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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Malwarebytes

MARCH 17, 2025

Education is key FBI Denver Special Agent in Charge Mark Michalek stated: The best way to thwart these fraudsters is to educate people so they dont fall victim to these fraudsters in the first place. Obviously it also helps to have active anti-malware protection on your device and a browser extension that blocks malicious sites.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2025

About the author: Salvatore Lombardo ( X @Slvlombardo ) Electronics engineer and Clusit member, for some time now, espousing the principle of conscious education, he has been writing for several online magazine on information security. Education improves awareness is his slogan.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

DOGE personnel are also reported to be feeding Education Department data into artificial intelligence software, and they have also started working at the Department of Energy. After that, Medicaid and Medicare records were compromised. Meanwhile, only partially redacted names of CIA employees were sent over an unclassified email account.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 30, 2021

My preference is that it goes to an educational institution, but will consider a corporate or personal home if that’s the only option available. It’s about 150 linear feet of books, conference proceedings, journals, and monographs — mostly from the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Education and Workforce Development Public Core Resilience Supply Chain Security Measuring Cybersecurity Promoting Operational Collaboration. Lots of detail in the 70-page report.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 7, 2021

A new draft of an Australian educational curriculum proposes teaching children as young as five cybersecurity: The proposed curriculum aims to teach five-year-old children — an age at which Australian kids first attend school — not to share information such as date of birth or full names with strangers, and that they should consult parents (..)

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Daniel Miessler

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

For people, patching means education. And not the worker-prep kind of education where you learn how to be an obedient and productive office worker, but the kind that teaches the fundamentals of how things work—from physics to psychology, and from physiology to philosophy. We need to reduce our attack surface for bad ideas.

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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.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Detecting and Explaining Malware Promotion via App Promotion Graph Malware Detection Based on API Call Sequence Analysis: A Gated Recurrent Unit–Generative Adversarial Network Model Approach Not All Fun and Games: Lua Malware Targets Educational Sector and Student Gaming Engines Awaken Likho is awake: new techniques of an APT group Mind the (..)

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Javvad Malik

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Jingle Bells, Phishing Smells, Educate All the Way Phishing does not take a holiday. Think twinkling lights, the scent of pine, and cyber threats lurking in the shadows, waiting to pounce quicker than Bruce Willis can say, Yippee ki yay. If anything, it puts on a Santa suit and gets extra jolly. <continue reading>

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Educate senior leadership: Educate senior leadership about the upcoming security risks of quantum computing. Establish a quantum-ready supply chain and stay informed: Form cooperative networks with data-sharing partners to transition smoothly and avoid security gaps.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

“According to the indictment, Ptitsyn facilitated the worldwide use of a dangerous ransomware strain to target corporations and various organizations, including government agencies, healthcare facilities, educational institutions, and critical infrastructure.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

. “There’s a big gulf between what this technology promises, and what it actually does on the ground,” said Audrey Watters, a researcher on the edtech industry who runs the website Hack Education. “(They) assume everyone looks the same, takes tests the same way, and responds to stressful situations in the same way.”

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Chris Vickery, a California-based data security expert, told The Independent that it appears the department of education was “publishing data that it shouldn’t have been publishing. It was unclear how long the Social Security numbers had been vulnerable. […].

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Adam Shostack

JANUARY 2, 2025

Ricardo Griffith wants to grow educational tools and resources to make information accessible and create a certification process. Elastos Chimwanda talks about expanding the membership, and expanding research. I don't see research as a key strength of OWASP, which are more about community and standardizing and spreading knowledge.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

As of August 2023, it's estimated that around 40 million individuals and more than 2,500 businesses were affected across various sectors, including healthcare, government, finance, and education. Notable organizations hit include major financial firms, government agencies, and educational institutions worldwide.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 13, 2023

I know this is a minor thing in the universe of problems with secondary education and grading, but I found the hack interesting. But if doing zero work results in a 50% grade, then they only have to do a little bit of work to get over the pass line. And this is exactly the sort of thing I explore in my latest book: A Hacker’s Mind.

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Joseph Steinberg

JUNE 9, 2022

Hopefully, the impact of the current ransomware attack on a high-ranked district will underscore for parents, voters, and school administrators, the importance of proactively investing in cyber-protecting our education system.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2025

.” The Akira ransomware has been active since March 2023, the threat actors behind the malware claim to have already hacked multiple organizations in multiple industries, including education, finance, and real estate. Like other ransomware gangs, the group hasdeveloped a Linux encryptorto target VMware ESXi servers.

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Troy Hunt

MAY 27, 2024

Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson is no stranger to HIBP, and we're super excited to have him onboard permanently)

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Resumes which include employment history, addresses, education, and contact data like email addresses and phone numbers. Medical records including diagnoses, treatment history, test results and other medical information that should be private.

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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.

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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. The Minnesota-based Internet provider U.S. Internet Corp. But until it was notified last week, U.S. ” U.S. Internet/Securence says your email is secure.

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Responsible Cyber

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Educate them on how scope changes, risk profiles, and escalation criteria affect the organization. Educate Business Partners: Train internal teams on the importance of addressing scope and risk profile changes. Partner with the Business: Collaborate with stakeholders closest to third-party relationships.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 21, 2023

Our vision is for this work to be broadly useful to the computer security community, including to researchers as they embark on (or choose not to embark on), conduct, and write about their research, to program committees as they evaluate submissions, and to educators as they teach about computer security and ethics.

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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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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 6, 2025

Medusa Locker is a type of ransomware that operates under a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model, primarily targeting large enterprises in sectors such as healthcare and education. In October 2020, Westend Dental was attacked by the Medusa Locker ransomware group.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 10, 2025

Employee training: Educate staff about cybersecurity best practices , including recognizing phishing attempts and using strong, unique passwords. Advanced threat detection: Deploy intrusion detection and prevention systems to monitor network traffic for suspicious activities.

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Jane Frankland

JANUARY 19, 2025

Deepfake Awareness Educating teams about deepfake technology, including practical tips for identifying fake media, enhances defenses against this growing cybersecurity risk. Empower Employees to Pause Encouraging a ‘Pause Culture’ provides employees with the confidence to take a moment and carefully verify messages before acting.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2024

“While we found it to be popular with State, Local, and Education (SLED) and healthcare focused customers, luckily the internet exposure is fairly limited to around 15 instances.” Threat actors frequently target Fortinet devices, making it crucial for customers to update their installations promptly. ” concludes the report.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Ransomware and state-sponsored attacks continue to escalate Canada's critical sectorsincluding healthcare, energy, education, and retailhave become prime targets for cybercriminals. Education: Budget constraints make institutions a low-hanging fruit for cybercriminals. Key findings: the cyber threat landscape in 2025 1.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Organizations, in particular, should educate employees on the dangers of phishing, enforce strict email filtering policies, and consider advanced security measures such as multi-factor authentication (MFA) and password managers configured for URL matching.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 20, 2025

Educate employees End-users should be trained to recognize suspicious files and avoid executing unknown shortcuts. Restrict execution of unknown shortcuts Prevent the automatic execution of.lnk files from untrusted sources.

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Hacker's King

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Cybersecurity Week is a global initiative that brings together various stakeholders—government agencies, educational institutions, and private companies—to promote understanding and awareness of cybersecurity issues. These sessions not only educate participants but also foster a sense of community among those invested in cybersecurity.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 13, 2025

Stay on the platform. Tell your child to refuse requests to take chats offline or to another platform. Predators will do this to avoid Robloxs restrictions about sharing images.

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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. All of the access Bug is currently offering was allegedly stolen from non-U.S.

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