Two American companies that offer Windows ransomware recovery services have been accused of merely paying the ransom in order to recover clients' data, with the non-profit ProPublica saying the victims were charged extra for these services.

Phishing is seen by more than nearly half (44%) of Australian businesses as the biggest security threats they face, with ransomware, password and business email compromise continuing to beset organisations, according to a newly published survey.

A member of a Russian-speaking organised crime group has been jailed for six years and five months in the UK for targeting millions of PCs with Windows ransomware, according to Britain's National Crime Agency.