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Business | Threat Intelligence

2024 State of Ransomware in Education: 92% spike in K-12 attacks

January 24, 2024 - 2023 was the worst ransomware year on record for Education.

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News | Personal | Ransomware

How kids pay the price for ransomware attacks on education

July 7, 2023 - Modern ransomware attacks are as much about stealing data and threatening to leak it as they are about encrypting data. Which...

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Threat Intelligence

The 2023 State of Ransomware in Education: 84% increase in attacks over 6-month period

June 5, 2023 - This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on their...

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Business

5 facts about Vice Society, the ransomware group wreaking havoc on the education sector

January 26, 2023 - Move over Lockbit, there’s a new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) player in town attacking the education sector—and its name is Vice Society. Vice...

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News | Ransomware

Warning issued about Vice Society ransomware targeting the education sector

September 7, 2022 - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center...

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News | Threat Intelligence

Education hammered by exploits and backdoors in 2021 and 2022

August 9, 2022 - In May of 2021, education underwent a siege of exploit attempts using the vulnerability CVE-2021-21551, which exploits a Dell system driver...

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News | Privacy

FBI warns of education sector credentials on dark web forums

May 31, 2022 - The FBI is warning academics to be on their guard, as an embattled education sector continues to experience attacks and breaches,...

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Awareness | News | Ransomware

FBI warns of increase in PYSA ransomware attacks targeting education

March 17, 2021 - On March 16, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a “Flash” alert on PYSA ransomware after an uptick on attacks...

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Business

Making the case: How to get the board to invest in higher education cybersecurity

August 28, 2019 - Security leaders in institutions of higher education face unique challenges, as they are charged with keeping data and the network secure,...

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News | Threats

Trojans, ransomware dominate 2018–2019 education threat landscape

August 14, 2019 - Heading into the new school year, we know educational institutions have a lot to worry about. Teacher assignments. Syllabus development. Gathering...

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