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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Musk blocks Signal messenger links on X in a blow to federal whistleblowers

Elon Musk-owned social media platform X (formerly Twitter) has begun blocking links to the secure messaging service Signal in posts to the platform.

CULTURE • Tue, 18 Feb 2025

Exclusive: Akira claims cyber attack on closed Australian media company

The Akira ransomware gang has claimed a cyber attack on a now-defunct Australian media company.

SECURITY • Mon, 17 Feb 2025

OpenAI officially rejects Musk’s purchase offer

The OpenAI board has officially rejected Elon Musk’s offer to buy the AI giant, after CEO Sam Altman told Musk he would not accept an offer.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Mon, 17 Feb 2025

Game over: Steam removes game that contained malware

Digital video game marketplace Steam has removed a game from its platform for containing malware.

SECURITY • Fri, 14 Feb 2025

Rapid7 discovers ‘high-severity’ PostgreSQL injection zero-day vulnerability

A high-severity vulnerability in an open-source SQL database has been discovered by the team at cyber security firm Rapid7.

SECURITY • Thu, 13 Feb 2025

Exclusive: KillSec claims breach of NZ medical supplier

A cyber attack on a New Zealand medical institution has been claimed by the Kill Security (KillSec) hacking group.

SECURITY • Thu, 13 Feb 2025

Exclusive: Cyber attack on Australian education centre claimed by KillSec

Threat actors have claimed a cyber attack on an Australian private education institution, claiming to have stolen personal and business data.

SECURITY • Wed, 12 Feb 2025

CommBank outage halts online trading for thousands of merchants

Thousands of merchants across the country have been left without the ability to process online payments thanks to an outage at Commonwealth Bank (CBA).

TECH • Wed, 12 Feb 2025

AUKUS members sanction Medibank hacker and LockBit infrastructure provider

The Australian government has imposed sanctions on a Russian service used by cyber criminals, including those behind the Medibank Private cyber attack of 2022.