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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The Guardian hit by possible ransomware attack; personal data may have been exposed

Global news organisation The Guardian announced that it suffered a possible ransomware attack overnight, which has caused considerable disruption to the company.

SECURITY • Wed, 21 Dec 2022

Russian hacking group targeted a petroleum refinery in a NATO country

Palo Alto Network’s Unit 42 expert group has revealed details of a Russian-affiliated hacking group and its consistent phishing and intelligence gathering techniques.

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 21 Dec 2022

Cyber security has been a focus of the AFP’s work in the Pacific region in 2022

The Australian Federal Police has been busy working with partners in the Pacific region in 2022, assisting law enforcement teams and providing cyber security support and ...

SECURITY • Wed, 21 Dec 2022

Microsoft lifts the lid on a cross-platform botnet targeting Minecraft servers

You may not think that private Minecraft servers are a huge target in the cyber security space, but the Microsoft Defender for IoT team has laid bare the operational ...

SECURITY • Tue, 20 Dec 2022

Meta shares Facebook’s year in security for 2022

Facebook’s chief information security officer and head of security policy have shared an overview of the company’s security results for the last year, and it looks like ...

COMPANIES • Tue, 20 Dec 2022

US Cyber National Mission Force promoted to subordinate unified command

US Cyber Command announced last week that its Cyber National Mission Force has been elevated to the status of subordinate unified command.

SECURITY • Tue, 20 Dec 2022

Australian Cyber Security Centre releases Small Business Cloud Security Guides

As 2022 comes to a close, cyber security is on everyone’s lips following a series of high-profile hacks of major businesses and institutions. But smaller businesses are ...

SECURITY • Mon, 19 Dec 2022

Google announces client-side encryption for Gmail is now in beta

Google revealed last week that it is expanding client-side encryption access on a range of its web-based platforms. The encryption is in its beta phase and is now ...

TECH • Mon, 19 Dec 2022

US Senate passes bill to ban TikTok on federal government devices

Following a number of US states banning TikTok, the US Senate has just unanimously passed a bill banning the Chinese social media app on government devices.