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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ID shock: Forged Australian passports double in price on the dark web

Aussies lose more to scams as the dark web economy thrives on forgeries and complete digital identities.

SECURITY • Wed, 05 Nov 2025

Alert! Aussie disability service provider warns of scam impersonators

Landmark Community Services has warned the public of a “dangerous and growing online employment scam” abusing its company name and logo.

SECURITY • Wed, 05 Nov 2025

CISA adds 2 vulnerabilities to its KEV catalogue

The US cyber agency says hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox products and CentOS Web Panel.

SECURITY • Wed, 05 Nov 2025

Exclusive: Vicchem hit by alleged ransomware attack

The RansomHouse hacking group has listed the Victorian Chemical Company as a victim on its darknet leak site.

SECURITY • Tue, 04 Nov 2025

Analysis: Why the F5 breach is something to worry about

Dragos warns that stolen F5 BIG-IP data could expose operational technology systems to state-linked attacks.

SECURITY • Tue, 04 Nov 2025

Xwiki and VMWare vulnerabilities exploited in the wild

A pair of newly exploited vulnerabilities has been added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.

SECURITY • Tue, 04 Nov 2025

Report: Australian businesses are overconfident when it comes to ransomware preparedness

A new CrowdStrike report illustrates that while many Aussie organisations say they’re ready for a ransomware attack, too many are still taking too long to recover once ...

SECURITY • Tue, 04 Nov 2025

Insight Enterprises completes acquisition of Sekuro

Insight Enterprises has completed its acquisition of Australian cyber security firm Sekuro.

SECURITY • Tue, 04 Nov 2025

Aussie cyber agency warns of state and criminal actors abusing BADCANDY implant

The ASD’s Australian Cyber Security Centre says there are more than 150 compromised Cisco IOS XE devices embedded in Australian organisations.

SECURITY • Mon, 03 Nov 2025