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Embattled Medibank faces 48-hour outage as cyber security upgrade begins
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
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
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
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
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
News Operation HAECHI-III sees the seizure of more than $130 million in virtual assets
Australia considers ransomware payment ban, additional Medibank files leaked
News REvil has claimed responsibility for the attack amidst continued refusal by Medibank to pay the ransom
Ransomware: Why do businesses still pay up?
In-depth Despite the guidance and best practice, an alarming proportion of businesses hit with ransomware simply pay to make it go away
