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Embattled Medibank faces 48-hour outage as cyber security upgrade begins
By Zach Marzouk published
News The Australian company has called in Microsoft experts as it deals with the fallout of a data breach that led to 9.7 million exposed customer records

Unpatched Exchange servers could be behind Rackspace's ransomware attack
By Zach Marzouk published
News One security researcher suggested the company's Exchange server build log numbers were from August, months before ProxyNotShell patches were released

Cyber attack hits French hospital forcing patients to be moved
By Zach Marzouk published
News The hospital shut down its network as a precaution after a south Parisien hospital had to do the same in August

'CryWiper' trojan disguises as ransomware, says Kaspersky
By Rory Bathgate published
News The destructive wiper mocks up files as if encrypted, while in reality overwriting all but core system files

Netherlands urges citizens to prepare survival kits in case hackers target critical infrastructure
By Zach Marzouk published
News The latest campaign from the national coordinator for security echoes the growing concern in the UK government over serious cyber attacks

Interpol arrests nearly 1,000 cyber criminals in months-long anti-fraud operation
By Rene Millman published
News Operation HAECHI-III sees the seizure of more than $130 million in virtual assets

Australia considers ransomware payment ban, additional Medibank files leaked
By Rory Bathgate published
News REvil has claimed responsibility for the attack amidst continued refusal by Medibank to pay the ransom

Ransomware: Why do businesses still pay up?
By Sandra Vogel published
In-depth Despite the guidance and best practice, an alarming proportion of businesses hit with ransomware simply pay to make it go away
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