Western Sydney University has been hit by a major scam after mass emails were sent to students and alumni, including some claiming that degrees had been “revoked”. Two different emails appear to have been sent from accounts where students and...
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In higher education, Sophos said attackers lean more on weaknesses within institutions’ software, exploiting universities’ security infrastructure. Breaches linked to unpatched technology “penetrated establishments in 35 percent of attacks,” the report...
Educational institutions are particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks because they store a gold mine of sensitive information. If a hacker can access an educational database, they can get personal information, such as social security numbers, names, birth...
The breach affects data used by Activate Learning Bracknell and Wokingham College on Church Road, Bracknell and other educational institutions for Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. Click here to read the full articleGÉANT does not necessarily...
University of Iowa Health Care and its affiliate, UI Community HomeCare, disclosed last week that a July cyberattack exposed the personal and health information of more than 211,000 people. Click here to read the full articleGÉANT does not necessarily...