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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Ransomware hack destroys 17,000 player accounts on indie MMO

Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore developers promise to restore every account by hand if necessary.

CULTURE • Mon, 27 Nov 2023

Australian Federal Police assists in arrest of Malaysian phishing operator

Royal Malaysia Police, FBI, and AFP took down a phishing operation targeting Australian MyGov users.

SECURITY • Mon, 27 Nov 2023

Report: 3m Australians impacted by scams this sales season

Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales are prime drivers of scams – and Aussies will offer a lot of information in the name of a bargain.

CULTURE • Mon, 27 Nov 2023

Satori and Bendigo Bank take up Commonwealth Bank’s NameCheck tech

CBA shares anti-scam tech that has already stopped over 10,000 scams since March 2023.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Sun, 26 Nov 2023

Report: Watch out – scams make up nearly half of all Black Friday spam

New research finds spam – and scams – skyrocket during the pre-Christmas sale season. Here’s what you need to know.

CULTURE • Fri, 17 Nov 2023

FBI and CISA release alert over Scattered Spider hacking group

The hacking group believed to be behind the MGM hack has perfected social engineering attacks, according to US authorities.

SECURITY • Fri, 17 Nov 2023

Optus CEO talks up ‘strange coincidences’ and possible cyber attack during day-long outage

Kelly Bayer Rosmarin says the company spent hours determining if the outage was caused by cyber activity during a Singtel board visit.

SECURITY • Fri, 17 Nov 2023

Medusa ransomware gang claims data breach of Toyota Financial Services in Germany

Hacking group posts proof-of-hack details, including passports, alongside un-hashed passwords.

SECURITY • Thu, 16 Nov 2023

Cuba ransomware gang claims Port Adelaide FC hack

Gang claims to post data on leak site for free but deletes the post the next day.