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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Tasmanian government reports possible data breach linked to HWL Ebsworth hack

The Tasmanian government is reporting that the federal government has been in touch regarding a possible leak of government data on the dark web, linked to the hack of ...

GOVERNMENT • Sun, 11 Jun 2023

SeroXen remote access Trojan being used to target gamers, bigger targets could follow

Security researchers have uncovered a stealthy new remote access that is being used — for the moment — to largely target video gamers.

TECH • Sun, 11 Jun 2023

Barracuda recommends ‘full replacement’ of compromised email security gateway hardware

The email security company behind the hardware that enabled a data breach affecting the ACT government has recommended that all such hardware be immediately removed.

SECURITY • Fri, 09 Jun 2023

Commonwealth Bank introduces measures to combat cryptocurrency scams

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has announced a raft of measures to fight cryptocurrency fraud and scams.

SECURITY • Thu, 08 Jun 2023

Australian and UK academics establish new Global Security and Society Institute

Two universities from the UK and Australia have come together to launch a new research group to take on challenges such as cyber crime and terrorism.

SECURITY • Thu, 08 Jun 2023

ACT government falls victim to Barracuda email gateway breach

The ACT government has announced it is undertaking an investigation into a data breach following the revelation that a piece of its network infrastructure was compromised ...

GOVERNMENT • Thu, 08 Jun 2023

More details of Clop’s MOVEit Transfer campaign emerge, as CISA and FBI release advisory

Details continue to emerge after Progress Software announced it had found a vulnerability in its MOVEit Transfer file transfer platform — a vulnerability that an infamous ...

SECURITY • Thu, 08 Jun 2023

Researchers uncover 60,000 malware-compromised Android apps in the wild

A recently rolled-out application anomaly detection feature in a mobile security suite has uncovered a global adware campaign operating at a vast scale.

SECURITY • Wed, 07 Jun 2023

Commonwealth Bank fined $3.55m for sending millions of emails that contravened spam laws

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has levied a $3.55 million fine against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia after it found the bank had sent out ...

SECURITY • Wed, 07 Jun 2023

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David Hollingworth

Tasmanian government reports possible data breach linked to HWL Ebsworth hack

SeroXen remote access Trojan being used to target gamers, bigger targets could follow

Barracuda recommends ‘full replacement’ of compromised email security gateway hardware

Commonwealth Bank introduces measures to combat cryptocurrency scams

Australian and UK academics establish new Global Security and Society Institute

ACT government falls victim to Barracuda email gateway breach

More details of Clop’s MOVEit Transfer campaign emerge, as CISA and FBI release advisory

Researchers uncover 60,000 malware-compromised Android apps in the wild

Commonwealth Bank fined $3.55m for sending millions of emails that contravened spam laws

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