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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3 things everyone needs to know to protect themselves from online scams

When it comes to online scams, there are three crucial things that everyone should know. 1. Be aware of common scam techniques: Cyber criminals employ various tactics to ...

CULTURE • Thu, 11 May 2023

Australian company TechnologyOne halts trading over cyber security incident

Software-as-a-service company TechnologyOne announced today (10 May) that it was halting trading on the Australian Stock Exchange after it detected unauthorised access to ...

SECURITY • Wed, 10 May 2023

What is Australia’s new $23.4m small business Cyber Wardens program?

While it didn’t rate a mention in Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ budget speech on Tuesday night (9 May), the actual budget papers included a $23.4 million investment aimed at ...

SECURITY • Wed, 10 May 2023

Budget 2023: The industry responds to Labor’s cyber security plans

The federal Labor government handed down its first budget in over a decade last night, and while many pundits are trying to figure out the winners and losers, cyber ...

SECURITY • Wed, 10 May 2023

Cyber security and budget 2023–24: What you need to know

Even before the budget was handed down, scammers were taking advantage of possible cash handouts by sending out SMS phishing scams promising victims $750 from MyGov.

SECURITY • Tue, 09 May 2023

She just wanted some tea, but a fake QR code offer cost her $20,000

COVID-19 check-ins got all of us used to scanning QR codes to enter places like restaurants and bars, and even now, many such places are still taking advantage of QR ...

CULTURE • Tue, 09 May 2023

MSI hack gets worse as private code signing keys leaked by hackers

After suffering a ransomware attack last month, PC company MSI refused to pay the demanded ransom — and now the hackers have begun to retaliate by leaking private code ...

SECURITY • Tue, 09 May 2023

Ransomware: Two-thirds of Aussie businesses would pay up, new survey finds

A recent global survey has found that over 60 per cent of Australian businesses would pay a ransom demand following a successful ransomware attack.

SECURITY • Tue, 09 May 2023

1m customers affected in NextGen Healthcare data breach

A US-based cloud health records provider has sent out data breach notifications to more than 1 million people.

SECURITY • Tue, 09 May 2023