Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2020

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. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2023

CISA and FBI warned of attacks conducted by the Bl00dy Ransomware Gang against the education sector in the country. The FBI and CISA issued a joint advisory warning that the Bl00dy Ransomware group is actively targeting the education sector by exploiting the PaperCut remote-code execution vulnerability CVE-2023-27350.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

But Missouri prosecutors now say they will not pursue charges following revelations that the data had been exposed since 2011 — two years after responsibility for securing the state’s IT systems was centralized within Parson’s own Office of Administration. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R), vowing to prosecute the St.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 5, 2021

Claudia Natanson Describes Vision of U.K.’s s New Self-Regulatory Body U.K. Cyber Security Council is a new self-regulatory body for the profession. It is tasked by the U.K. Government to execute their vision for the U.K.

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Jamf

APRIL 4, 2024

This new study of schools in the UK's Shaw Trust offers hard data for educators seeking to start 1:1 or 1:many iPad programs in their K-12 schools.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

On November 2, 2022, the ICO issued to the UK Department for Education (“ DfE ”) a formal reprimand following an investigation into the sharing of personal data stored on the Learning Records Service (“ LRS ”), a database which provides a record of pupils’ qualifications that the DfE has overall responsibility for.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 11, 2023

When it comes to alternative asset trading, protecting investor data is of critical importance. Here are seven tips to protect investor data in alternative asset trading. By working together, a robust cybersecurity framework can be established to protect investor data. Implement strong data encryption.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

A recent freedom of information request by chartered accountants UHY Hacker Young reveals a worrying rise in reported data breaches across the UK education sector. The post Data breaches grow across UK education sector appeared first on IT Governance Blog. Combat the most common cyber threats.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 15, 2024

How Society, Education and the Workplace Contribute to Underrepresentation The underrepresentation of women in cybersecurity is a complex issue. The reasons behind it include stereotypes and biases, educational barriers, workplace culture, and the lack of visibility and role models.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 23, 2024

22, 2024 – Today, the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) , announced the program for its third annual Data Privacy Week campaign, which will take place from January 22nd to January 27th. This even includes information about a person’s physical well-being, like health data from apps.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The BianLian extortion group claims to have stolen 6,8 TB of documents, including International HR data, international personal data. International financial data (over 800 GB), international medical and health data and international email correspondence.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

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). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Online education giant K12 Inc. was hit by Ryuk ransomware in the middle of November and now has paid a ransom to avoid data leak. The education company Online education giant K12 Inc. is a for-profit education company that sells online schooling and curricula. “K12 Inc. ” reads the press release.

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Collibra

JANUARY 9, 2024

In today’s world, data drives many of the decisions made by federal and state government agencies. Recently many agencies have started to discuss how data mesh strategies, focused on a decentralized data landscape and distributed domain-oriented data products, can help make better use of data and speed up decision making.

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Dark Reading

AUGUST 7, 2023

Last week, the department uncovered a data breach that occurred back in June stemming from what it deems to be a cybersecurity ransomware incident.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 17, 2021

Firm Pays $1 Million Settlement After Regulator Says It Misled Investors and Victims When is a data exposure not just a data exposure? According to a U.S.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2023

Open-source media player software provider Kodi discloses a data breach after threat actors stole its MyBB forum database. Kodi has disclosed a data breach, threat actors have stolen the company’s MyBB forum database that contained data for over 400K users and private messages. ” concludes the announcement.

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Jamf

JUNE 21, 2022

Protecting student data and privacy can mean many things for learning in classrooms and at home. This blog post summarises what data privacy means in the context of education institutions and explains how Apple and Jamf help support.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2023

Fortinet has addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-41331 (CVSS score of 9.3), in its Fortinet FortiPresence data analytics solution. FortiPresence is a comprehensive data analytics solution designed for analyzing user traffic and deriving usage patterns. ” reads the advisory published by the vendor.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 3, 2023

CrowdStrike's Michael Sentonas on Aiding Education Clients With XDR for Chromebooks CrowdStrike has focused on bringing its extended detection and response technology to users with less expensive devices such as Chromebooks by adding support for Google's ChromeOS.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2022

Data Privacy and Security: It Takes Two to Tango. The National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) announced earlier this year that they have expanded the Data Privacy Day campaign into Data Privacy Week , a full week-long initiative. And when a breach does happen, then our personal data is the main target. Why does it matter?

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

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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AIIM

JUNE 22, 2018

With the problem growing, and the attacks getting more sophisticated, there has never been a better time to learn how to defend your business’s data and protect your employees. In this article, we will examine how to educate your employees so that a lethal hack does not disrupt your business. It’s All About Passwords. Keep Updated.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

FritzFrog P2P botnet is back and is targeting servers belonging to entities in the healthcare, education, and government sectors. The bot is written in Golang and implements wormable capabilities, experts reported attacks against entities in the government, education, and finance sectors. ” reads the report published by Akamai.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The US Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency and the FBI warned about the increase in ransomware attacks targeting the US K-12 educational sector. The US CISA and the FBI warned about the increase in ransomware attacks targeting the US K-12 educational sector aimed at data theft and disruption of distance learning services.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

educational nonprofit organization National Student Clearinghouse disclosed a data breach that impacted approximately 900 US schools. MOVEit Transfer is a file transfer tool used by many organizations, including the Clearinghouse, to support the transfer of data files.” reads the advisory published by the company.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 5, 2024

On February 13, 2024, New York Attorney General (“NY AG”) Letitia James and New York State Education Department Commissioner (“NYSED”) Betty A. Rosa announced that College Board has agreed to settle charges in connection with allegations that it violated New York Education Law § 2-d, New York’s student privacy law.

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AIIM

JANUARY 23, 2024

I love the information governance, records management, and data governance fields. Before entering the information management field, I spent 25 years in higher education. I even went to school for it, earning a Master’s degree in Higher Education Administration. This work doesn’t excite everyone.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Office Reprimands Department, Says Fine Would Have Been Over 10 Million Pounds The British data watchdog says the U.K. Department for Education shouldn't have allowed a private company to use student records to check whether new users of gambling apps were underage.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The company refused to pay the ransom and the ransomware gang threatened to leak the alleged stolen documents, including project data, clients’ and partners’ info, and NDAs. “We’ve obtained 100 GB of data of Nissan Australia. “We’ve obtained 100 GB of data of Nissan Australia.

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Dark Reading

OCTOBER 18, 2023

It's time to build a culture of privacy, one that businesses uphold.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Among the uncertainty surrounding GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliance – particularly with Brexit complicating things – the UK government has been a reliable source for advice. Meanwhile, those that process the personal data of residents of both the UK and the EU will have to balance their GDPR and DPA 2018 requirements.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

American retailer and distributor of automotive parts and accessories AutoZone discloses a data breach after a MOVEit attack. AutoZone disclosed a data breach resulting from the hack of their MOVEit Transfer installation. The most heavily impacted sectors are finance and professional services and education, which account for 24.3

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2021

The FBI has issued an alert to warn about an increase in PYSA ransomware attacks on education institutions in the US and UK. The FBI has issued Tuesday an alert to warn about an increase in PYSA ransomware attacks against education institutions in the United States and the United Kingdom. ” reads the FBI’s alert.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2022

Sispi (Palermo Innovazione System), which is the municipal company that is responsible for the technical management of the municipal IT and telematic system of the Municipality of Palermo, confirmed the ransomware attack a few days later, but at this time it doesn’t confirm the data breach.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2021

Which are the most common causes of a Data Breach and how to prevent It? Data breaches are highly damaging and equally embarrassing for businesses and consumers. If you look at Verizon’s 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report, you can find some of the most common causes of data breaches. How can organizations prevent it?

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Researcher Published Proof-of-Concept Exploit Code 1 Day After Vendor Issued Patch Ransomware-wielding attackers are targeting unpatched versions of FTP software that is widely used by large enterprises, including government and educational organizations.

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