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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National Anti-Scam Centre to target scam online casinos exploiting First Nations Australians

NASC to stand up new cross-sector fusion cell to address emerging cyber crime trend known as “scambling”.

SECURITY • Wed, 08 Jul 2026

Telstra outage: Ministers, experts, and academics respond; ACMA to conduct full investigation

“The key priorities for today are to get people back online and ensure any welfare checks are completed urgently,” the government says, as Angus Taylor questions possible ...

TECH • Wed, 08 Jul 2026

Patch now! Weeks after being addressed, hackers are targeting a critical Gitea vulnerability

CVE-2026-20896, a bypass authentication flaw in a popular self-hosted DevOps platform, was patched on 21 June, but attacks are ongoing.

SECURITY • Wed, 08 Jul 2026

Kinetic IT launches AI engineering division to accelerate enterprise AI deployment

Australian technology services provider Kinetic IT has appointed Marcio Sete to lead a new AI practice focused on delivering production-ready artificial intelligence for ...

TECH • Wed, 08 Jul 2026

Qld government announces new digital project governance bodies

A new initiative will see the Crisafulli government invest more than $300 million in “high-impact digital initiatives to modernise critical government systems”.

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 08 Jul 2026

Exclusive: Client GPS data potentially exposed in alleged Teletrac Navman breach

A hacker is selling what they claim is live telemetry data from almost 3,000 companies and government agencies from Australia and New Zealand.

SECURITY • Tue, 07 Jul 2026

Most Australians don’t want AI data centres in their neighbourhood, survey finds

New research suggests community support for AI infrastructure depends on local benefits, with jobs, environmental impacts, and trust emerging as major concerns.

CULTURE • Tue, 07 Jul 2026

AFP, FBI sign intelligence-sharing memorandum of understanding

Australian Federal Police Commissioner signs several MOUs with US partners in the lead-up to addressing the United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit.

SECURITY • Tue, 07 Jul 2026

Patch now! Active exploitation of a perfect 10 Adobe ColdFusion vulnerability is underway

Hackers are targeting one of several max-severity vulnerabilities that Adobe recently addressed, with customers urged to patch immediately.

SECURITY • Tue, 07 Jul 2026