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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State Library of NSW responding to April cyber intrusion

Library services remain offline following “suspicious activity in our catalogue”; services are expected to be back online by the end of the month.

SECURITY • Fri, 22 May 2026

Microsoft patches pair of Microsoft Defender zero-days following active exploitation

The US cyber agency warns of hackers targeting Defender flaws that could disable malware protection and grant SYSTEM privileges.

SECURITY • Fri, 22 May 2026

Report: Rapid7 warns AI-driven attacks are accelerating vulnerability exploitation

Rapid7’s Q1 2026 Threat Landscape Report found vulnerability exploitation overtook social engineering as the leading initial access vector in cyber incidents during the ...

SECURITY • Thu, 21 May 2026

Warning! Hackers spotted exploiting poorly patched SonicWall SSL VPN appliances

Simply patching isn’t enough to prevent threat actors from exploiting SSL-VPN MFA Bypass CVE-2024-12802; here’s what you need to know.

SECURITY • Thu, 21 May 2026

Busted! Vulnerability remediation is broken, a new report says

New research from Qualys and Verizon reveals vulnerabilities are growing faster than they can be patched: “The load has increased nearly eightfold.”

SECURITY • Thu, 21 May 2026

Thales and Google Cloud launch sovereign cloud operation in Germany

New partnership targets growing demand for data sovereignty and regulatory compliance across Europe’s most sensitive sectors.

SECURITY • Thu, 21 May 2026

Australian Signals Directorate warns of device code phishing activity targeting Microsoft 365 users

Aussie victims are being tricked into giving malicious actors access to their Microsoft 365 environments with the help of AI and automated systems.

SECURITY • Wed, 20 May 2026

Barracuda partners with CyberCert to simplify SMB1001 compliance for Australian SMEs

A new collaboration aims to help MSPs deliver affordable cyber certification and resilience services through the BarracudaONE platform.

SECURITY • Wed, 20 May 2026

Op-Ed: To pay, or not to pay – that is the existential ransomware question

Following the ShinyHunters Instructure hack, the morals of paying a ransom to cyber criminals have been a hot-button issue, but what do you really need to know before ...

SECURITY • Tue, 19 May 2026

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David Hollingworth

State Library of NSW responding to April cyber intrusion

Microsoft patches pair of Microsoft Defender zero-days following active exploitation

Report: Rapid7 warns AI-driven attacks are accelerating vulnerability exploitation

Warning! Hackers spotted exploiting poorly patched SonicWall SSL VPN appliances

Busted! Vulnerability remediation is broken, a new report says

Thales and Google Cloud launch sovereign cloud operation in Germany

Australian Signals Directorate warns of device code phishing activity targeting Microsoft 365 users

Barracuda partners with CyberCert to simplify SMB1001 compliance for Australian SMEs

Op-Ed: To pay, or not to pay – that is the existential ransomware question

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