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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Australia’s Defence Strategic Review calls for increased cyber capacity

Australia’s Defence Strategic Review 2023 has been released today (24 April), and among the many recommendations from the report are calls to boost the country’s cyber ...

SECURITY • Mon, 24 Apr 2023

Misconfigured Kubernetes clusters are being used to install and run cryptominers

Security researchers have discovered a first-of-its-kind campaign targeting poorly configured Kubernetes clusters, using Kubernetes’ own role-based access control (RBAC) ...

CULTURE • Mon, 24 Apr 2023

Parliamentary committee told that social media laws need to extend beyond TikTok

A federal committee looking into the risks to Australia from foreign interference via social media and other online sources has been told that broader laws are called for

GOVERNMENT • Fri, 21 Apr 2023

3CX video conferencing supply chain attack more complex than first thought

Last month a popular desktop video conferencing app was found to be hiding a trojan that could install a malicious backdoor into compromised systems.

SECURITY • Fri, 21 Apr 2023

100,000 Optus customers launch class action over 2022 data breach

Law firm Slater & Gordon has today (21 April) announced a class action against Optus on behalf of 100,000 customers impacted by last year’s data breach.

SECURITY • Fri, 21 Apr 2023

Misconfigured server behind DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority data breach last month

Washington lawmakers are getting to the bottom of a data breach that saw tens of thousands of personal details leaked online — including their own.

GOVERNMENT • Thu, 20 Apr 2023

Hacker drama abounds as pro-Russian groups turn on each other

An apparent disagreement between a pair of pro-Russian hacking groups has led to the arrest of an 18-year-old Belarusian citizen.

SECURITY • Thu, 20 Apr 2023

Medusa threat actor boasts about spreading Microsoft’s Bing source code

The Medusa ransomware outfit is sharing what it claims to be the leaked source code of two of Microsoft’s Bing products — Bing Maps and Cortana.

TECH • Thu, 20 Apr 2023

1 in 4 law firms impacted by cyber incidents in the last 2 years, according to new report

A new report from an Australian cyber security company has revealed that a quarter of Australian law firms polled have suffered a security breach in the last two years.

SECURITY • Wed, 19 Apr 2023

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