Lansing Community College (LCC), a public community college located in Michigan, has agreed to a $1.45 million settlement in response to a class action lawsuit alleging the school failed to protect the personal information of employees, vendors, and...
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The ransomware attack on the BBZ follows another on the University of Zurich, Switzerland’s largest university, last year that was described as “part of a current accumulation of attacks on educational and health institutions.” The wave of hacks...
With nearly 6,000 higher education institutions housing vast amounts of sensitive data—ranging from personal information to research with national security implications—colleges and universities have become prime targets for cybercriminals and nation...
The cyberthreats that Microsoft observes across different industries tend to be compounded in education, and threat actors have realized that this sector is inherently vulnerable. With an average of 2,507 cyberattack attempts per week, universities are...
A severe security flaw has been identified in FileSender, the popular web-based application that allows authenticated users to securely send large files. The vulnerability, classified as CVE-2024-45186, was discovered by security researcher Jonathan...