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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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.

SECURITY • Wed, 12 Jun 2024

Stolen Snowflake credentials used to compromise more than 160 orgs

Security researchers have outlined a coordinated campaign targeting a raft of Snowflake customers with disabled multifactor authentication.

SECURITY • Wed, 12 Jun 2024

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David Hollingworth

Australian businesses targeted in Russia-based phishing campaign

Majority of Australians fear the impact of deepfakes on election integrity

Pure Storage joins growing list of Snowflake hack victims

Life360 CEO confirms Tile tracking device data breach

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

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

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

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

Stolen Snowflake credentials used to compromise more than 160 orgs

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