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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Most cyber experts not prepared for AI-augmented cyber threats

Cyber criminals are increasingly using AI to their advantage, and most cyber security experts say they aren’t prepared.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Fri, 08 Mar 2024

Medusa ransomware claims attack on US Federal Credit Union

The infamous Medusa ransomware gang has claimed an attack on a US Federal Credit Union, leading to the leak of personal and financial information.

SECURITY • Fri, 08 Mar 2024

BEC campaign sees hackers impersonating US government agencies

Hackers have been observed impersonating US government agencies as part of a business email compromise (BEC) campaign aiming to trick victims into clicking links to ...

SECURITY • Thu, 07 Mar 2024

Famous Belgian beer halts production following ransomware attack

Belgian beer brand Duvel has had to halt its manufacturing process after a ransomware attack was detected on its systems.

SECURITY • Thu, 07 Mar 2024

Meta suggests security breach caused global outage

A security breach could be to blame for yesterday’s (6 March) Meta outage that logged users out of Facebook and Instagram.

SECURITY • Thu, 07 Mar 2024

ALPHV affiliate behind Change Healthcare attack could be a Chinese state-sponsored actor

The ALPHV (BlackCat) affiliate behind the Change Healthcare ransomware attack may be a Chinese state-sponsored threat actor, according to new reports.

SECURITY • Thu, 07 Mar 2024

LinkedIn recovers from worldwide outage

As if falling like social media dominos, LinkedIn’s site went offline for thousands of users around the world just a day after Meta’s network outage prevented access to ...

CULTURE • Wed, 06 Mar 2024

ALPHV fakes website seizure and calls it quits, lists malware code for $5m sale

It seems that one of the world’s most prolific ransomware gangs is finally throwing in the towel, with the ALPHV ransomware gang saying it cannot continue operations ...

SECURITY • Wed, 06 Mar 2024

Worldwide Meta outage sparks cyber attack concerns, threat groups claim responsibility

Tens of thousands of people across the globe were logged out of their Facebook and Instagram accounts overnight due to a technical issue that led to an outage in Meta’s ...

SECURITY • Tue, 05 Mar 2024

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Daniel Croft

Most cyber experts not prepared for AI-augmented cyber threats

Medusa ransomware claims attack on US Federal Credit Union

BEC campaign sees hackers impersonating US government agencies

Famous Belgian beer halts production following ransomware attack

Meta suggests security breach caused global outage

ALPHV affiliate behind Change Healthcare attack could be a Chinese state-sponsored actor

LinkedIn recovers from worldwide outage

ALPHV fakes website seizure and calls it quits, lists malware code for $5m sale

Worldwide Meta outage sparks cyber attack concerns, threat groups claim responsibility

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