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NCSC warns of a surge in ransomware attacks on education institutions

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National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued an alert about a surge in ransomware attacks targeting education institutions. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), has issued an alert about a surge in ransomware attacks against education institutions. SecurityAffairs – hacking, education institutions).

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Online education site EduCBA discloses data breach and reset customers? pwds

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The online education portal EduCBA discloses a data breach and is resetting customers’ passwords in response to the incident. Online education website EduCBA discloses a data breach, it has started notifying customers that in response to the incident it is resetting their passwords. Source BleepingComputer. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Experts warn of surge in DDoS attacks targeting education institutions

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Experts warn of a surge in the DDoS attacks against education institutions and the academic industry across the world. The DDoS attacks are causing severe issues to the targeted education institutions such as temporarily takedown of the network and online classes. Most of the attacks targeted educational institutions in the U.S.,

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Google sued by New Mexico attorney general for collecting student data through its Education Platform

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New Mexico sues Google for allegedly using the Google for Education platform to gather personal and private data from children. Google is facing a new lawsuit for allegedly using the Google for Education platform to gather personal and private data from students with an age of less than 13 years. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SamSam Ransomware operators earned more than US$5.9 Million since late 2015

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The security experts from Sophos have published a report on the multimillion-dollar black market business for crooks, they analyzed the SamSam ransomware case as a case study. Million since late 2015. Million since late 2015. million, the security firm also estimated that the group is netting around $300,000 per month.

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The DoD Isn't Fixing Its Security Problems

Schneier on Security

While an assessment of "cybersecurity hygiene" like this doesn't directly analyze a network's hardware and software vulnerabilities, it does underscore the need for people who use digital systems to interact with them in secure ways. Especially when those people work on national defense. [.].

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 282

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