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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Exclusive: NoName targets at least 9 Australian organisations, Victorian Coroners Court confirms incident

The infamous NoName ransomware gang has claimed cyber attacks on a number of Australian organisations and government agencies.

SECURITY • Thu, 28 Nov 2024

380m scraped Facebook records allegedly for sale

A database allegedly containing 380 million records of Facebook users has been listed for sale by a threat actor.

SECURITY • Thu, 28 Nov 2024

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Controversial social media ban passes lower house

The government’s controversial social media ban bill for under-16s has passed through the House of Representatives, leaving the decision of it becoming law in the hands ...

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 27 Nov 2024

Exclusive: AusPost confirms not affected by global third-party supply chain attack

The Blue Yonder supply chain attack has already affected a number of major organisations, including Starbucks, Morrisons, and Sainsbury’s.

SECURITY • Wed, 27 Nov 2024

Exclusive: Melbourne laser cutter breached by INC Ransom

Victorian laser-cutting firm AC Laser has confirmed that it suffered a ransomware attack, after the INC Ransomware gang listed company data on the dark web.

SECURITY • Tue, 26 Nov 2024

Social media ban amended to rule out government ID-based age verification

Australians will not be obliged to hand over government documents to verify their age for social media vendors under the under-16 social media ban, according to ...

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 26 Nov 2024

Industry responds to passing of Australia’s Cyber Security Act

Opinions are mixed on the nation’s new cyber security legislation, which has been deployed as part of the 2023–2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy.

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 26 Nov 2024

Exclusive: Telstra confirms data incident, customer data unaffected

Telstra has confirmed that threat actors breached one of its internal systems and stole data belonging to employees and partners.

SECURITY • Mon, 25 Nov 2024

BREAKING: Australian Cyber Security Act passed into law

Today (25 November, the Albanese government passed Australia’s first standalone Cyber Security Act.

GOVERNMENT • Mon, 25 Nov 2024

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