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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AI-based surveillance solutions part of multimillion-dollar Australian defence grant

Grants totalling $3.47 million have been awarded to a raft of defence projects being delivered by “cutting-edge small- to medium-sized businesses”.

TECH • Tue, 16 Apr 2024

X and Meta issued takedown notices over Wakeley church stabbing content

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has given two top social platforms 24 hours to remove videos related to a knife attack on an Orthodox Christian bishop in Sydney ...

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 16 Apr 2024

Exclusive: UK royals fall victim to alleged data breach

Snatch ransomware gang claims to have published personal data belonging to 25 members of the British royal family, but the Royal Household reports no incident.

SECURITY • Tue, 16 Apr 2024

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Medium set to pull the plug on AI-generated content

The popular blogging and publishing platform will ban AI-generated content in its paid Partner Program.

CULTURE • Mon, 15 Apr 2024

BHF Couriers denies credit card data breach

NSW courier company says data currently circulating online is “very old data”.

SECURITY • Mon, 15 Apr 2024

ACSC circulates critical alert over Palo Alto PAN-OS firewall bug

Hackers are already taking advantage of the ability to execute code on compromised firewalls.

SECURITY • Mon, 15 Apr 2024

Backdoor in popular Linux tool spotted by Microsoft engineer

The xz compression tool appears to have been tampered with “over several weeks” to create a malicious new feature.

SECURITY • Tue, 02 Apr 2024

AT&T finally admits ‘AT&T data-specific fields’ are part of leak affecting more than 70m customers

The US telco giant is still unaware of the source of the data leak but does say the data affects both current and past customers.

SECURITY • Tue, 02 Apr 2024

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Australian digital ID bill finally passes the Senate

Three years after its first draft, a highly amended version of the bill passed with support from Greens, independents, and the Jacqui Lambie Party.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Mon, 01 Apr 2024

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