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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Australia and US sign memorandum of understanding to fight disinformation

Penny Wong and Antony J. Blinken announced a new MOU targeting “state information manipulation”.

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 06 Aug 2024

Exclusive: Leaving worker offers database of ‘big Australian company’ on hacking forum

Insider threat claims to have access to the data of 28,000 individuals and the credit card and ID details of more than a million.

SECURITY • Tue, 06 Aug 2024

Rapid7 reveals its new command platform

The cyber security company’s new offering is an all-in-one threat exposure, detection, and response platform.

SECURITY • Tue, 06 Aug 2024

Assets of alleged Russian spies seized by AFP

Police restrain assets worth over $500,000 belonging to ADF Private and husband who posed an insider threat to defence force secrets.

SECURITY • Tue, 06 Aug 2024

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‘Online radicalisation’ partly to blame for rise in Australia’s national terrorism threat level

ASIO has raised the terrorism threat level from possible to probable despite there being no “imminent threat or danger”.

GOVERNMENT • Mon, 05 Aug 2024

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

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Australia and US sign memorandum of understanding to fight disinformation

Exclusive: Leaving worker offers database of ‘big Australian company’ on hacking forum

Rapid7 reveals its new command platform

Assets of alleged Russian spies seized by AFP

‘Online radicalisation’ partly to blame for rise in Australia’s national terrorism threat level

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

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

Australia signs up to global campaign to fight cryptocurrency scams

Exclusive: Aussie engineering firm confirms RansomHub ransomware attack

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