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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Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and that means romance and scams

If you’re looking for love this Valentine’s Day, be careful you don’t fall for a scam instead of a partner.

CULTURE • Fri, 02 Feb 2024

Proofpoint announces 280 lay-offs and a move to offshore some operations

Six per cent of the email security company’s workforce will be let go, two months after a new chief executive stepped into the role.

SECURITY • Thu, 01 Feb 2024

Australian Cyber Crime Monthly Report: January 2024

Cyber Daily’s round-up of data breaches, ransomware reveals, and other cyber incidents from around the country for the first month of 2024.

SECURITY • Thu, 01 Feb 2024

CISA and FBI call for security to be baked into SOHO routers

New Secure by Design Alert comes on the back of Chinese threat actor Volt Typhoon targeting small office/home office devices.

TECH • Thu, 01 Feb 2024

Report: Cyber security threats top of mind for Australian small businesses

New research from COSBOA and its Cyber Wardens program reveals multiple stress points for Australian small businesses.

SECURITY • Thu, 01 Feb 2024

ACSC warns of hackers developing ‘workarounds’ to Ivanti fixes

Aussie cyber watchdog ACSC releases alert over ongoing exploitation of Ivanti Connect Secure vulnerabilities. UPDATE: Patch is now available

SECURITY • Wed, 31 Jan 2024

Cyber focus: APRA releases Interim Policy and Supervision Priorities update

Cyber resilience is a key plank of new supervision from the Australian financial services regulator.

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 31 Jan 2024

Optus launches ScamWise service to track scammers

As scam numbers rise, Optus offers a new tool to help customers recognise scams as they pop up.

TECH • Wed, 31 Jan 2024

ACSC releases critical alert over ‘active exploitation of vulnerabilities in Jenkins DevOps tools

Critical and high-alert vulnerabilities could lead to remote code execution and cross-site hijacking.

SECURITY • Tue, 30 Jan 2024