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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Criminals used funeral of popular Labor MP to scam money out of mourners

Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones revealed the incident in a speech to the National Press Club on Labor’s measures to fight scammers

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 31 Jul 2024

Cyber attacks against Australian healthcare organisations rise by 33% YOY

Healthcare entities are coming under increased pressure as cyber extortion has risen by 61 per cent in Australia in the last 12 months.

SECURITY • Wed, 31 Jul 2024

NZ-headquartered accounting firm Xero goes down globally

Online accounting platform Xero suffers global outage as users lament end-of-month chaos, an AWS issue the likely culprit.

TECH • Wed, 31 Jul 2024

Trend Micro announces new deepfake detection capabilities

The company has revealed a new tool to detect AI-generated content and protect businesses from fraud.

TECH • Wed, 31 Jul 2024

Westpac teams up with Optus to fight scammers

The new partnership will provide bank customers with verified, in-app calls directly from Westpac.

SECURITY • Tue, 30 Jul 2024

Change Healthcare begins the process of notifying victims of February hack

The US healthcare organisation is finally notifying victims of an ALPHV ransomware attack that affected millions and cost nearly a billion in losses.

SECURITY • Tue, 30 Jul 2024

Ransomware gangs observed exploiting VMware ESXi flaw in the wild

Security researchers warn of hackers taking advantage of CVE-2024-37085, first disclosed by VMware one week ago.

SECURITY • Tue, 30 Jul 2024

Tech companies call for changes to draft UN Cybercrime Convention

The Cybersecurity Tech Accord would like to see stronger protections for researchers, pen-testers, and journalists and greater restrictions on access to personal data.

SECURITY • Tue, 30 Jul 2024

Exclusive: SnatchDeal customer details and ‘risk assessment’ data leaked

The personal data of nearly 10,000 customers of an online retailer is up for sale on a popular hacking forum.

SECURITY • Mon, 29 Jul 2024

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David Hollingworth

Criminals used funeral of popular Labor MP to scam money out of mourners

Cyber attacks against Australian healthcare organisations rise by 33% YOY

NZ-headquartered accounting firm Xero goes down globally

Trend Micro announces new deepfake detection capabilities

Westpac teams up with Optus to fight scammers

Change Healthcare begins the process of notifying victims of February hack

Ransomware gangs observed exploiting VMware ESXi flaw in the wild

Tech companies call for changes to draft UN Cybercrime Convention

Exclusive: SnatchDeal customer details and ‘risk assessment’ data leaked

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