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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Internet Archive down, claims ‘catastrophic’ data breach impacting 31m

The non-profit digital library responsible for the popular Wayback Machine web archive has been under a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack for days – but things ...

SECURITY • Wed, 09 Oct 2024

Exclusive: West Australian aged-care provider hit by alleged LockBit ransomware attack

Kingsley-based TPG Aged Care has been listed as a victim on LockBit’s leak site, and several internal documents with personal details of elderly clients have already been ...

SECURITY • Wed, 09 Oct 2024

Patch Tuesday round-up, October 2024

October’s Patch Tuesday reveals 118 vulnerabilities, including multiple instances of in-the-wild exploitation, while several products officially reach end-of-support.

SECURITY • Tue, 08 Oct 2024

New not-for-profit Australian Cyber Network launches

The ACN aims to be “a voice for industry, by industry” in the cyber security sector. We talk to its CEO and chair about cyber uplift, education, and assistance.

SECURITY • Tue, 08 Oct 2024

Ukrainian national pleads guilty to running Raccoon Infostealer malware operation

Mark Sokolovsky pleaded guilty in a US court this week following his arrest by Dutch authorities in 2022.

SECURITY • Tue, 08 Oct 2024

Official opening of new space at Royal Thai Police Forensic Facility in Lampang Thailand cn9pkv

AFP continues to work with Thai counterparts to fight scams, organised crime

Sharing digital forensics skills and experience is a key part of the 30-year-old law enforcement partnership.

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 08 Oct 2024

AUSCERT announces tabletop incident response exercise

The new Tabletop Exercise Service aims to provide businesses with the “muscle memory” to handle cyber security incidents.

SECURITY • Mon, 07 Oct 2024

NSW government launches Digital Strategy roadmap

The new roadmap tracks five key missions: accessibility, productivity, trust, resilience, and digital skills.

GOVERNMENT • Sun, 06 Oct 2024

Cyber security remains a top focus for Australian businesses, but budgets are a challenge

Datacom’s 5th Annual Cloud Report reveals that a lack of money is standing in the way of cyber security uplift.

SECURITY • Sun, 06 Oct 2024

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David Hollingworth

Internet Archive down, claims ‘catastrophic’ data breach impacting 31m

Exclusive: West Australian aged-care provider hit by alleged LockBit ransomware attack

Patch Tuesday round-up, October 2024

New not-for-profit Australian Cyber Network launches

Ukrainian national pleads guilty to running Raccoon Infostealer malware operation

AFP continues to work with Thai counterparts to fight scams, organised crime

AUSCERT announces tabletop incident response exercise

NSW government launches Digital Strategy roadmap

Cyber security remains a top focus for Australian businesses, but budgets are a challenge

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