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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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

ACSC releases critical alert over FortiOS bug

The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre is concerned about a FortiGuard vulnerability that could lead to remote code execution.

SECURITY • Sun, 11 Feb 2024

The weekly ransomware report, Friday, 9 February

Attacks remain steady this week as LockBit continues to dominate the ransomware landscape.

SECURITY • Fri, 09 Feb 2024

ALPHV ransomware group may be sniffing around Mac OS

Researchers find backdoor malware written in Rust, which overlaps with ALPHV/BlackCat infrastructure.

SECURITY • Fri, 09 Feb 2024