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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AFP restrains more than $500k in cryptocurrency following money laundering investigation

Total assets restrained by the AFP-led Criminal Asset Confiscation Taskforce totals more than $15.6 million.

CULTURE • Mon, 05 Aug 2024

Exclusive: Supreme Court of NSW grants injunction in Wattle Range Council hack

Court grants injunction against accessing any data currently published or to be published in the future following a LockBit ransomware attack.

SECURITY • Mon, 05 Aug 2024

Australia signs up to global campaign to fight cryptocurrency scams

The Australian Federal Police said today (5 August) that Operation Spincaster has already found more than 2,000 compromised Australian-owned crypto wallets.

SECURITY • Mon, 05 Aug 2024

Exclusive: Aussie engineering firm confirms RansomHub ransomware attack

Nearly 500 gigabytes of data was allegedly stolen in a ransomware attack on West Australian firm McDowall Affleck.

SECURITY • Fri, 02 Aug 2024

CyberCX and Curtin University partner up for sovereign cloud project

The new Nebula platform will be designed to accommodate and secure sensitive research projects.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Fri, 02 Aug 2024

Three-quarters of Australians don’t understand how facial recognition technology works

Despite its widespread and growing use, most Australians know very little about facial recognition.

TECH • Fri, 02 Aug 2024

Fake Google Authenticator app spreads malware, not authentication

A threat actor has used a legitimate Google ad to direct victims to a fake site to download info-stealer malware.

SECURITY • Fri, 02 Aug 2024

Western Sydney University reveals full scope of January data breach

Hackers stole nearly 600 terabytes of data during an intrusion that lasted eight months and impacted at least 7,500 individuals.

SECURITY • Thu, 01 Aug 2024

Scams a ‘key driver’ behind record rise of financial complaints

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority received 105,000 complaints for the last financial year – a rise of 9 per cent year on year.