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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Op-Ed: Strengthening cyber defence – 5 measurable strategies for implementing advanced threat detection in mining organisations

In today’s interconnected world, the mining industry is facing an unprecedented challenge: the rising tide of cyber threats.

CULTURE • Fri, 09 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

3 things you should know about the Australian Cyber Security Centre

With the steady rise of cyber threats and attacks, governments around the globe are taking proactive measures to safeguard their nations’ digital infrastructure.

SECURITY • Thu, 08 Jun 2023

Op-Ed: Shaving time and complexity off ransomware recovery

We often hear when Australian businesses are ransomwared, but what happens next? The incident response, forensic investigation, and system recovery processes are often ...

TECH • 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