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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US healthcare service provider fined US$350k over 2018 data breach

Following what it calls a “singular human error”, a US healthcare service provider has been fined US$350,000 following a data breach that saw the records of nearly ...

SECURITY • Wed, 17 May 2023

Google’s new top-level domains prompt possible security concern

At the beginning of May, Google introduced a raft of new top-level domains for purchase from the public — .dad, .phd, .prof, .esq, .foo, .zip, .mov and .nexus.

TECH • Wed, 17 May 2023

Vision AI company signs deal with Five Eyes nation for deepfake detection capability

California-based Paravision has been awarded a follow-on contract to provide the capacity to detect deepfake videos to an unnamed country inside the Five Eyes alliance.

SECURITY • Tue, 16 May 2023

Global, effective, and prolific: How the Royal ransomware group operates

The Royal ransomware group may itself be relatively new, but it comes from a remarkable criminal pedigree and has already made a name for itself since it was first ...

SECURITY • Tue, 16 May 2023

ACMA targets telcos for allowing SMS scams

Three Australian telcos have fallen foul of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) after being used by scammers to send out malicious SMS messages.

SECURITY • Mon, 15 May 2023

7 out of 10 Australian organisations hit by ransomware in 2022

A new report has revealed the scale of ransomware attacks against Australian businesses in 2022, and while the number of attacks has dropped, their cost has risen ...

SECURITY • Mon, 15 May 2023

Federal government announces $86.5m for a National Anti-Scam Centre

The Australian government has announced it will put aside $86.5 million to establish a National Anti-Scam Centre (NASC).

GOVERNMENT • Mon, 15 May 2023

Third-party hack leads to Discord data breach

Gaming social media giant Discord has revealed that a hack of one of its third-party providers has led to a significant data breach.

SECURITY • Mon, 15 May 2023

Cyber security must be a pillar of pandemic preparedness, says US lawmaker

A US politician has called for cyber security to become a greater focus of pandemic preparedness, as a 2018 pandemic act looks set to be reauthorised ahead of its planned ...

SECURITY • Fri, 12 May 2023

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David Hollingworth

US healthcare service provider fined US$350k over 2018 data breach

Google’s new top-level domains prompt possible security concern

Vision AI company signs deal with Five Eyes nation for deepfake detection capability

Global, effective, and prolific: How the Royal ransomware group operates

ACMA targets telcos for allowing SMS scams

7 out of 10 Australian organisations hit by ransomware in 2022

Federal government announces $86.5m for a National Anti-Scam Centre

Third-party hack leads to Discord data breach

Cyber security must be a pillar of pandemic preparedness, says US lawmaker

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