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 group Ragnar Locker’s darknet leak site taken down by cyber cops

Yesterday (19 October), the site hosted the details of around 150 victims – now it’s only hosting a takedown notice.

SECURITY • Fri, 20 Oct 2023

AFP chief hands over Five Eyes Law Enforcement Group leadership to US counterpart

The Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police has passed the leadership baton to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement – Homeland Security Investigations ...

GOVERNMENT • Fri, 20 Oct 2023

Cyber Security Awareness Month: The AFP on botnets

With Cyber Security Awareness Month in full swing, we’re continuing to share a video series from the Australian Federal Police. In this video, Detective Superintendent ...

SECURITY • Fri, 20 Oct 2023

Cyber Security Awareness Month: Insecure password practices are a risk to Aussie businesses

Cyber attacks using stolen or compromised credentials are on the rise, but despite this, Australian workers continue to put their businesses at risk through lax password ...

SECURITY • Fri, 20 Oct 2023

Pro-Palestinian hacktivist group vows to target Australia

A hacking group that has leaked the data of thousands of Indian citizens in recent weeks has promised to turn its attention to supporters of Israel.

SECURITY • Thu, 19 Oct 2023

Cisco zero-day flaw may have been exploited more than 30,000 times – including in Australia

A recently announced flaw in Cisco’s IOS XE operating system is being rapidly taken advantage of, according to multiple security experts.

SECURITY • Thu, 19 Oct 2023

Microsoft catches North Korean-backed hackers exploiting flaw in DevOps tool

Security researchers have observed two groups taking advantage of a remote code execution flaw in the TeamCity On-Premises server.

SECURITY • Thu, 19 Oct 2023

Ticketek cops heavy ACMA fine over spam messages

The Australian ticketing giant has been fined $515,040 over tens of thousands of texts and emails found to be spam.

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 18 Oct 2023

ASIO boss warns of Chinese intellectual property theft and infiltration

Mike Burgess has declared the current rate of Chinese industrial espionage as “unprecedented and unacceptable”.

SECURITY • Wed, 18 Oct 2023

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David Hollingworth

Ransomware group Ragnar Locker’s darknet leak site taken down by cyber cops

AFP chief hands over Five Eyes Law Enforcement Group leadership to US counterpart

Cyber Security Awareness Month: The AFP on botnets

Cyber Security Awareness Month: Insecure password practices are a risk to Aussie businesses

Pro-Palestinian hacktivist group vows to target Australia

Cisco zero-day flaw may have been exploited more than 30,000 times – including in Australia

Microsoft catches North Korean-backed hackers exploiting flaw in DevOps tool

Ticketek cops heavy ACMA fine over spam messages

ASIO boss warns of Chinese intellectual property theft and infiltration

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