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Pennsylvania State Education Association data breach impacts 500,000 individuals

Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2025

A data breach at the Pennsylvania State Education Association exposed the personal information of over 500,000 individuals. The Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) suffered a data breach that impacted 517,487 individuals. PSEA is affiliated with the National Education Association (NEA).

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Alabama State Department of Education suffered a data breach following a blocked attack

Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2024

Alabama’s education superintendent disclosed a data breach following a hacking attempt on the Alabama State Department of Education. The Alabama State Department of Education announced it had thwarted a ransomware attack on June 17, however, threat actors accessed some data and disrupted services before the attack was stopped.

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Storm-1977 targets education sector with password spraying, Microsoft warns

Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2025

Microsoft warns that threat actor Storm-1977 is behind password spraying attacksagainst cloud tenants in the education sector. Over the past year, Microsoft Threat Intelligence researchers observed a threat actor, tracked as Storm-1977, using AzureChecker.exe to launch password spray attacks against cloud tenants in the education sector.

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New botnet HTTPBot targets gaming and tech industries with surgical attacks

Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2025

New botnet HTTPBot is targeting China’s gaming, tech, and education sectors, cybersecurity researchers warn. NSFOCUS cybersecurity discovered a new botnet calledHTTPBotthat has been used to target the gaming industry, technology firms, and educational institutions in China. ” continues the report.

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2020 Database Strategies and Contact Acquisition Survey Report

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Database benchmarks for education and resource prioritization. Insights detailed within this report include: Tools marketers are using to gain deeper intelligence on current and prospective customers for better targeting and messaging. New tactics to acquire data to reach marketing goals.

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Digital nomads and risk associated with the threat of infiltred employees

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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Russian Phobos ransomware operator faces cybercrime charges

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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Rhysida Ransomware gang claims the hack of the Government of Peru

Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2025

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. The Rhysida ransomware group has been active since May 2023. According to the gangs Tor leak site, at least 182 companies are victims of the operation.

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Fortinet warns about Critical flaw in Wireless LAN Manager FortiWLM

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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How Top Tech CFOs Solve Annual Planning’s Biggest Challenges

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China admitted its role in Volt Typhoon cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure

Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2025

In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. The APT group is using almost exclusively living-off-the-land techniques and hands-on-keyboard activity to evade detection.

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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER – ROUND 15

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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Your Android phone is getting a huge security upgrade for free - what's new

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JUNE 11, 2025

Also: The best Android phones to buy in 2025 This feature is rolling out to Google Workspace Business Standard, Plus and Enterprise Standard customers along with those who use Gemini Education or Enterprise add-ons, and it's accessible on Android phones and tablets with Android 8 or higher.

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Storm-2372 used the device code phishing technique since August 2024

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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Advanced search: Narrow the search to find candidates using specialized filters like education, and current company technologies. We have added 10's of millions of personal emails and mobile records. Basic search: Easily search using keywords, job title, location, industry, and more.

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Akira ransomware gang used an unsecured webcam to bypass EDR

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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News alert: INE Security shares cyber hygiene guidance for small- and medium-sized businesses

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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Russia-linked APT TAG-110 uses targets Europe and Asia

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The campaign primarily targeted government entities, human rights groups, and educational institutions in Central Asia, East Asia, and Europe. Insikt Group researchers uncovered an ongoing cyber-espionage campaign by Russia-linked threat actor TAG-110 that employed custom malware tools HATVIBE and CHERRYSPY.

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News alert: INE Security, Abadnet Institute partner to deliver cybersecurity training in Saudi Arabia

The Last Watchdog

MAY 22, 2025

The collaboration leverages INE Security’s internationally recognized cybersecurity training content and Abadnet’s established presence in the Saudi Arabian market to deliver comprehensive cybersecurity education programs across the region.

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Cryptocurrencies and cybercrime: A critical intermingling

Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2024

Educate and protect users and investors To effectively counter cybercrime, it is essential to understand the nature and techniques used by criminals. Prevention comes through educating users and taking robust security measures to protect their digital assets. Education improves awareness” is his slogan.

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Iran-linked group APT33 adds new Tickler malware to its arsenal

Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2024

The group continued to carry out password spray attacks targeting the educational sector for infrastructure procurement and focused on the satellite, government, and defense sectors for intelligence gathering. They also leveraged compromised accounts from educational institutions to create additional Azure tenants.

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Massive cloud outage knocks out internet services across the globe

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JUNE 12, 2025

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Port of Seattle ‘s August data breach impacted 90,000 people

Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2025

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. In September 2024, Port of Seattle confirmed that the Rhysida ransomware group was behind the cyberattack. The Rhysida ransomware group has been active since May 2023.

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PowerSchool Faces 23 Lawsuits Over Schools' Mega Data Breach

Data Breach Today

JANUARY 20, 2025

Customers Question Why PowerSource Support Tool Had Direct Access to Their Systems Educational software-maker PowerSchool faces over 20 lawsuits seeking class-action status, filed in the wake of a massive data breach involving current and former student and faculty data being held by an as-yet-unknown number of school districts across the U.S.,

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Salesforce, Okta Targeted by Telephone-Wielding Hackers

Data Breach Today

JUNE 5, 2025

Hackers Impersonate IT Support Staff A hacking collective linked to recent British retailer attacks is targeting cloud companies through or voice phishing scams for data theft from European hospitality, retail and education sectors. Hackers impersonate IT support staff.

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The best free AI courses and certificates in 2025

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MARCH 20, 2025

I have a master's degree in education and have been working with AI for decades. Here are the top free AI courses online I'd recommend to anyone looking to upskill right now - and why.

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Exposed eyes: 40,000 security cameras vulnerable to remote hacking

Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2025

Excluding telecommunications, the technology sector has the most exposed cameras (28.4%), followed by media (19.6%), utilities (11.9%), business services (10.7%), and education (10.6%). Analysis by organizational sector showed the Telecommunications sector (79%) dominated due to widespread consumer use.

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The cloud broke Thursday and it'll happen again - how to protect your business before then

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JUNE 13, 2025

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Your Android phone is getting new security protections - and it's a big deal for enterprises

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JUNE 10, 2025

This feature is rolling out to Google Workspace Business Standard, Plus and Enterprise Standard customers along with those who use Gemini Education or Enterprise add-ons, and it's accessible on Android phones and tablets with Android 8 or higher.

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Quishing, an insidious threat to electric car owners

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

About the author: Salvatore Lombardo ( Twitter @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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China’s Volt Typhoon botnet has re-emerged

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. The APT group is using almost exclusively living-off-the-land techniques and hands-on-keyboard activity to evade detection.

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Install this Windows patch ASAP before bootkit malware takes over your PC - here's how

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JUNE 11, 2025

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Credential Flusher, understanding the threat and how to protect your login data

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

About the author: Salvatore Lombardo ( Twitter @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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The Vanilla Tempest cybercrime gang used INC ransomware for the first time in attacks on the healthcare sector

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The threat actor has been active since July 2022, it was observed targeting organizations in the education, healthcare, IT, and manufacturing sectors. Microsoft observed the financially motivated threat actor tracked as Vanilla Tempest using INC ransomware for the first time to target the healthcare sector in the United States.

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Hackers breached MDM firm Mobile Guardian and wiped thousands of devices

Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2024

The Ministry of Education (MOE) in Singapore confirmed that the incident heavily impacted students in the country. Hackers breached the mobile device management (MDM) firm Mobile Guardian, the company detected unauthorized access to iOS and ChromeOS devices on August 4th.

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Patch your Windows PC now before bootkit malware takes it over - here's how

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JUNE 11, 2025

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GUEST ESSAY: The key role static code analyzers play in detecting coding errors, eliminating flaws

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Code review has the purpose of error search, working out recommendations on code improvement, and also contributes to education of new programmers. What manual analysis is concerned, we basically mean the classic code review method. Finding potential vulnerabilities is another important aspect of code analysis.

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Cisco rolls out AI agents to automate network tasks at 'machine speed' - with IT still in control

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JUNE 10, 2025

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Your Android phone is getting a big security upgrade for free - these Pixel models included

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JUNE 20, 2025

Also: The best Android phones to buy in 2025 This feature is rolling out to Google Workspace Business Standard, Plus and Enterprise Standard customers along with those who use Gemini Education or Enterprise add-ons, and it's accessible on Android phones and tablets with Android 8 or higher.

Insurance scams via QR codes: how to recognise and defend yourself

Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2024

Credit: Truffe assicurative tramite QR code: come riconoscerle e difendersi About the author: Salvatore Lombardo ( Twitter @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.

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AI agents will be ambient, but not autonomous - what that means for us

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JUNE 13, 2025

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The fastest Wi-Fi 7 internet providers in the US, ranked

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JUNE 11, 2025

Ookla Finally, the report brings up another barrier that may be stalling the adoption of Wi-Fi 7, namely user education, or lack thereof. Also: The best Wi-Fi routers of 2025 "The cellular industry markets its generations, and consumers know, for example, that they need a 5G phone to be on a 5G network," the report stated.

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HP just turned Google Beam's hologram calls into reality - and you can buy it this year

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JUNE 11, 2025

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CISA adds Microsoft Windows Print Spooler flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2024

Microsoft has observed APT28 using GooseEgg in post-compromise activities against various targets, including government, non-governmental, education, and transportation sector organizations in Ukraine, Western Europe, and North America. This tool modifies a JavaScript constraints file and executes it with SYSTEM-level permissions.

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Pennsylvania State Education Association data breach impacts 500,000 individuals

Alabama State Department of Education suffered a data breach following a blocked attack

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Storm-1977 targets education sector with password spraying, Microsoft warns

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Russian Phobos ransomware operator faces cybercrime charges

Rhysida Ransomware gang claims the hack of the Government of Peru

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China admitted its role in Volt Typhoon cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure

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Your Android phone is getting a huge security upgrade for free - what's new

Storm-2372 used the device code phishing technique since August 2024

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Akira ransomware gang used an unsecured webcam to bypass EDR

News alert: INE Security shares cyber hygiene guidance for small- and medium-sized businesses

Russia-linked APT TAG-110 uses targets Europe and Asia

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Cryptocurrencies and cybercrime: A critical intermingling

Iran-linked group APT33 adds new Tickler malware to its arsenal

Massive cloud outage knocks out internet services across the globe

Port of Seattle ‘s August data breach impacted 90,000 people

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Exposed eyes: 40,000 security cameras vulnerable to remote hacking

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China’s Volt Typhoon botnet has re-emerged

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The Vanilla Tempest cybercrime gang used INC ransomware for the first time in attacks on the healthcare sector

Hackers breached MDM firm Mobile Guardian and wiped thousands of devices

Patch your Windows PC now before bootkit malware takes it over - here's how

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Cisco rolls out AI agents to automate network tasks at 'machine speed' - with IT still in control

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HP just turned Google Beam's hologram calls into reality - and you can buy it this year

CISA adds Microsoft Windows Print Spooler flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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