Hackers exploit Roundcube flaw to spy on academic researchers
A China-linked threat cluster has been exploiting vulnerable Roundcube servers at U.S. and Canadian universities to steal credentials and deploy backdoor malware. [...]
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A China-linked threat cluster has been exploiting vulnerable Roundcube servers at U.S. and Canadian universities to steal credentials and deploy backdoor malware. [...]
The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security is calling on Instructure executives to testify about two cyberattacks by the ShinyHunters extortion group that targeted the company's Canvas platform, allowing threat actors to steal student data and disrupt schools during final exams. [...]
EC-Council, creator of the world-renowned Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) credential and a global leader in applied cybersecurity education, today launched its Enterprise AI Credential Suite, with four new role-based AI certifications debuting alongside Certified CISO v4, an overhauled executive cyber leadership program. [...]
Microsoft announced that starting this Thursday, all college students in the United States can get a free year of Microsoft 365 Personal. [...]
Education software giant PowerSchool has started notifying individuals in the U.S. and Canada whose personal data was exposed in a late December 2024 cyberattack. [...]
An Iran-based hacking group known as Pioneer Kitten is breaching defense, education, finance, and healthcare organizations across the United States and working with affiliates of several ransomware operations to extort the victims. [...]
A new ransomware operation named 'Fog' launched in early May 2024, using compromised VPN credentials to breach the networks of educational organizations in the U.S. [...]
U.S. educational nonprofit National Student Clearinghouse has disclosed a data breach affecting 890 schools using its services across the United States. [...]
CISA and the FBI have issued a joint advisory highlighting the increasing threat behind ongoing Royal ransomware attacks targeting many U.S. critical infrastructure sectors, including healthcare, communications, and education. [...]
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second-largest school district in the United States, says the Vice Society ransomware gang has stolen files containing contractors' personal information, including Social Security Numbers (SSNs). [...]
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sued education technology company Chegg after it exposed the sensitive information of tens of millions of customers and employees in four data breaches suffered since 2017. [...]
A threat group known as Vice Society has been switching ransomware payloads in attacks targeting the education sector across the United States and worldwide. [...]
The Vice Society gang has claimed the ransomware attack that hit Los Angeles Unified (LAUSD), the second largest school district in the United States, over the weekend. [...]
FBI, CISA, and MS-ISAC warned today of U.S. school districts being increasingly targeted by the Vice Society ransomware group, with more attacks expected after the new school year start. [...]
Los Angeles Unified (LAUSD), the second largest school district in the U.S., disclosed that a ransomware attack hit its Information Technology (IT) systems over the weekend. [...]
Cybercriminals are offering to sell for thousands of U.S. dollars network access credentials for higher education institutions based in the United States. [...]
A Crowdstrike report looking into access brokers' advertisements since 2019 has identified a preference in academic, government, and technology entities based in the United States. [...]