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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Node2Shell: PHP Foundation, Microsoft, and Cloudflare rush to patch Brotli decoder vulnerability

Active exploitation of the 9.2-severity CVE-2026-111497 is expected as firms race against threat actors to patch vulnerable platforms.

SECURITY • Tue, 27 Oct 2026

Report: Aussie cyber agency received more than 82k cyber crime reports in 12 months

The ASD’s Annual Cyber Threat Report 2025–26 reveals the impact of AI on cyber crime operations and a massive jump in notifications of malicious activity.

SECURITY • Mon, 26 Oct 2026

The industry speaks – part 11: Cyber Security Awareness Month 2026

“Organisations that would never give an employee permanent, unreviewed administrator access are doing exactly that for automated systems.” – Harshvendra Soin, Tech ...

SECURITY • Mon, 26 Oct 2026

New Node2Shell RCE vulnerability could hit servers, home appliances, and more

Proof-of-concept exploits for the just-disclosed CVE-2026-111497 are already appearing, making for one seriously spicy Cyber Security Awareness Month.

SECURITY • Mon, 26 Oct 2026

Stat dump: Data breaches impacting Aussies continue to rise, OAIC says

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has released data breach statistics for the first half of 2026, with more Australians impacted than ever before.

SECURITY • Mon, 26 Oct 2026

Exclusive: Bathurst RSL says cyber incident contained after Qilin ransomware attack

Hackers share passport scans and other personal data as club CEO says membership management systems unaffected.

SECURITY • Mon, 26 Oct 2026

Act now! ACSC warns of critical vulnerabilities in FortiOS, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, and FortiMail

Experts say exploitation of critical flaws in the wild is “imminent” as customers are advised to take exposed instances offline or restrict access to them.

SECURITY • Sun, 25 Oct 2026

Aunty Hack: ABC wipes staff devices after discovering spyware campaign

Australia’s national broadcaster has wiped a “small number” of devices after exposure to spyware-infected online ads.

SECURITY • Fri, 23 Oct 2026

PODCAST: AI, job cuts, and PHP drama – Cyber Uncut tackles another wild week

From AI-driven bank job cuts and online radicalisation to critical PHP vulnerabilities and ransomware gangs using AI to analyse stolen data, David Hollingworth and Daniel ...

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Fri, 23 Oct 2026

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Node2Shell: PHP Foundation, Microsoft, and Cloudflare rush to patch Brotli decoder vulnerability

Report: Aussie cyber agency received more than 82k cyber crime reports in 12 months

The industry speaks – part 11: Cyber Security Awareness Month 2026

New Node2Shell RCE vulnerability could hit servers, home appliances, and more

Stat dump: Data breaches impacting Aussies continue to rise, OAIC says

Exclusive: Bathurst RSL says cyber incident contained after Qilin ransomware attack

Act now! ACSC warns of critical vulnerabilities in FortiOS, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, and FortiMail

Aunty Hack: ABC wipes staff devices after discovering spyware campaign

PODCAST: AI, job cuts, and PHP drama – Cyber Uncut tackles another wild week

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