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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ASD urges early incident intel sharing following LockBit takedown lessons

Australia is currently looking at mechanisms for the effective sharing of incident response (IR) intelligence after the LockBit takedown earlier this year demonstrated ...

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 29 May 2024

Spyware firm ‘out of business’ after data leaked on own site by hacker

A cyber attack on spyware app pcTattletale has killed the business, according to the company’s founder.

SECURITY • Wed, 29 May 2024

2.8m affected in Sav-Rx data breach

A major US prescription management firm has disclosed that a data breach on its systems resulted in the theft of data belonging to 2.8 million people.

SECURITY • Tue, 28 May 2024

RansomHub posts Christie’s Auction House data sample, claims 500k customers affected

A sample of data belonging to Christie’s Auction House has been posted online, just weeks after a major auction was delayed due to outages relating to a cyber attack.

SECURITY • Tue, 28 May 2024

BreachForums relaunches on dark web, clear web too risky?

BreachForums appears to be back, but not like it once was, with the recently seized platform’s admin announcing a new dark website for the forum.

CULTURE • Mon, 27 May 2024

11 big pharma firms affected in Cencora cyber attack

A February attack on a US pharmaceutical solutions company has resulted in almost a dozen drug companies disclosing their own data breaches.

SECURITY • Mon, 27 May 2024

Transparency promises do not include Deloitte report, Medibank chair says

Medibank’s chairman told a court an external report into a major data hack cannot be included in the company’s earlier commitments to be transparent and share what it ...

CULTURE • Mon, 27 May 2024

Staff documents stolen in EU Parliament data breach

The European Parliament is notifying its staff that a threat actor breached its systems and exfiltrated sensitive data.

SECURITY • Fri, 24 May 2024

70m-record-strong US criminal database allegedly posted online by infamous hacker

Threat actors claim to have access to a US criminal database with over 70 million records containing personal data.