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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Ring fined US$5.6m by US FTC over poor security and spying incidents

The Federal Trade Commission has formally charged Amazon’s smart doorbell subsidiary for “compromising its customers’ privacy”.

TECH • Fri, 26 Apr 2024

Australian Federal Police on the hunt for new CISO

The AFP is advertising for a new chief information security officer to help shape its Cyber Security Strategy.

GOVERNMENT • Thu, 25 Apr 2024

Microsoft and The Coca-Cola Company announce 5-year cloud, AI partnership

Like the old ad campaign says: everything’s better with a Coke – even generative artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud innovation!

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Wed, 24 Apr 2024

US Treasury sanctions Iranian cyber actors over government attacks

Four Iranian individuals were sanctioned and indicted and two companies sanctioned over attacks on more than a dozen US government agencies and companies.

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 24 Apr 2024

Exclusive: BlackSuit ransomware gang claims hack on Octapharma Plasma

Donor details, lab data, passports, and personal information have all been allegedly compromised in the US Octapharma hack.

SECURITY • Tue, 23 Apr 2024

Palo Alto’s Unit 42 team reveals new wave of PAN-OS firewall hack attempts

PAN-OS firewalls are facing an “increasing number of attacks”, though so far, signs of active command execution are rare.

SECURITY • Tue, 23 Apr 2024

Makers of CrushFTP file transfer tool urge users to upgrade ‘ASAP’

Hackers are likely already taking advantage of a vulnerability in a particular version of the file transfer application.

SECURITY • Tue, 23 Apr 2024

Penten awards $466,840 contract to archTIS for Australian national security project

Aussie cyber technology company Penten gives archTIS the nod on a project for an unnamed Australian national security agency.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Tue, 23 Apr 2024

Australia v Musk: War of words erupts between politicians and Musk over eSafety ruling

Aussie politicians voice their ire over X’s stance on the church stabbing video, while Elon Musk targets Prime Minister Anthony Albanese over alleged censorship.

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 23 Apr 2024

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David Hollingworth

Ring fined US$5.6m by US FTC over poor security and spying incidents

Australian Federal Police on the hunt for new CISO

Microsoft and The Coca-Cola Company announce 5-year cloud, AI partnership

US Treasury sanctions Iranian cyber actors over government attacks

Exclusive: BlackSuit ransomware gang claims hack on Octapharma Plasma

Palo Alto’s Unit 42 team reveals new wave of PAN-OS firewall hack attempts

Makers of CrushFTP file transfer tool urge users to upgrade ‘ASAP’

Penten awards $466,840 contract to archTIS for Australian national security project

Australia v Musk: War of words erupts between politicians and Musk over eSafety ruling

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