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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Exclusive: Aussie firm Benedict listed by INC Ransom hacking group

HR files, payroll data, and more have allegedly been compromised by a 270-gigabyte data breach impacting a recycling and landscaping resources firm.

SECURITY • Tue, 14 Oct 2025

Annual Cyber Threat Report 2024–25 – by the numbers

The ASD’s Australian Cyber Security Centre’s latest yearly report on cyber crime and espionage paints a picture of rising costs as ransomware remains steady and DDoS ...

SECURITY • Tue, 14 Oct 2025

Windows 10 is reaching end of life this week – here’s what you need to know

Despite being installed on more than a third of all PCs in the world, Microsoft will cease to support Windows 10 on 14 October – here’s how to stay safe when the security ...

SECURITY • Mon, 13 Oct 2025

Massive scam campaign targeting big 4 Aussie banks revealed

More than 70,000 callback scam emails targeted Australians in July 2025 alone, according to new research.

SECURITY • Mon, 13 Oct 2025

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Qantas responds to hacked data dump, investigation continues

Australia’s national carrier is actively investigating more than 150 gigabytes of data published online by Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters.

SECURITY • Mon, 13 Oct 2025

AI in cyber security: Boon, risk, or both?

Artificial intelligence is transforming cyber security, but it also introduces new risks. For CISOs, the challenge is to harness AI’s power without creating fresh ...

SECURITY • Sun, 12 Oct 2025

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Cyber security as patient safety: Protecting healthcare in the digital age

As hospitals and healthcare providers race to digitise, cyber security has become inseparable from patient safety – for healthcare CISOs, defending data now means ...

SECURITY • Sun, 12 Oct 2025

Qantas hackers dump more than 5m customer records to clear and dark web leak sites

After some initial confusion among the group, Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters publishes Qantas customer data to the open web.

SECURITY • Sat, 11 Oct 2025

Discord updates breach disclosure, government IDs of tens of thousands compromised

At least 70,000 government IDs used for age assurance were exposed in a third-party support breach impacting Discord users around the world.

SECURITY • Fri, 10 Oct 2025

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David Hollingworth

Exclusive: Aussie firm Benedict listed by INC Ransom hacking group

Annual Cyber Threat Report 2024–25 – by the numbers

Windows 10 is reaching end of life this week – here’s what you need to know

Massive scam campaign targeting big 4 Aussie banks revealed

Qantas responds to hacked data dump, investigation continues

AI in cyber security: Boon, risk, or both?

Cyber security as patient safety: Protecting healthcare in the digital age

Qantas hackers dump more than 5m customer records to clear and dark web leak sites

Discord updates breach disclosure, government IDs of tens of thousands compromised

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