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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Op-Ed: Australian AI agents need expiration dates, not just permissions

Australia’s security conversation is moving from whether organisations will deploy AI agents to how those agents should be governed once they can act.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Thu, 20 Aug 2026

Exclusive: Ransomware newcomers list South Australia’s Ramsey Bros as hacking victim

The Storm ransomware group claims to have hacked an Australian farm machinery supplier and has allegedly published customer data and vehicle inspection details as proof

SECURITY • Thu, 20 Aug 2026

High alert! Aussie cyber agency warns of active exploitation of N-able N-central vulnerability

Hackers are actively targeting Australian organisations using a popular remote monitoring and management platform, the ACSC has warned.

SECURITY • Thu, 20 Aug 2026

Faulty towers: Quest hotel chain discloses third-party customer data breach

Customers of an Australian hotel apartment chain have been informed that a supply chain hack has compromised their names, emails, and dates of birth – guests have been ...

SECURITY • Thu, 20 Aug 2026

US charges 17 Iranian nationals over ‘massive cyber theft campaign’

The Department of Justice has charged members of an Iran-based company over a hacking campaign that targeted academics around the world, including in Australia.

SECURITY • Wed, 19 Aug 2026

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Australia, Thailand to strengthen cooperation on fighting cyber crime

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul have released a joint statement on combating transnational crime.

GOVERNMENT • Wed, 19 Aug 2026

Exclusive: Source code potentially compromised in Aussie game dev data breach

Direwolf ransomware group claims to have struck Adelaide-based Mighty Kingdom, with hundreds of code repositories for several video games allegedly breached.

SECURITY • Wed, 19 Aug 2026

Report: AI-driven disclosures are collapsing the window for defenders to patch vulnerabilities

Rapid7 warns that soaring vulnerability volumes and faster weaponisation are rendering traditional patching cycles increasingly ineffective.

SECURITY • Wed, 19 Aug 2026

Report: Cost of a cyber incident rises by 219% year on year

More than two-thirds of respondents to a recent MinterEllison survey said their business was the target of a cyber incident as the cost of malicious activity rises to ...

SECURITY • Tue, 18 Aug 2026

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David Hollingworth

Op-Ed: Australian AI agents need expiration dates, not just permissions

Exclusive: Ransomware newcomers list South Australia’s Ramsey Bros as hacking victim

High alert! Aussie cyber agency warns of active exploitation of N-able N-central vulnerability

Faulty towers: Quest hotel chain discloses third-party customer data breach

US charges 17 Iranian nationals over ‘massive cyber theft campaign’

Australia, Thailand to strengthen cooperation on fighting cyber crime

Exclusive: Source code potentially compromised in Aussie game dev data breach

Report: AI-driven disclosures are collapsing the window for defenders to patch vulnerabilities

Report: Cost of a cyber incident rises by 219% year on year

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