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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White House nominates Palantir CISO Michael LoSapio to direct CISA

The top US cyber agency has been without a director for almost two years after the previous boss resigned on Donald Trump’s inauguration day in 2025.

SECURITY • Tue, 10 Nov 2026

Exclusive: Townsville’s Calvary Christian College investigating cyber incident

The school says the system holding permission forms was affected by the attack, as the Qilin ransomware group threatens to publish data online.

SECURITY • Tue, 10 Nov 2026

The big melt: France pins supermarket fridge cyber attacks on Iran

French government vows revenge as foreign minister calls the attack “unprecedented in both its scale and its level of aggression”.

SECURITY • Mon, 09 Nov 2026

Explainer: What’s driving the rapid rise in new ransomware groups?

The number of organisations listed on darknet leak sites has risen, with new groups driving more than 90 per cent of ransomware claims.

SECURITY • Mon, 09 Nov 2026

SonicWall discloses pair of vulnerabilities in end-of-life Global Management System

The network appliance maker says it will do nothing to address CVE-2026-109593 and CVE-2026-109594; customers are urged to upgrade to SonicWall Network Security Manager

SECURITY • Mon, 09 Nov 2026

Patch now! Zyxel patches switches left vulnerable since June

The networking firm thought it had shut the gate on one vulnerability, only to have hackers target another and compromise almost 1,000 devices.

SECURITY • Mon, 09 Nov 2026

Report: Australian businesses want more than technical support from MSPs

With 68 per cent of Australian organisations already using managed service providers and another 28 per cent considering one, demand is shifting towards strategic cyber ...

SECURITY • Sun, 08 Nov 2026

The big melt: US cyber agency issues advice to protect industrial fridges as systems remain exposed worldwide

As supermarkets and blood banks across Europe respond to hacks targeting temperature-control systems, thousands of exposed systems remain a lingering threat.

SECURITY • Sun, 08 Nov 2026

Aussie recycled toilet paper brand Who Gives a Crap discloses data breach

The company’s chief executive says Australian, US, and UK customers were affected after a third-party incident at a US marketing software provider.

SECURITY • Sun, 08 Nov 2026

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David Hollingworth

White House nominates Palantir CISO Michael LoSapio to direct CISA

Exclusive: Townsville’s Calvary Christian College investigating cyber incident

The big melt: France pins supermarket fridge cyber attacks on Iran

Explainer: What’s driving the rapid rise in new ransomware groups?

SonicWall discloses pair of vulnerabilities in end-of-life Global Management System

Patch now! Zyxel patches switches left vulnerable since June

Report: Australian businesses want more than technical support from MSPs

The big melt: US cyber agency issues advice to protect industrial fridges as systems remain exposed worldwide

Aussie recycled toilet paper brand Who Gives a Crap discloses data breach

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