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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Russian-backed hackers caught targeting German political parties

Hackers linked to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service have been observed deploying phishing techniques to snare German politicians.

SECURITY • Mon, 25 Mar 2024

Cyber Wardens research shows a stark divide in small business cyber readiness

New research from the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia and the Cyber Wardens program reveals only one-half of Australian businesses see cyber security as ...

SECURITY • Mon, 25 Mar 2024

ACSC releases critical alert over Fortinet’s FortiClient EMS vulnerability

The Australian Cyber Security Centre and Fortinet warn of active exploitation of vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Fortinet’s FortiClient EMS server platform

SECURITY • Sun, 24 Mar 2024

Chinese-backed hacker observed exploiting F5 BIG-IP and ScreenConnect bugs

Security researchers believe the hacker is a contractor with China’s Ministry of State Security and is targeting “hundreds” of entities in Australia, Canada, and the US

SECURITY • Fri, 22 Mar 2024

UN votes in favour of resolution backing safe use of AI

“Safe, secure, and trustworthy AI systems” at the heart of the US-led international resolution.

TECH • Thu, 21 Mar 2024

North Korean-backed hacking group Kimsuky changes tactics

Malicious .LNK files are old news – Kimsuky’s latest technique takes advantage of Compiled HTML Help files to gather intelligence.

SECURITY • Thu, 21 Mar 2024

Key Russian influencers sanctioned by US Treasury department

A pair of Russians and the companies they own have been sanctioned over a “foreign malign influence campaign” to impersonate European media websites.

GOVERNMENT • Thu, 21 Mar 2024

Australia and Five Eyes allies issue new Volt Typhoon advisory

The new advisory offers advice to “critical infrastructure leaders” on how to manage the threat of Chinese cyber espionage.

SECURITY • Thu, 21 Mar 2024

Report: Just 1 per cent of users are responsible for 88 per cent of data loss events

Australian organisations are losing data at an alarming rate and careless users are the number one cause.

SECURITY • Wed, 20 Mar 2024

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