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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Exclusive: Watergategate? Ransomware gang targets famous Watergate Hotel

The personal data of Watergate employees and several foreign diplomats has been published online by the Qilin ransomware group.

SECURITY • Wed, 01 May 2024

Government announces ‘counter-influencer’ program and deepfake pornography ban

Anthony Albanese has announced a raft of measures to counter violent and misogynistic content online following a rise in violence against women.

CULTURE • Wed, 01 May 2024

DFAT’s Cyber and Critical Tech Cooperation Program is open for funding proposals

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has announced an open call for countries in south-east Asia seeking to boost their cyber security maturity.

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 01 May 2024

Exclusive: Aussie lender Firstmac falls victim to EMBARGO ransomware gang

Hackers claim to have databases, source codes, and “sensitive customer data” a day after the lender notified customers of possible data breach.

SECURITY • Tue, 30 Apr 2024

Scam losses are dropping, but Australians still lost $2.74bn in 2023

Latest figures from the ACCC’s National Anti-Scam Centre show a decline in money lost to scams, but work remains to be done.

CULTURE • Tue, 30 Apr 2024

Exclusive: BlackSuit ransomware claims attack on Australian property firm Herron Todd White

The nationwide property valuation specialists have allegedly lost more than 300 gigabytes of data to the prolific ransomware gang.

SECURITY • Tue, 30 Apr 2024

Exclusive: Mt Hira College suffers alleged student email data breach

A poster on a popular hacking forum claims to have a database of more than 700 student emails and unencrypted passwords belonging to a Victorian Islamic college.

SECURITY • Tue, 30 Apr 2024

Dragos and Sekuro announce new OT security partnership

The new operational technology partnership comes as attacks against Australian critical infrastructure rise.

SECURITY • Tue, 30 Apr 2024

Introducing Muddling Meerkat – a new threat actor controlling the Great Firewall of China

The newly discovered PRC-backed threat actor uses “sophisticated DNS activities” to probe networks all over the globe.

SECURITY • Mon, 29 Apr 2024

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David Hollingworth

Exclusive: Watergategate? Ransomware gang targets famous Watergate Hotel

Government announces ‘counter-influencer’ program and deepfake pornography ban

DFAT’s Cyber and Critical Tech Cooperation Program is open for funding proposals

Exclusive: Aussie lender Firstmac falls victim to EMBARGO ransomware gang

Scam losses are dropping, but Australians still lost $2.74bn in 2023

Exclusive: BlackSuit ransomware claims attack on Australian property firm Herron Todd White

Exclusive: Mt Hira College suffers alleged student email data breach

Dragos and Sekuro announce new OT security partnership

Introducing Muddling Meerkat – a new threat actor controlling the Great Firewall of China

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