Accountability Education System Administration 
Schneier on Security
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Meanwhile, only partially redacted names of CIA employees were sent over an unclassified email account. DOGE personnel are also reported to be feeding Education Department data into artificial intelligence software, and they have also started working at the Department of Energy. This story is moving very fast.
Malwarebytes
APRIL 9, 2024
In the past couple of weeks, we have observed an ongoing campaign targeting system administrators with fraudulent ads for popular system utilities. We have observed several different advertiser accounts which were all reported to Google. Yet, the threat has become prevalent enough to warrant better user education.
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Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 23, 2023
The City of Dallas revealed that the Royal ransomware gang that hit the city system in May used a stolen account. In May 2023, a ransomware attack hit the IT systems at the City of Dallas , Texas. To prevent the threat from spreading within the network, the City shut down the impacted IT systems. ” reads the report.
Security Affairs
APRIL 30, 2023
CERT-UA observed the campaign in April 2023, the malicious e-mails with the subject “Windows Update” were crafted to appear as sent by system administrators of departments of multiple government bodies. Most of the APT28s’ campaigns leveraged spear-phishing and malware-based attacks.
Security Boulevard
SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
These types of "unauthorized access" attacks account for 50% of all data breaches and can cost companies as much as $9.5M It has to be complemented with well-designed, enforceable policies, proven procedures, and strong system hygiene coupled with continuous education and awareness. Continuously educating your workforce.
Herjavec Group
OCTOBER 30, 2020
Like it or not, within a few months, educational institutions have now become enterprise IT entities, taking on all the responsibilities of securely delivering qualitative technology services. Ask your school system administrators to provide a copy of their incident response policies and plans. School Systems and Educators.
SecureList
OCTOBER 20, 2021
It could be compromised directly or by hacking the account of someone with access to the website management. The adoption of cloud servers made life easier for cybercriminals — now, if multiple complaints resulted in the suspension of an account, moving the data to a new server was a two-minute job.
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