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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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

Russia preparing to launch cyber assault on the UK and NATO, according to minister

UK officials believe that Russia is preparing to launch a cyber war on the UK in an effort to weaken its support for Ukraine.

SECURITY • Mon, 25 Nov 2024

Alleged Telstra employee data listed for sale by threat actor

The threat actor claims to have the data of over 44,000 employees.

SECURITY • Mon, 25 Nov 2024

Sextortion attacks becoming more common globally, increasingly personalised

Sextortion attacks are becoming increasingly common and are growing in sophistication, according to new research by network cyber security firm Barracuda Networks.

SECURITY • Fri, 22 Nov 2024

Tesla data breach falsely claimed by IntelBroker, third-party EV charging firm actually breached

Threat actors have claimed to have uploaded data pertaining to Tesla electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.

SECURITY • Fri, 22 Nov 2024

Exclusive: RansomHub hits third-party ASIC compliance firm in alleged cyber attack

Notorious ransomware gang RansomHub has claimed an attack on a third-party firm that assists buisnesses with ASIC compliance.

SECURITY • Wed, 20 Nov 2024

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Daniel Croft

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

Industry responds to passing of Australia’s Cyber Security Act

Exclusive: Telstra confirms data incident, customer data unaffected

BREAKING: Australian Cyber Security Act passed into law

Russia preparing to launch cyber assault on the UK and NATO, according to minister

Alleged Telstra employee data listed for sale by threat actor

Sextortion attacks becoming more common globally, increasingly personalised

Tesla data breach falsely claimed by IntelBroker, third-party EV charging firm actually breached

Exclusive: RansomHub hits third-party ASIC compliance firm in alleged cyber attack

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