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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Snowflake introduces mandatory MFA enforcement to defend against data breaches

Following a raft of high-profile data breaches of poorly secured Snowflake servers, the company has announced administrators can now enforce multifactor authentication.

SECURITY • Wed, 10 Jul 2024

China decries APT40 hacking claims as cyber industry responds to ASD report

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson has called hacking accusations a “smear and frame”, but industry experts stand by the report.

SECURITY • Wed, 10 Jul 2024

Op-Ed: Code breakers – encryption in the quantum age

Imagine a world where your every whisper, every strategic move, is laid bare to your enemy or competitor. This was the chilling reality of World War I, where Germany’s ...

SECURITY • Tue, 09 Jul 2024

ACCC warns of rising number of financial recovery scams

Scammers are posing as debt recovering services and promising to recover lost funds, says the ACCC’s National Anti-Scam Centre.

SECURITY • Tue, 09 Jul 2024

Exclusive: Super Gardens employee medical data leaked on dark web

Following an alleged ransomware attack earlier this month, the DragonForce ransomware gang has published a trove of sensitive employee data.

SECURITY • Tue, 09 Jul 2024

Government agencies issued sweeping directives to eliminate foreign vulnerabilities

The Home Affairs secretary has announced three new Protective Security Directions to protect government networks from foreign interference.

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 09 Jul 2024

Australian government calls out China over 2022 cyber attacks

The Australian Signals Directorate has published an advisory outlining the ongoing activities of a threat actor backed by China’s Ministry of State Security.

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 09 Jul 2024

Academic calls for an Australian ‘infowar militia’

A new discussion paper makes the case for a national, crowdsourced civilian cyber security defence reserve.

SECURITY • Mon, 08 Jul 2024

Shopify denies hack after customer details leaked online

A threat actor posted the details of nearly 180,000 customers to a hacking forum last week, but Shopify points the finger at a third party.

SECURITY • Mon, 08 Jul 2024