Tag: Universities
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Top UK Universities Recovering Following Targeted DDoS Attack
Top UK universities have had their services impacted by a DDoS attack, which has been claimed by the Anonymous Sudan hacktivist group. The …
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How Universities Can Bridge Cybersecurity’s Gender Gap
The United States faces a tremendous shortage of cybersecurity professionals, with more than 750,000 open cybersecurity roles nationwide. …
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Universities and colleges cope silently with ransomware attacks
Although some cybersecurity researchers say that ransomware attacks are on the downswing as cybercriminals face declining payments, a spate …
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Universities are at risk of email-based impersonation attacks
Proofpoint released new research which found that the top universities in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia are lagging …
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Universities Put Email Users at Cyber Risk
DMARC analysis by Proofpoint shows that institutions in the U.S. have among some of the poorest protections to prevent domain spoofing and …
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UK’s Top 10 Universities Failing on DMARC
The UK’s top 10 universities and most of the leading educational institutions in the US and Australia are failing to protect their staff …
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Ransomware Attacks Cost Universities Over £2m
The UK’s education sector continues to be hit by spiraling ransomware attacks, which can cost affected organizations in excess of £2m …
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Omicron Scam Targets Universities
Dozens of universities are being hit with a coordinated cyber-attack that uses news of the Omicron variant as a lure to steal login …
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85% of UK’s Top Universities at Risk of Email Fraud
More than four-fifths (85%) of the UK’s top 20 universities are putting their students, staff and suppliers at risk of email fraud, …
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Ransomware group targets Universities of Maryland, California in new data leaks
The Clop ransomware group has posted financial documents and passport information allegedly belonging to the University of Maryland and the …
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Universities Face Double Threat of Ransomware, Data Breaches
Institutions of higher education continue to have problematic password policies, lack multifactor authentication (MFA), and have a plethora …
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Ransomware Attacks Double Against Global Universities
Global ransomware attacks against universities doubled year-on-year in 2020 as the pandemic forced massive changes to higher education, …
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