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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Luxury carmaker BMW listed by Everest ransomware group

Hackers claim to have stolen “critical BMW audit documents”, with files set to be published within days.

SECURITY • Thu, 18 Sep 2025

Kmart’s use of facial recognition tech a breach of privacy, according to commissioner

Australia’s Privacy Commissioner has called the use of FRT by a popular department store chain a “disproportionate interference with privacy”.

TECH • Thu, 18 Sep 2025

CrowdStrike launches Threat AI and Risk-based Patching to counter adversaries

Cyber security firm CrowdStrike has rolled out an agentic intelligence system for workflow automation alongside new features to accelerate remediation of critical ...

SECURITY • Thu, 18 Sep 2025

Introducing The Gentlemen, a new ransomware group who are anything but

A new group emerges with a swathe of victims and a devious new detection evasion technique.

SECURITY • Wed, 17 Sep 2025

Microsoft, Cloudflare disrupt RaccoonO365 phishing-as-a-service platform

RaccoonO365 phishing kits have stolen at least 5,000 Microsoft credentials since July 2024, including 420 from Australian victims.

SECURITY • Wed, 17 Sep 2025

Kull wahad! Shai-Hulud worm infects more than a hundred npm code packages

A malware capable of devouring data in “smash-and-grab” style attacks also compromised several CrowdStrike code packages before the company removed them.

SECURITY • Wed, 17 Sep 2025

CrowdStrike expands Falcon platform with new Enterprise Graph and Agentic Security Workforce features

Cyber security firm debuts AI-ready data layer and no-code agent platform to accelerate security operations as part of fall release.

SECURITY • Wed, 17 Sep 2025

UNSW signs Australia’s largest ChatGPT Edu deal

The University of NSW has inked a deal with OpenAI for ChatGPT Edu 10,000 licenses.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Tue, 16 Sep 2025

South Australia to roll out AI tool to all public high schools

EdChat AI tool, built in partnership with Microsoft, is set to exit the trial stage and become a feature of high school classrooms from next term.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Tue, 16 Sep 2025

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David Hollingworth

Luxury carmaker BMW listed by Everest ransomware group

Kmart’s use of facial recognition tech a breach of privacy, according to commissioner

CrowdStrike launches Threat AI and Risk-based Patching to counter adversaries

Introducing The Gentlemen, a new ransomware group who are anything but

Microsoft, Cloudflare disrupt RaccoonO365 phishing-as-a-service platform

Kull wahad! Shai-Hulud worm infects more than a hundred npm code packages

CrowdStrike expands Falcon platform with new Enterprise Graph and Agentic Security Workforce features

UNSW signs Australia’s largest ChatGPT Edu deal

South Australia to roll out AI tool to all public high schools

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