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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Act now! ACSC releases multiple critical alerts over FortiBleed, as Fortinet releases situational analysis report

Russian-speaking hackers have been compromising tens of thousands of Fortinet firewalls and VPN gateways using weak credentials – here’s what you need to know to protect ...

SECURITY • Mon, 22 Jun 2026

Accenture closes US$4.2bn OT cyber security deal with Dragos, runZero and NetRise

Consulting firm moves into operational technology (OT) security with a major acquisition push.

SECURITY • Mon, 22 Jun 2026

UNSW College to stand up new IT cyber defence course

UNSW Sydney’s pathway provider launches suite of new degrees to combat vital skills shortages.

SECURITY • Mon, 22 Jun 2026

No time to FortiBleed! Russian hackers compromise more than 30k Fortinet firewalls in almost 200 countries, including Australia

Security analysts have uncovered a large-scale compromise of Fortinet firewalls and VPN gateways, and it has already impacted more than 73,000 credentials.

SECURITY • Thu, 18 Jun 2026

CrowdStrike expands QuiltWorks alliance with Amazon Web Services

The cloud giant joins a coalition aimed at helping organisations identify, prioritise, and respond to vulnerabilities.

TECH • Thu, 18 Jun 2026

Exclusive: Qilin ransomware claims hack of Aussie K-12 tutoring provider

A prolific cyber extortionist group lists Kinetic Education as a data breach victim on the darknet.

SECURITY • Wed, 17 Jun 2026

‘Unverified’ labels to appear on text messages under anti-scam crackdown

New SMS verification rules will begin rolling out from 1 July to help Australians identify legitimate branded messages and reduce the effectiveness of impersonation scams

SECURITY • Wed, 17 Jun 2026

Patch now! ShinyHunters extortion group actively exploiting Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day

Oracle disclosed CVE-2026-35273 last week – but hackers had already been exploiting it for almost two weeks.

SECURITY • Wed, 17 Jun 2026

CrowdStrike expands AI security platform through gateway partnerships

Cyber security firm CrowdStrike extends AI detection and response capabilities across major AI gateways.

SECURITY • Wed, 17 Jun 2026

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David Hollingworth

Act now! ACSC releases multiple critical alerts over FortiBleed, as Fortinet releases situational analysis report

Accenture closes US$4.2bn OT cyber security deal with Dragos, runZero and NetRise

UNSW College to stand up new IT cyber defence course

No time to FortiBleed! Russian hackers compromise more than 30k Fortinet firewalls in almost 200 countries, including Australia

CrowdStrike expands QuiltWorks alliance with Amazon Web Services

Exclusive: Qilin ransomware claims hack of Aussie K-12 tutoring provider

‘Unverified’ labels to appear on text messages under anti-scam crackdown

Patch now! ShinyHunters extortion group actively exploiting Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day

CrowdStrike expands AI security platform through gateway partnerships

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