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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CrowdStrike, Nord Security partner to bring enterprise-grade protection to SMBs

A new partnership combines AI-driven threat detection with secure access and credential management to defend smaller businesses.

SECURITY • Mon, 12 Jan 2026

Update NOW! Singaporean government and cyber security firm warn of perfect 10 SmarterTools vulnerability

A vulnerability in SmarterTools’ SmarterMail platform could lead to remote code execution on vulnerable mail servers.

SECURITY • Mon, 12 Jan 2026

UNSW lands $3m next-gen AI defence contract

A secure AI technology designed to tackle “rapidly changing environments” gets the nod with funding drop from the Australian Defence Force.

TECH • Mon, 12 Jan 2026

Meta denies Instagram breach impacting 17m accounts

An alleged data breach was actually scraped in 2022 and originally “leaked” in 2023, but still includes more than 6 million email addresses.

SECURITY • Mon, 12 Jan 2026

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the most cyber secure country of them all?

Research: Australia ranks eighth in the list of most cyber secure countries, but Singapore takes top spot.

SECURITY • Sun, 11 Jan 2026

Deception as defence: Turning the tables on modern attackers

Deception technologies offer CISOs a powerful alternative to traditional defences: confusing, trapping, and exposing adversaries before real damage is done.

SECURITY • Sun, 04 Jan 2026

Industry predictions for 2026: How are threat actors’ tactics, techniques and strategies going to evolve?

Part 3: Here’s what industry experts believe the bad guys are going to be doing to make network defenders’ lives harder in the new year – buckle in!

SECURITY • Tue, 30 Dec 2025

Industry predictions for 2026: It’s the new year soon, so what new ideas should organisations be adopting?

Part 4: As the light dawns on a new year, businesses in Australia and abroad will need to adapt to an array of changing and emerging technologies and trends.

SECURITY • Mon, 29 Dec 2025

Op-Ed: Australia’s National AI Plan looks good on paper, but where are the teeth?

Ryan Zahrai, founder and principal lawyer of Zed Law, questions the government’s failure to include binding obligations into its vaunted plan.

GOVERNMENT • Mon, 29 Dec 2025

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David Hollingworth

CrowdStrike, Nord Security partner to bring enterprise-grade protection to SMBs

Update NOW! Singaporean government and cyber security firm warn of perfect 10 SmarterTools vulnerability

UNSW lands $3m next-gen AI defence contract

Meta denies Instagram breach impacting 17m accounts

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the most cyber secure country of them all?

Deception as defence: Turning the tables on modern attackers

Industry predictions for 2026: How are threat actors’ tactics, techniques and strategies going to evolve?

Industry predictions for 2026: It’s the new year soon, so what new ideas should organisations be adopting?

Op-Ed: Australia’s National AI Plan looks good on paper, but where are the teeth?

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