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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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

Phishers dupe Microsoft into giving them ‘verified publisher’ status

Zero trust is a common strategy when it comes to cyber security, but what happens when the systems built to provide complete trust get circumvented? Microsoft and a ...

SECURITY • Wed, 01 Feb 2023

Singapore’s new online safety laws can effectively block content on social media

New online safety laws that have just kicked into effect in Singapore will allow the country to direct social media sites to block access to certain kinds of content.

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 01 Feb 2023

Pro-Russian hackers take down Denmark’s Centre for Cyber Security website

Following a protracted, months-long DDoS campaign, Denmark announced this week that it was raising the threat level for cyber attacks in the country. Then, after tweeting ...

SECURITY • Wed, 01 Feb 2023