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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Unregistered branded text messages to be labelled ‘unverified’ from 1 July

The ACMA is urging Australian businesses to register now, ahead of new anti-scam rules coming into effect later this year.

SECURITY • Mon, 04 May 2026

Australian government establishes new Cyber Incident Review Board

The seven-member board will conduct post-incident reviews of “significant cyber security incidents in Australia”.

GOVERNMENT • Mon, 04 May 2026

Watch this! Komari server monitor tool abused by hackers

Security analysts spot “first publicly documented case” of a popular open-source tool being used to stage a network intrusion.

SECURITY • Mon, 04 May 2026

Act Now! ACSC warns of active exploitation of cPanel & WHM critical vulnerability

Hackers are actively targeting Australian organisations exposed by a critical authentication bypass in a popular web hosting control panel software.

SECURITY • Mon, 04 May 2026

Exclusive: Kiwi electrical contractor confirms cyber attack

Whangarei-based firm McKay confirms unauthorised access to a single device following ransomware claims by the Mnt6 hacking group.

SECURITY • Mon, 04 May 2026

Exclusive: Prime Properties listed as breach victim by M3rx ransomware

Hackers are alleged to have stolen more than 80,000 documents totalling 100 gigabytes of data from a Sydney-based property investment firm.

SECURITY • Fri, 01 May 2026

Anthropic launches dedicated Claude Security platform to public beta

AI company Anthropic’s latest model is a defensive product designed to enhance security teams, shaped by feedback from hundreds of customers.

TECH • Fri, 01 May 2026

DigiCert launches AI Trust architecture to secure agents, models, and content

A new cryptographic framework aims to restore verifiable trust across enterprise AI systems as adoption accelerates.

SECURITY • Fri, 01 May 2026

‘Rebuilding the enterprise’: How CEOs are preparing for automation

With AI agents and machine customers set to flood the market on the edge of a dramatic transformation, preparing the workforce and identifying capability gaps is more ...

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Thu, 30 Apr 2026