Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Josh Renaud alerted Missouri education department officials that their website was exposing the Social Security numbers of more than 100,000 primary and secondary teachers in the state. Renaud found teachers’ SSNs were accessible in the HTML source code of some Missouri education department webpages.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Researcher Published Proof-of-Concept Exploit Code 1 Day After Vendor Issued Patch Ransomware-wielding attackers are targeting unpatched versions of FTP software that is widely used by large enterprises, including government and educational organizations.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 29, 2021

One of the hottest fields right now on the WFH radar is the information technology (IT) sector. But you’ll first need to learn the specifics to get to work. Fortunately, there are online classes you can take to get that knowledge – and best of all, you can take them for free. Let’s look at what’s available and how you might jumpstart a new career.

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KnowBe4

MAY 7, 2024

New data from Verizon makes it clear that the Education sector is under attack, but also breaks down which threat actions and patterns are used most.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Louis Post-Dispatch ran a story about how its staff discovered and reported a security vulnerability in a Missouri state education website that exposed the Social Security numbers of 100,000 elementary and secondary teachers. On Wednesday, the St. In a press conference this morning, Missouri Gov. ” Missouri Gov. ” Missouri Gov.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Experts warn of a surge in NetSupport RAT attacks against education, government, and business services sectors. The most impacted sectors are education, government, and business services. NetSupport RAT is a remote control and desktop management software developed by NetSupport Ltd. implacavelvideos[.]com).

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Every industry is dealing with a myriad of cyber threats in 2024. It seems every day we hear of another breach, another scam, another attack on anything from a small business to a critical aspect of our nation’s infrastructure. It’s a tale as old as the first computer. When a technical issue arises, hand it over to IT.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 21, 2022

Firm's Largest Acquisition to Extend User Education to Small to Midsized Clients Huntress has made the largest acquisition in its eight-year history, buying Curricula to boost user education.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Evolved Mustang Panda Malware Targets Government, Education, Other Sectors Globally A large-scale cyberespionage campaign by notorious China-based advanced persistent threat actor Mustang Panda is targeting government, academic and other sectors globally.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

has a business unit called Securence , which specializes in providing filtered, secure email services to businesses, educational institutions and government agencies worldwide. Internet Corp. But until it was notified last week, U.S. ” U.S. Internet/Securence says your email is secure. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2024

The group continued to carry out password spray attacks targeting the educational sector for infrastructure procurement and focused on the satellite, government, and defense sectors for intelligence gathering. They also leveraged compromised accounts from educational institutions to create additional Azure tenants.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 3, 2023

CrowdStrike's Michael Sentonas on Aiding Education Clients With XDR for Chromebooks CrowdStrike has focused on bringing its extended detection and response technology to users with less expensive devices such as Chromebooks by adding support for Google's ChromeOS.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 7, 2023

Information From 2004 to 2020 Exposed for High School Students, Teachers and Others Colorado's Department of Higher Education is warning that it suffered a ransomware attack in June, in which attackers stole personal data on current and past students and teachers, dating from 2004 to 2020.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

K-12 Educational Sector Is a Target for Ransomware Gangs School is out for more than 3,000 students of a suburban Detroit district undergoing its second day of forensics analysis following a cyberattack. Students have been told not to use district-issued Chromebooks.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 14, 2022

Threat Actor Has Been Targeting the Education Sector in Europe and Elsewhere An operator deploying BlackCat ransomware, also known as ALPHV, appears to have claimed the University of Pisa as its latest victim. University officials reportedly face a ransom demand of $4.5

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Blackbaud is a cloud computing provider that serves the social good community — nonprofits, foundations, corporations, education institutions, healthcare organizations, religious organizations, and individual change agents. The charity organization Save the Children International revealed that it was hit by a cyber attack.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

X also announced that it may collect and use your Job Applications / Recommendations (such as your employment history, educational history, employment preferences, skills and abilities, job search activity and engagement, and so on). Bloomberg first reported the news and confirmed that the change will only impact premium users.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2024

Microsoft has observed APT28 using GooseEgg in post-compromise activities against various targets, including government, non-governmental, education, and transportation sector organizations in Ukraine, Western Europe, and North America. CISA added the Windows Print Spooler flaw CVE-2022-38028 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

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AIIM

JANUARY 23, 2024

Before entering the information management field, I spent 25 years in higher education. I even went to school for it, earning a Master’s degree in Higher Education Administration. I didn’t always use to be in this field though. Working various roles at colleges and universities across the state of NY was what I loved at the time.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 23, 2024

Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm called Stark Industries Solutions materialized and quickly became the epicenter of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government and commercial targets in Ukraine and Europe. ” he observed.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, Education) Two days ago Highline Public Schools (HPS), a school district in Washington state, suffered a cyber attack that caused a significant disruption of its activities. Central office will be open.”

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Cybersecurity education for kids is therefore a smart investment. By taking a multi-generational approach to workforce security education programs, companies can strengthen their security postures to thrive in a changing landscape, while also supporting families. We’re all connected. Investing in the future. Offer employee perks?

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Krebs on Security

MAY 14, 2021

The DarkSide ransomware affiliate program responsible for the six-day outage at Colonial Pipeline this week that led to fuel shortages and price spikes across the country is running for the hills. “Also, a few hours after the withdrawal, funds from the payment server (ours and clients’) were withdrawn to an unknown address.”

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 2, 2024

Lack of security awareness and education. Often, employees within organizations lack sufficient security awareness and education. Organizations need to invest in cybersecurity training programs to educate their employees about security best practices. Promote security awareness and education among employees.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 11, 2023

It’s important to educate staff on the significance of data protection, potential security threats and proper handling of sensitive information. When it comes to alternative asset trading, protecting investor data is of critical importance. Here are seven tips to protect investor data in alternative asset trading.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 17, 2021

Securities and Exchange Commission order, education publishing giant Pearson misled investors when it failed to proactively inform them that attackers had stolen millions of rows of student information, including poorly hashed passwords. According to a U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 26, 2022

We must collaborate across the industry and education providers to bring people into our field whether that be a certification and hands-on skill training online, an internal reskilling program to fill gaps with existing talent or pushing from more short-course security programs from higher education.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 29, 2019

based firm that helps companies educate and test employees on how not to fall for phishing scams. As this was the first time I’d ever heard of an organization actually doing this, I asked some phishing experts what they thought (spoiler alert: they’re not fans of this particular teaching approach).

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2021

“Hafnium primarily targets entities in the United States across a number of industry sectors, including infectious disease researchers, law firms, higher education institutions, defense contractors, policy think tanks, and NGOs,” Microsoft said. Microsoft Corp. Microsoft credited researchers at Reston, Va.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 30, 2022

Arguably, one of the most critical changes needed will be to adapt hiring practices to help candidates without a traditional college education enter into these critical roles. About the essayist: Jack Koziol is the founder, SVP and GM of Infosec Institute , a cybersecurity education company. And it works.

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Collaboration 2.0

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This one-hour course helps teachers learn gen AI basics. Here's how to access it.

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Collaboration 2.0

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

This course shows educators how they can benefit. ChatGPT can boost your productivity.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 10, 2022

Even deepfake examples designed to educate the public — like a doctored video of Nixon’s resignation speech — fool observers without meaning to. The Nixon example was an attempt to educate the public through exposure. Educate employees and partners about deepfakes using the same techniques as general cybersecurity awareness.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 11, 2024

New York City based Sisense has more than 1,000 customers across a range of industry verticals, including financial services, telecommunications, healthcare and higher education. ” “We are taking this matter seriously and promptly commenced an investigation,” Dash continued.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2022

police and government email accounts, including a police department in India; a government ministry of the United Arab Emirates; the Brazilian Secretariat of Education; and Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Education. That was in March 2021, but there are similar fake EDR services on offer today.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Educating users for safe interaction : Provide clear instructions on how users can identify and report suspicious activities, fostering a collaborative approach to security. Examples of AI chatbot platforms include: •Dialogflow: Developed by Google, Dialogflow is renowned for its comprehension capabilities.

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AIIM

APRIL 29, 2021

You can have some great, fantastic ideas about what you want to do with information, but you need to be able to educate everyone up and down the stack about what you are planning. Educate potentially stressed individuals on why changes need to occur. Most of the time they are not interested in any information management agendas.".

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