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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Incident response playbooks: Transforming paper plans into real-world action

Many companies have incident response playbooks; for CISOs, however, the challenge is turning static documents into living strategies that deliver when the breach happens

SECURITY • Sun, 05 Oct 2025

US Air Force warns of SharePoint data breach

USAF has shut down IT services and confirmed personal and health data were impacted by the incident.

SECURITY • Fri, 03 Oct 2025

Another 5 vulnerabilities added to CISA’s KEV catalogue

Threat actors are actively exploiting flaws in Juniper ScreenOS, Samsung mobile devices, and more.

SECURITY • Fri, 03 Oct 2025

ThreatLocker joins Internet Watch Foundation to bolster online child protection

Cyber security firm ThreatLocker says the partnership will disrupt cyber crime and limit the spread of harmful content online.

SECURITY • Fri, 03 Oct 2025

Mandiant warns of ‘high-volume’ cyber extortion campaign linked to Clop hacking group

Google’s cyber security subsidiary has observed an established financial crime group engaging in a widespread email-based campaign.

SECURITY • Fri, 03 Oct 2025

Exclusive: Legal Practice Board of Western Australia begins notifying data breach victims

Health, identity, and financial data of West Australian legal practitioners were compromised by a Dire Wolf ransomware attack in May.

SECURITY • Thu, 02 Oct 2025

Security expert questions Fortra’s response to latest GoAnywhere MFT vulnerability

“The advisory and IOCs do not sit right with us,” watchTowr CEO Benjamin Harris said on Fortra’s disclosure of CVE-2025-10035.

SECURITY • Thu, 02 Oct 2025

University of New England rolls out secure AI workspace for students

The custom AI platform, known as Madgwick, will be completely free for students and offer a range of models and tools.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Thu, 02 Oct 2025

Hiding in plain sight: How one Akira affiliate is masking its malicious activity

Akira’s ransomware-as-a-service operation has been highly active in seeking out Australian targets – here’s what network defenders need to know about the hackers’ recent ...

SECURITY • Wed, 01 Oct 2025