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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5th class action launched against Medibank

Private health insurer Medibank is now facing its fifth class action relating to the major data breach it suffered late last year.

SECURITY • Mon, 08 May 2023

Over 780,000 child mental health records exposed as GoAnywhere hack claims another

Paediatric behavioural healthcare organisation Brightline is the latest company to come out as a victim of the Fortra GoAnywhere cloud hack. The records of 783,606 ...

SECURITY • Fri, 05 May 2023

NSW cancer treatment centre targeted by Medusa hackers

A major NSW cancer treatment centre is believed to have been targeted by a cyber attack, with a malicious hacking group claiming responsibility. NSW Health has announced ...

GOVERNMENT • Fri, 05 May 2023

Swedish parliament suffers DDoS attack

The Swedish parliament has announced that it has been targeted by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.

SECURITY • Thu, 04 May 2023

Threat actors use fake ChatGPT clones to launch malware, says Meta

A new wave of applications promising to feature ChatGPT AI-like features is infecting users with malware, according to a new report from Facebook’s parent company, Meta

SECURITY • Thu, 04 May 2023

Over 4 of 5 Aussie businesses expect to get hacked

Australian businesses largely expect to be affected by cyber attacks going forward, according to a new report.

SECURITY • Wed, 03 May 2023

Labor to re-establish dedicated privacy commissioner role to combat cyber threat

The Albanese government is set to appoint a standalone privacy commissioner in an effort to curb the rising cyber threat.

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 03 May 2023

Aus law firm allegedly hacked by BlackCat ransomware group

Major Aussie law firm HWL Ebsworth is the latest Australian organisation to suffer at the hands of a potential ransomware attack, after a Russian hacking group claimed to ...

SECURITY • Tue, 02 May 2023

Hackers dump malicious code into Google Play apps

Hackers are launching malicious software through manipulated versions of popular Android apps, according to research by MalwareFox.

SECURITY • Tue, 02 May 2023