David Hollingworth

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David Hollingworth has been writing about technology for over 20 years, and has worked for a range of print and online titles in his career. He is enjoying getting to grips with cyber security, especially when it lets him talk about Lego.

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Federal Budget 2025: Cyber security loses out in pre-election budget

While previous Federal Budgets have had varying levels of focus on boosting Australia’s cyber security, the 2025 budget adds nothing to the nation’s cyber resilience

SECURITY • Tue, 25 Mar 2025

Brydens Lawyers obtains injunction following February cyber incident

Sydney law firm Brydens Lawyers obtains a court order banning “dissemination of the impacted confidential information” in the wake of an alleged ransomware attack.

SECURITY • Tue, 25 Mar 2025

North Korea-linked insider threats surged in 2024, according to new report

Palo Alto Networks’ 2025 Unit 42 Global Incident Response Report reveals the changing nature of cyber threats, with threat actors now switching to business disruption ...

SECURITY • Tue, 25 Mar 2025

Oracle hack appears to be the real deal, despite the company’s denials

Security researchers say that a recent post on a hacking forum claiming a massive breach of Oracle Cloud appears legitimate.

SECURITY • Tue, 25 Mar 2025

NSW government-developed Land iQ data platform licensed for industry use

“World-first” data platform aims to speed up private sector pre-planning processes and keep government and industry on the same page.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Mon, 24 Mar 2025

Westpac launches SafeBlock anti-scam measure

Customers will now be able to block their accounts if they suspect they’ve fallen victim to a scam.

SECURITY • Mon, 24 Mar 2025

Travellers warned to beware of scams following Heathrow airport outage

A backlog of cancelled flights and customers desperate to rebook travel arrangements could be a field day for scammers.

SECURITY • Mon, 24 Mar 2025

Op-Ed: The new PCI DSS standard lands on 31 March – WAFs are now non-optional

Web application firewalls are now an essential requirement for safe credit card transactions – here’s why that’s a good thing.

SECURITY • Sun, 23 Mar 2025

DeepSeek mania inspires multiple scam campaigns

Fake installers, malware droppers, and info stealers were all deployed under the cover of the popular Chinese chatbot.

SECURITY • Fri, 21 Mar 2025