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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Rapid7 partners with ARMO to add cloud runtime security to Command Platform

A new deal brings real-time cloud and application threat detection and response into Rapid7’s exposure management platform.

SECURITY • Wed, 14 Jan 2026

Send nudes: SecDef Hegseth announces Grok rollout at the Pentagon

The controversial xAI chatbot joins Google’s Gemini as America’s latest warfighting AI move, despite growing bans worldwide.

TECH • Wed, 14 Jan 2026

Workforce shortages set to plague cyber security sector well into the decade

Open roles in the cyber security workforce continue to outnumber experienced professionals, a situation unlikely to change before 2028.

CULTURE • Wed, 14 Jan 2026

Hacked: Desktop Windows Manager vulnerability added to CISA’s KEV catalogue

Newly addressed vulnerability CVE-2026-20805 has been added to the US cyber agency’s ever-growing list of known exploited vulnerabilities.

SECURITY • Wed, 14 Jan 2026

Op-Ed: January’s Patch Tuesday sees Microsoft addressing more than 100 vulnerabilities

Today’s menu includes just one vulnerability marked as exploited in the wild, as well as two vulnerabilities where Microsoft is aware of public disclosure.

SECURITY • Tue, 13 Jan 2026

Alert! Vulnerability in popular self-hosted Git service Gogs targeted by hackers

The US cyber agency has added CVE-2025-8110 to its list of actively exploited vulnerabilities, following ongoing malicious activity for more than six months.

SECURITY • Tue, 13 Jan 2026

Survey: Experts excited by Australian AI Safety Institute opportunities

Australia’s position as a middle power could be a boon, but the dangers of a restrictive bureaucracy could scare key talent away from a role in the soon-to-be-launched ...

GOVERNMENT • Tue, 13 Jan 2026

CrowdStrike, Nord Security partner to bring enterprise-grade protection to SMBs

A new partnership combines AI-driven threat detection with secure access and credential management to defend smaller businesses.

SECURITY • Mon, 12 Jan 2026

Update NOW! Singaporean government and cyber security firm warn of perfect 10 SmarterTools vulnerability

A vulnerability in SmarterTools’ SmarterMail platform could lead to remote code execution on vulnerable mail servers.