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Cybersecurity experts at Proofpoint have identified a dramatic increase in phishing attacks targeting mostly North American universities, many of which leverage COVID-19 themes including testing information and the new Omicron variant.
A New York institution has succeeded in getting its users to adopt multi-factor authentication. Hobart and William Smith Colleges began its MFA adoption in the 2019-2020 school year, tightening authentication procedures gradually among specific applications and web services and across its community of students, faculty, staff and network guests.
WatchGuard Technologies has introduced four new mid-range models in its Firebox line of unified threat management appliances.
Ransomware and fileless malware are both seeing large surges this year, according to a newly released report from WatchGuard Technologies.
In the first half of 2021, dedicated denial of service (DDoS) attacks were up by double digits. But somehow schools, colleges and universities, despite being favorite targets for ransomware and various other forms of malware, have been by and large overlooked — even as DDoS becomes a companion tool in ransomware incidents.
SANS Institute has introduced a new curriculum designed to help non-technical learners enter the cybersecurity field.
Washington, D.C.'s Howard University announced this week that its online and hybrid classes have been suspended in the wake of a ransomware attack.
Criminals engaging in intrusion into information systems are getting much more efficient at what they do, according to a new threat report from data security firm CrowdStrike. And intrusions into academic systems are soaring.
Women in Cybersecurity, an organization devoted to recruiting, retaining and advancing women in the cybersecurity field, has expanded its Cybersecurity Training Scholarship Program thanks to funding from Google, Facebook and Bloomberg.
