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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Exclusive: Medusa ransomware gang demands US$700k payment from Victoria Racing Club

The Medusa ransomware gang has posted a large amount of VRC data to its darknet leak site, as the VRC boss confirms a “cyber incident”.

SECURITY • Sat, 15 Jun 2024

Australian businesses targeted in Russia-based phishing campaign

US businesses and local elections were the main targets of a 2023 credential-stealing campaign, but 27 Aussie organisations were also in the hackers’ sights.

SECURITY • Fri, 14 Jun 2024

Majority of Australians fear the impact of deepfakes on election integrity

Adobe released the ANZ version of its Future of Trust Study last week, and it paints a picture of a community keen on what AI can do for good but wary of how it could be ...

TECH • Thu, 13 Jun 2024

Pure Storage joins growing list of Snowflake hack victims

Enterprise data storage firm Pure Storage confirms customer data was compromised following unauthorised access to a Snowflake data analytics workspace.

SECURITY • Thu, 13 Jun 2024

Life360 CEO confirms Tile tracking device data breach

A hacker gained access to a Tile customer support platform and got away with potentially millions of personal details.

SECURITY • Thu, 13 Jun 2024

National Anti-Scam Centre joins forces with Australian Financial Crimes Exchange

Australia’s NASC will join the “intelligence loop” with telcos, banks, and other digital platforms to fight financial scams.

GOVERNMENT • Thu, 13 Jun 2024

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eSafety Commissioner calls for stronger GenAI safeguards in wake of deepfake arrest

Following the arrest of a Victorian grammar school student for the creation and distribution of classmate deepfakes, Julie Inman Grant says the creators of AI tools need ...

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 12 Jun 2024

Rapid7 expects hackers to take advantage of ‘trivially exploitable’ SolarWinds file transfer bug

SolarWinds disclosed CVE-2024-28995 late last week, but security researchers expect exploitation to be only a matter of time.

SECURITY • Wed, 12 Jun 2024

Cloudflare and CI-ISAC Australia announce partnership to secure Aussie GP clinics – for free!

The new partnership will provide general practitioners with zero-trust security at no cost under Project Secure Health.