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Pennsylvania State Education Association data breach impacts 500,000 individuals

Security Affairs

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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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How Top Tech CFOs Solve Annual Planning’s Biggest Challenges

This eBook offers strategic frameworks and insights reflecting the education, networking, and trust built by OG's exclusive membership of senior finance and operations professionals over the past nine years. Download now to sharpen your annual planning skills.

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Reaching Unreachable Candidates

Speaker: Patrick Dempsey and Andrew Erpelding of ZoomInfo

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.