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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Critical alert! ACSC warns of ‘large-scale exploitation’ of Aussie websites

Australia’s top cyber agency says “malicious cyber actors” are targeting a raft of vulnerable WordPress plug-ins and content management systems, with SMBs in the firing ...

SECURITY • Fri, 10 Jul 2026

Need to know: Aussie workers are increasingly exposing customer data to public AI

New research suggests that Australian employees are breaking all the rules when it comes to artificial intelligence in the workplace.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Thu, 09 Jul 2026

Bro! A wave of Discord account takeovers is spreading a MrBeast crypto scam

Scammers are spreading a fake crypto casino scam in the name of a popular YouTuber, with compromised Discord accounts as the attack vector.

SECURITY • Thu, 09 Jul 2026

Barracuda acquires Evo Security to strengthen identity protection for MSPs

Cyber security firm Barracuda Networks expands its BarracudaONE platform with identity and access management capabilities.

SECURITY • Thu, 09 Jul 2026

National Anti-Scam Centre to target scam online casinos exploiting First Nations Australians

NASC to stand up new cross-sector fusion cell to address emerging cyber crime trend known as “scambling”.

SECURITY • Wed, 08 Jul 2026

Telstra outage: Ministers, experts, and academics respond; ACMA to conduct full investigation

“The key priorities for today are to get people back online and ensure any welfare checks are completed urgently,” the government says, as Angus Taylor questions possible ...

TECH • Wed, 08 Jul 2026

Patch now! Weeks after being addressed, hackers are targeting a critical Gitea vulnerability

CVE-2026-20896, a bypass authentication flaw in a popular self-hosted DevOps platform, was patched on 21 June, but attacks are ongoing.

SECURITY • Wed, 08 Jul 2026

Kinetic IT launches AI engineering division to accelerate enterprise AI deployment

Australian technology services provider Kinetic IT has appointed Marcio Sete to lead a new AI practice focused on delivering production-ready artificial intelligence for ...

TECH • Wed, 08 Jul 2026

Qld government announces new digital project governance bodies

A new initiative will see the Crisafulli government invest more than $300 million in “high-impact digital initiatives to modernise critical government systems”.

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 08 Jul 2026