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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Amazon/Starlink rivalry heats up in battle to connect remote Australia

Next week, Amazon will launch its first tranche of satellites set to power its rival service to Starlink.

TECH • Thu, 03 Apr 2025

Babuk2 and the dark art of ransomware data commoditisation

The Babuk ransomware operation resurrected itself this year with a wave of recycled data leaks, but research reveals a far more subtle – and dangerous – operation within ...

SECURITY • Thu, 03 Apr 2025

Exclusive: Aussie creative agency Fancy Films hit by alleged KillSec hack

Customer folders, insurance details, and hardware inventories have all been shared on the dark web following an alleged ransomware attack claim.

SECURITY • Wed, 02 Apr 2025

The industry speaks: World Cloud Security Day 2025

World Cloud Security Day is on 3 April, and here’s Cyber Daily’s round-up on industry experts on why cloud security matters.

SECURITY • Wed, 02 Apr 2025

Australian and Philippine law enforcement cracking down on scam centre ‘boiler rooms’

Cyber crime experts from the Australian Federal Police assist in the training of organised crime investigators and cyber police.

SECURITY • Wed, 02 Apr 2025

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More than half of Australian businesses are already using agentic AI

Australia is leading the way on the uptake of agentic AI, with productivity boosts expected to follow, according to a new PagerDuty survey.

TECH • Wed, 02 Apr 2025

Exclusive: KillSec claims ransomware attack on Qld IT services firm Hexicor

Hackers have shared screenshots of customer folders, digital certificates, and a list of hashed passwords and backup data.

SECURITY • Wed, 02 Apr 2025

‘Please hack me’: ‘Password’ remains the number one weakest password in Australia

Password, 123456, 123456789, and qwerty top the rather disappointing list of the most popular – and most breached – passwords used in Australia and worldwide.

SECURITY • Tue, 01 Apr 2025

Aussie winners of Rapid7’s global 2025 Partner Of The Year Awards revealed

Local winners, including Telstra, DGplex, Cythera, CyberRisk and ctrl:cyber, walk away with awards in the fifth year of Rapid7’s channel awards program.

SECURITY • Tue, 01 Apr 2025

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David Hollingworth

Amazon/Starlink rivalry heats up in battle to connect remote Australia

Babuk2 and the dark art of ransomware data commoditisation

Exclusive: Aussie creative agency Fancy Films hit by alleged KillSec hack

The industry speaks: World Cloud Security Day 2025

Australian and Philippine law enforcement cracking down on scam centre ‘boiler rooms’

More than half of Australian businesses are already using agentic AI

Exclusive: KillSec claims ransomware attack on Qld IT services firm Hexicor

‘Please hack me’: ‘Password’ remains the number one weakest password in Australia

Aussie winners of Rapid7’s global 2025 Partner Of The Year Awards revealed

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