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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DuckDuckGo asks, and the people answer – people don’t want AI in search

In light of AI changing the nature of internet search, search engine DuckDuckGo is running a poll to see if its users are interested in AI-powered search engines

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Wed, 21 Jan 2026

UK announces crucial investment in cyber regiment accommodation, special training facilities

The United Kingdom has announced a crucial £279 million investment for the Army’s cyber regiment accommodation and specialist training facilities.

SECURITY • Mon, 19 Jan 2026

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Exclusive: Aussie estate agency declines comment following email compromise claims

With real estate scams on the rise, the email address of a Melbourne property firm has sent suspicious links to a number of recipients.

SECURITY • Mon, 19 Jan 2026

The first 48 hours of cyber attack fallout, with Clyde & Co's Simone Herbert-Lowe

Unfortunately, cyber attacks are all too familiar an event for Australian businesses, with 78 per cent of CrowdStrike survey respondents in ANZ saying that they had ...

CULTURE • Sun, 18 Jan 2026

X claims fix of Grok nudity generation, but only in jurisdictions where it’s ‘illegal’

Elon Musk’s X social media platform has announced that Grok, the xAI chatbot accessible on the platform, has been amended to prevent users from undressing people in ...

SECURITY • Fri, 16 Jan 2026

All 1,700 Victorian government schools caught up in cyber attack, student data accessed

A cyber attack has impacted all Victorian government schools, leading to the potential compromise of student data.

SECURITY • Thu, 15 Jan 2026

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ASD releases guide for small businesses combating AI scams

The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has released a new publication to aid small businesses in combating the growing rate of AI-powered cyber threats.

SECURITY • Wed, 14 Jan 2026

CommBank research says Australians are overconfident in identifying AI deepfake scams

Australia’s largest bank, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), has released new research that suggests that Australians are massively overconfident when it comes to ...

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Wed, 14 Jan 2026

Why legal counsel is your best asset for incident response

Cyber attacks are a situation of when, not if. Sometimes, even with the most robust cyber security, hackers get in and cause havoc. It’s important, therefore, to have the ...

CULTURE • Tue, 13 Jan 2026