2023

ChatGPT may have just blurted out your darkest secrets

ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that has dominated headlines in recent months, has suffered from a bug that has leaked the chat histories of people’s ...

SECURITY • Thu, 23 Mar 2023

O’Neil calls for cyber risks to be shifted from community to tech sector

The federal government is making moves to shift cyber risk from individuals and businesses onto the creators of the security software they use.

CULTURE • Thu, 23 Mar 2023

Indigenous health organisation hacked, 8,000 affected

A Queensland-based Indigenous health organisation has announced that it suffered at the hand of a cyber attack last year that saw the personal information of over 8,000 ...