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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Optus outage not related to cyber incident, according to telco’s CEO

While Optus cannot say what has caused the nationwide outage, the company is pretty sure what hasn’t triggered the disruption.

SECURITY • Wed, 08 Nov 2023

Palo Alto spends big, acquiring 2 Israeli security firms

The US security multinational confirmed the acquisition of Dig Security last week and should announce a Talon Cyber Security acquisition shortly.

SECURITY • Mon, 06 Nov 2023

Australian local health district could be caught up in Advarra research data breach

NSW’s Far West Local Health District has clinical trial URLs revealed as hackers feud with Advarra executives over messy ransomware negotiations.

SECURITY • Fri, 03 Nov 2023

Australian Clinical Labs to face court over 2022 data breach

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner believes Australian Clinical Labs did not adequately protect personal data, leading to an increased risk of ...

GOVERNMENT • Fri, 03 Nov 2023

Absolute adds application health monitoring to Secure Endpoint offering

The new functionality can monitor the installation and health of more than 2,000 applications.

TECH • Thu, 02 Nov 2023

archTIS secures half-million contract with BAE Systems Maritime Australia

Australian security company archTIS has been tapped to provide a data security “product demonstrator” to one of the country’s largest defence contractors.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Thu, 02 Nov 2023

Boeing confirms ransomware attack as hackers remove ransom post

Aerospace giant Boeing has said it is “actively investigating” ransomware claims by the LockBit gang.

SECURITY • Thu, 02 Nov 2023

Biometric data of more than 800m Indians briefly on sale on hacking forum

A user on a popular hacking forum offers up access to a treasure trove of personal data – then deleted their post.

SECURITY • Thu, 02 Nov 2023

Australia’s critical infrastructure a ‘high-interest’ target, according to first CISC review

State-sponsored hackers and cyber criminals remain a threat to essential systems and public works – and War Thunder, amazingly.

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 01 Nov 2023

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