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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Second ransomware group threatens UnitedHealth with data leak

A second ransomware group is threatening to publish data belonging to UnitedHealth that it says was obtained from the same attack that has long been attributed to ALPHV

SECURITY • Tue, 09 Apr 2024

300GB allegedly stolen from Australian immigration consultancy

Australia-based global immigration and education consultancy firm Aussizz Group has been listed on the dark web leak site of the DragonForce ransomware gang.

SECURITY • Mon, 08 Apr 2024

US healthcare help desks targeted in social engineering attacks

The US healthcare sector continues to face an onslaught of cyber crime, with hackers having been recently observed targeting IT help desks within the industry with social ...

SECURITY • Mon, 08 Apr 2024

Home Depot employee data exposed after third-party vendor breached

Employees of the US’ largest home improvement retailer, Home Depot, have had their data exposed after a third-party vendor used by the retailer suffered a data breach

SECURITY • Mon, 08 Apr 2024

Hoya Optics production stunted following cyber attack

A cyber attack on one of the world’s largest optics manufacturers has led to some of its servers to go offline, stunting production.

SECURITY • Fri, 05 Apr 2024

AFP confirms no cyber attack behind outage

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has confirmed that an issue with its email sends was, in fact, not the result of a cyber attack but what it called a “technical ...

CULTURE • Fri, 05 Apr 2024

Victorian firefighters suffered delayed response post-cyber attack

A cyber attack Victorian firefighters suffered some time ago resulted in slowed response times to critical fires, according to new reports.

SECURITY • Fri, 05 Apr 2024

EU ditches cloud provider sovereignty requirements in Cybersecurity Certification Scheme

The European Union (EU) has abandoned regulations that would require cloud providers to be independent of non-EU legislation in its latest cyber security certification ...

GOVERNMENT • Thu, 04 Apr 2024

Five Eyes data reportedly exfiltrated in US federal contractor breach

Threat actors are claiming to have stolen data belonging to the Five Eyes intelligence group after breaching a US national security technology contractor.

SECURITY • Thu, 04 Apr 2024

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Second ransomware group threatens UnitedHealth with data leak

300GB allegedly stolen from Australian immigration consultancy

US healthcare help desks targeted in social engineering attacks

Home Depot employee data exposed after third-party vendor breached

Hoya Optics production stunted following cyber attack

AFP confirms no cyber attack behind outage

Victorian firefighters suffered delayed response post-cyber attack

EU ditches cloud provider sovereignty requirements in Cybersecurity Certification Scheme

Five Eyes data reportedly exfiltrated in US federal contractor breach

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