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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Australia records 388% quarter-on-quarter jump in compromised accounts

A staggering 1.8 million Australian user accounts have been leaked in data breaches in the first three months of 2024.

SECURITY • Fri, 26 Apr 2024

TikTok now has 12 months to be divested from its Chinese owner or face total US ban

The US Senate has passed new TikTok legislation as a part of a long-awaited US$95 billion foreign aid package.

GOVERNMENT • Fri, 26 Apr 2024

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

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David Hollingworth

Australia records 388% quarter-on-quarter jump in compromised accounts

TikTok now has 12 months to be divested from its Chinese owner or face total US ban

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’

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