Adam Levin

JULY 24, 2020

Barely a day goes by without news of an elite hacking team creating a more stealth exploit– malware , elaborate spear-phishing attacks, trojans, and a killer array of ransomware that can take factories and other organizations offline, or even hobble entire cities. Cyberattacks are constantly getting more sophisticated.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Media coverage understandably focused on GoDaddy’s admission that it suffered three different cyberattacks over as many years at the hands of the same hacking group. But it’s worth revisiting how this group typically got in to targeted companies: By calling employees and tricking them into navigating to a phishing website.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

INE Security , a leading provider of cybersecurity training and certifications, today shared its cybersecurity training for cyber hygiene practices for small businesses, underscoring the critical role of continuous education in safeguarding digital assets.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Well-known crypto researcher ZachXBT reached the same conclusion as Elliptic, sharing his analysis on X: Lazarus Group just connected the Bybit hack to the Phemex hack directly on-chain commingling funds from the intial theft address for both incidents.

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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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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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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Evgenii Ptitsyn and others allegedly ran an international hacking scheme since November 2020, deploying Phobos ransomware to extort victims. If convicted, the man could face up to 20 years in prison for each wire fraud count, 10 years for each computer hacking charge, and 5 years for conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse.

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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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Hacker's King

DECEMBER 26, 2024

While hacking attempts continue to evolve, so do the strategies to secure your account. Here are five distinct ways to safeguard your Instagram from being hacked, with fresh insights you wont find elsewhere. Personal appeals from hacked accounts of friends asking for money or passwords. A spike in login attempts at odd hours.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

It's just another day on the internet when the news is full of headlines about accounts being hacked. The second story was about a number of verified Twitter accounts having been "hacked" and then leveraged in Bitcoin scams.

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The Hacker News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Israeli higher education and tech sectors have been targeted as part of a series of destructive cyber attacks that commenced in January 2023 with an aim to deploy previously undocumented wiper malware.

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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. They had no authorization to convert or decode, so this was clearly a hack.” On Wednesday, the St.

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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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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 24, 2025

In 2023 alone, there were 725 hacking-related breaches reported in U.S. Protection via training, education Defending against these evolving threats requires more than just technology it demands well-trained personnel at all levels. Recent reports show healthcare has endured a record wave of cyber breaches. million per incident?

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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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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. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, NetSupport RAT)

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

A journalist incorrectly branded as a “hacker” by the governor of Missouri won’t be prosecuted “for hacking” This was a quick and foreseen win for St. The paper had also told DESE that it confirmed the flaw with three educators and Professor Khan.

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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.

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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. No exploit, hacking or vulnerability is involved here.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

The Rhysida ransomware group claimed to have hacked the Chinese state-owned energy conglomerate China Energy Engineering Corporation. The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The Rhysida ransomware group claimed to have hacked Abdali Hospital, a multi-specialty hospital located in Jordan. pic.twitter.com/6uHMDcNhTC — Dominic Alvieri (@AlvieriD) December 26, 2023 The group published images of stolen documents as proof of the hack. Abdali Hospital provides care to patients in numerous specialties.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

In many cases, the crooks hack managed service providers (MSPs) first and then use this access to compromise the partnering organizations. Local governments, small and medium-sized businesses, large international corporations, healthcare facilities, and educational institutions are the common targets.

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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. The ransomware attack on Tenafly’s school system is a reminder of a sad, ironic, reality.

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The Hacker News

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

An Indian hack-for-hire group targeted the U.S., The Appin Software Security (aka Appin Security Group), according to an in-depth analysis from SentinelOne, began as an educational startup offering offensive security training programs, while

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The Rhysida ransomware group claimed to have hacked King Edward VII’s Hospital in London. The Rhysida ransomware group claimed to have hacked King Edward VII’s Hospital in London and added it to the list of victims on its Tor leak site. King Edward VII’s Hospital in London has been breached by Rhysida Ransomware.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 6, 2025

Permalink The post DEF CON 32 – War Stories – Hacking Millions Of Modems And Investigating Who Hacked My Modem appeared first on Security Boulevard. Originating from the conferences events located at the Las Vegas Convention Center ; and via the organizations YouTube channel.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2024

The Mexican Drug Cartels Want You Casio: Notice of Partial Service Outage and Information Leak Caused by Ransomware Attack He founded a “startup” to access sanctioned Russian websites: the cyber police of Khmelnytskyi region exposed the hacker Hacked ‘AI Girlfriend’ Data Shows Prompts Describing Child Sexual Abuse Malware Over 300,000!

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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.” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,FortiWLM)

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WIRED Threat Level

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Plus: The worst telecom hack in US history rolls on, iPhones are harder to break into, and more of the week’s top security news.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The details of the Krispy Kreme hack are still emerging, but the companys Form 8-K filing brought the incident to light, offering a rare glimpse into the challenges businesses face when their systems are compromised. The Krispy Kreme hack is a sobering reminder that no industry is immune to cyber threats.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

For the first time in the history of cyber attacks, a China-based university serving Aviation industry has accused the United States National Security Agency (NSA) for hacking into its servers to steal intelligence related to aviation, aerospace and navigation study material.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Storm-2372s targets during this time have included government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), information technology (IT) services and technology, defense, telecommunications, health, higher education, and energy/oil and gas in Europe, North America, Africa, and the Middle East.”

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Permalink The post DEF CON 32 – AppSec Village – Hacking Corporate Banking for Fun and Profit appeared first on Security Boulevard. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Las Vegas Convention Center ; and via the organizations YouTube channel.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2023

The Hunters International ransomware gang claims to have hacked the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch). Another healthcare organization suffered a ransomware attack, the Hunters International ransomware gang claims to have hacked the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch).

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 7, 2024

The post Student Devices Wiped — Mobile Guardian Hacked AGAIN appeared first on Security Boulevard. Hackers ate my homework: MDM software for schools is breached for second time this year—13,000 devices wiped in Singapore alone.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2022

At issue are forged “emergency data requests,” (EDRs) sent through hacked police or government agency email accounts. ” Tuesday’s story showed how fraudulently obtained EDRs were a tool used by members of LAPSUS$ , the data extortion group that recently hacked Microsoft , NVIDIA , Okta and Samsung.

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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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