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 continues to work with Thai counterparts to fight scams, organised crime

Sharing digital forensics skills and experience is a key part of the 30-year-old law enforcement partnership.

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 08 Oct 2024

AUSCERT announces tabletop incident response exercise

The new Tabletop Exercise Service aims to provide businesses with the “muscle memory” to handle cyber security incidents.

SECURITY • Mon, 07 Oct 2024

NSW government launches Digital Strategy roadmap

The new roadmap tracks five key missions: accessibility, productivity, trust, resilience, and digital skills.

GOVERNMENT • Sun, 06 Oct 2024

Cyber security remains a top focus for Australian businesses, but budgets are a challenge

Datacom’s 5th Annual Cloud Report reveals that a lack of money is standing in the way of cyber security uplift.

SECURITY • Sun, 06 Oct 2024

Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in Ivanti Endpoint Manager

Ivanti has updated a May 2024 security advisory, warning that an “unrestricted file upload vulnerability” has been exploited, impacting several customers.

SECURITY • Fri, 04 Oct 2024

Data of Australian defence personnel up for auction via real-time bidding advertising platforms

The live location data – and much more – of Australians is shared almost 450 times a day on a raft of digital advertising markets.

SECURITY • Fri, 04 Oct 2024

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Former UK defence secretary named partner with UK defence and cyber security firm

Sir Ben Wallace has been made partner for global investment firm Boka Capital after leaving office.

SECURITY • Thu, 03 Oct 2024

More than 37k DrayTek routers across Australia and New Zealand are vulnerable to hacking

Security researchers have found 14 new vulnerabilities in 24 models of Vigor routers, with more than 700,000 exposed worldwide.

SECURITY • Thu, 03 Oct 2024

Aussie banks and Meta team up to take down celebrity scams on Facebook

The social media giant has removed more than 8,000 “celeb bait” scams following Australian Financial Crimes Exchange reports.

SECURITY • Thu, 03 Oct 2024