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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Iranian threat actors responsible for recent Charlie Hebdo data breach

Earlier this month, the controversial French magazine Charlie Hebdo suffered a cyber attack that saw the personal data of more than 200,000 of its customers possibly ...

SECURITY • Mon, 06 Feb 2023

Chinese spy balloon takedown leads to more calls to ban TikTok in the US

As the dust settles over the US shoot down of an alleged Chinese spy balloon, Republicans have turned to another, more familiar Chinese target of opportunity — TikTok, ...

GOVERNMENT • Mon, 06 Feb 2023

Confusing Vice Media data breach involves social security and credit card numbers

The Vice Media Group, which publishes Vice and Motherboard among a range of other brands, has suffered what could be a damaging data breach.

SECURITY • Fri, 03 Feb 2023

LockBit ransomware attack on UK financial firm has global repercussions

Russian-affiliated ransomware operator LockBit has set its sights on an Irish financial services and trading company, with the impact affecting derivatives traders in the ...

SECURITY • Fri, 03 Feb 2023

Indian missile fuel maker hit by ransomware attack, sensitive data posted online

Solar Industries, an Indian defence manufacturer, has suffered a serious ransomware attack, and, in the aftermath, has had a trove of sensitive data published online.

SECURITY • Fri, 03 Feb 2023

The Australian Signals Directorate is looking for a few good senior executives

When the federal government announced the national security initiative it was calling Project REDSPICE in March 2022, part of the promised tranche of improvements was to ...

SECURITY • Thu, 02 Feb 2023

New Ice Breaker threat actor targets gambling industry support lines

Security researchers have spotted a new social engineering campaign targeting the online gambling industry, and aimed at inserting backdoors into support systems.

CULTURE • Thu, 02 Feb 2023

Open-source intelligence and flattery at the heart of a clever business email compromise operation

Business email compromise attacks date back a decade, and they are certainly not going away. But the methods of attack are definitely evolving. Where once, threat actors ...

SECURITY • Thu, 02 Feb 2023

Google Fi customers’ data exposed as part of T-Mobile hack

Google has sent out emails to customers of its Google Fi mobile data network informing them that some of their data have been compromised, most likely as part of last ...

SECURITY • Thu, 02 Feb 2023

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David Hollingworth

Iranian threat actors responsible for recent Charlie Hebdo data breach

Chinese spy balloon takedown leads to more calls to ban TikTok in the US

Confusing Vice Media data breach involves social security and credit card numbers

LockBit ransomware attack on UK financial firm has global repercussions

Indian missile fuel maker hit by ransomware attack, sensitive data posted online

The Australian Signals Directorate is looking for a few good senior executives

New Ice Breaker threat actor targets gambling industry support lines

Open-source intelligence and flattery at the heart of a clever business email compromise operation

Google Fi customers’ data exposed as part of T-Mobile hack

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