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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Hacker offers the personal details of 25m Aussies for sale

A huge list of names, emails, and addresses is circulating online – but is the data really anything new?

SECURITY • Fri, 16 Feb 2024

AFP Commissioner outlines Medibank hacker hunt and impact of sanctions

“Making Australia a hostile environment for criminals is an AFP priority,” according to the Commissioner’s Senate estimates opening statement.

GOVERNMENT • Thu, 15 Feb 2024

Australian government stands up new expert AI group

The group will offer advice on the transparency and accountability of artificial intelligence (AI) development, but opposition ministers call it a “missed opportunity”

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 14 Feb 2024

Taylor Swift fans fall victim to credential stuffing attacks, lose The Eras Tour tickets

Ticketek has confirmed that some customer accounts have been hacked, and the Taylor Swift tickets belonging to those accounts have been sold.

CULTURE • Tue, 13 Feb 2024

Government weighs up lessons learnt in the wake of HWL Ebsworth hack

The National Office of Cyber Security has released the results of Lessons Learned Review on last year’s devastating law firm hack, and it turns out that collaboration is ...

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 13 Feb 2024

Point/Counterpoint: Is the right to disconnect a threat to good cyber security practice?

The Australian federal government is making out-of-hours work out of bounds, but is this a recipe for disaster when it comes to cyber security?

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 13 Feb 2024

Hacker claims to leak more than 650k customers of Aussie Vapes store

An online retailer of vaping products is the alleged subject of a leak post on a clear web hacking forum.

SECURITY • Mon, 12 Feb 2024

Report: Average cost of data breaches rises to US$4.5m

Research from IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023 shows breaches are costing more, especially if tackled without the help of law enforcement.

SECURITY • Mon, 12 Feb 2024

US authorities seize Warzone malware infrastructure

The US Department of Justice has announced it has shut down several for-sale websites, leading to the arrests of two individuals over malware sales and support - with AFP ...

SECURITY • Mon, 12 Feb 2024

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David Hollingworth

Hacker offers the personal details of 25m Aussies for sale

AFP Commissioner outlines Medibank hacker hunt and impact of sanctions

Australian government stands up new expert AI group

Taylor Swift fans fall victim to credential stuffing attacks, lose The Eras Tour tickets

Government weighs up lessons learnt in the wake of HWL Ebsworth hack

Point/Counterpoint: Is the right to disconnect a threat to good cyber security practice?

Hacker claims to leak more than 650k customers of Aussie Vapes store

Report: Average cost of data breaches rises to US$4.5m

US authorities seize Warzone malware infrastructure

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