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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Medical professionals compromised by NSW Health data leak face ‘grim prognosis’

A cyber security expert says doctors’ personal information and identity documents could be sold on the dark web or used to “buy or prescribe” drugs.

SECURITY • Thu, 11 Sep 2025

Report: Ransomware attacks targeting Aussie organisations more than double year on year

The Zscaler ThreatLabz Ransomware Report reveals the alarming scale of ransomware-led data theft, with more than 230 terabytes stolen in just one year.

SECURITY • Thu, 11 Sep 2025

Op-Ed: September Patch Tuesday – Microsoft addresses 176 vulnerabilities

Microsoft is addressing 176 vulnerabilities this Patch Tuesday, which seems like a lot, and it is.

SECURITY • Thu, 11 Sep 2025

Alert! ACSC warns of Akira ransomware activity targeting Australian organisations

The Aussie cyber agency sounds the alarm over an uptick in malicious activity targeting a year-old vulnerability in Gen 5, Gen 6, and Gen 7 SonicWall devices.

SECURITY • Thu, 11 Sep 2025

Law Council of Australia calls on government to subsidise small business cyber security

Australia’s top legal body is pleased with the government’s Cyber Security Strategy progress, but it says more can be done to support those hardest hit by cyber crime

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 09 Sep 2025

Dynatrace adds itself to list of companies affected by Salesloft Drift compromise

IT observability firm Dynatrace admits its Salesforce data was compromised as part of a widespread supply chain hack.

SECURITY • Tue, 09 Sep 2025

Plex contacting users following ‘security incident’

The media streaming platform warns users of an “unauthorised third party” accessing customer data and recommends changing passwords.

SECURITY • Tue, 09 Sep 2025

18 popular JavaScript code packages hacked to spread malware

Multiple npm packages have been compromised by a phishing attack in an attempt to spread crypto malware to billions of victims.

SECURITY • Tue, 09 Sep 2025

Qualys becomes latest IT security company caught up in Salesloft Drift hacking campaign

Qualys joins Zscaler, PagerDuty, Cloudflare, and hundreds more companies whose customer data was compromised by the Salesforce-linked hack.

SECURITY • Mon, 08 Sep 2025