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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French citizen extradited to the US to face hacking charges

A 21-year-old Frenchman was extradited to the United States last week after being arrested in Morocco in 2022. Sebastien Raoult — who hails from the French commune of ...

SECURITY • Mon, 30 Jan 2023

OneNote files are now being used to spread malware

Security researchers have been monitoring the rise of a new technique for spreading malware, using Microsoft’s OneNote to deliver malicious payloads to unsuspecting ...

TECH • Mon, 30 Jan 2023

Russian hackers target German airports after promise of tanks for Ukraine

In the wake of Germany’s decision to send tanks to help Ukraine continue to defend its territory against Russian aggression, Russian hackers have targeted a swathe of ...

GOVERNMENT • Mon, 30 Jan 2023

FBI takes down servers and websites belonging to Hive ransomware group

After a six-month-long operation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has scored a big win in the fight against ransomware.

SECURITY • Fri, 27 Jan 2023

eSafety and the AFP want parents to talk about online safety with their kids

With children returning to school at the end of January, the Australian Federal Police and the eSafety commissioner are taking the chance to promote online safety for ...

TECH • Fri, 27 Jan 2023

North Korean Lazarus Group definitely behind Horizon bridge crypto theft, FBI confirms

Last year, threat actors possibly connected to the authoritarian Democratic People’s Republic of Korea were thought to have stolen US$100 million in cryptocurrency from ...

CULTURE • Fri, 27 Jan 2023

How treating important data like a military secret can improve overall data security

Earlier this month, Australian data security company archTIS published a fascinating blog post on how to keep intellectual property and military secrets secure, ...

SECURITY • Fri, 27 Jan 2023

Duolingo hit by scraping attack, as millions of user details for sale

Duolingo is investigating a data-scraping incident following a post on a well-known data breach forum offering the data of Duolingo users for sale.

SECURITY • Thu, 26 Jan 2023

Bots behind disastrous Taylor Swift Ticketmaster sales incident

Video games, defence, education … cyber security covers them all. And now we can add Taylor Swift to the list of all things cyber, as ticket seller Live Nation blames ...

SECURITY • Wed, 25 Jan 2023

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