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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HWL Ebsworth secures court order to prevent hackers releasing stolen info

Following the Russian cyber attack on its systems that led to third-party data being released, Australian law firm HWL Ebsworth (HWLE) has successfully secured an NSW ...

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 14 Jun 2023

Sydney’s Cross City Tunnel attacked by Russian state-sponsored hackers

An attack on Australian critical infrastructure has been launched by Russian-state backed hackers, with the operator of Sydney’s Cross City Tunnel reporting that it had ...

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 14 Jun 2023

China takes aim at US critical infrastructure

The US should expect major attacks on critical infrastructure from China in the event of a conflict, with the latter investing heavily in its ability to sabotage critical ...

SECURITY • Tue, 13 Jun 2023

FIIG Securities sees data stolen in Russian cyber attack

Sydney-based investment firm FIIG Securities has revealed itself as the latest victim of an attack from an infamous Russia-based hacking organisation.

SECURITY • Tue, 13 Jun 2023

Fortinet releases patch for critical FortiGate SSL-VPN vulnerability

Cyber security organisation Fortinet has released patches for an undisclosed vulnerability relating to its FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall.

SECURITY • Tue, 13 Jun 2023

Apparent DDoS attack claims Microsoft OneDrive servers

An outage of Microsoft’s OneDrive cloud storage service is currently under investigation after a threat actor claimed to have targeted the website with a distributed ...

SECURITY • Fri, 09 Jun 2023

ChatGPT sued for defamation

In an unprecedented case, a man has sued ChatGPT and its creator, OpenAI, for defamation after he claimed that the chatbot falsely identified a man related to an ongoing ...

GOVERNMENT • Fri, 09 Jun 2023

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Hackers embed ‘incredibly dangerous’ malware in Minecraft modpacks

Hackers have made use of two popular Minecraft modpack installers as vessels for delivering malware to unsuspecting gamers.

TECH • Thu, 08 Jun 2023

Microsoft fined $30m for the illegal collection of child data

US technology giant Microsoft has been slapped with a $30 million fine after it was found harvesting the data of children via their Xbox accounts illegally.

GOVERNMENT • Thu, 08 Jun 2023

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Daniel Croft

HWL Ebsworth secures court order to prevent hackers releasing stolen info

Sydney’s Cross City Tunnel attacked by Russian state-sponsored hackers

China takes aim at US critical infrastructure

FIIG Securities sees data stolen in Russian cyber attack

Fortinet releases patch for critical FortiGate SSL-VPN vulnerability

Apparent DDoS attack claims Microsoft OneDrive servers

ChatGPT sued for defamation

Hackers embed ‘incredibly dangerous’ malware in Minecraft modpacks

Microsoft fined $30m for the illegal collection of child data

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