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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #22 [Eye on Fraud] A Closer Look at the Massive 72% Spike in Financial Phishing Attacks

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link] Cyber Insurance: Is Paying a Ransom Counter-Productive? Mr. Hall encourages more consultation between the government and the small business community. And the two domains could also expand the problem of programs mistakenly recognizing file names as URLs and automatically adding links to the file names. "And

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Medibank Defends its Security Practices as its Ransomware Woes Worsen

IT Governance

The Australian health insurance giant fell victim to ransomware in October, as a result of which the personal data of 9.7 In most cases, basic personal information – such as their name, date of birth, email address, phone number and gender – was exposed. million current and former customers was compromised.

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What is Ransomware? Everything You Should Know

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Education, government, energy and manufacturing are others. If you have a cyber insurer , they will have their own processes for responding to any cyber attack. Evolution of ransomware Early ransomware involved basic cryptography, which only changed the file names, making it simpler to overcome. Box in Panama.