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In the News | After a Cyber Attack: Dos and Don’ts for Higher Education IT Staff

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This article was originally published in Campus Technology on 5.10.23 For most colleges and universities, it’s a question of when, not if, they will experience a cyber attack. The post In the News | After a Cyber Attack: Dos and Don’ts for Higher Education IT Staff appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Iranian Agonizing Serpens APT is targeting Israeli entities with destructive cyber attacks

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Iran-linked Agonizing Serpens group has been targeting Israeli organizations with destructive cyber attacks since January. Based on our telemetry, the most targeted organizations belong to the education and technology sectors.” ” concludes the report that also includes indicators of compromise (IoCs).

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Microsoft Uncovers 'Moonstone Sleet' — New North Korean Hacker Group

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A never-before-seen North Korean threat actor codenamed Moonstone Sleet has been attributed as behind cyber attacks targeting individuals and organizations in the software and information technology, education, and defense industrial base sectors with ransomware and bespoke malware previously associated with the infamous Lazarus Group.

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Cyber Attack news headlines trending on Google

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Microsoft released a report that cloud applications are acting as catalysts for cyber attacks as it detected over 1.5 million attack attempts on cloud environments in a time frame of just 60 months. Barracuda study also discovered that the industries that were affected were education, municipalities, healthcare, IT and finance.

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Submarine Cables vulnerable to Cyber Attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

Most majority of educated individuals are aware that the internet connects people worldwide through underwater cables spanning the depths of the ocean. However, what many fail to realize is that these cables are susceptible to digital attacks that have the potential to trigger global internet disruptions lasting for days or even weeks.

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Queensland University of Technology hit by Ransomware

CyberSecurity Insiders

A ransomware hit Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in the early hours of today, crippling a portion of the institute’s network from the past 5 hours. Australia’s telecom networks (Optus) along with an insurance brand(Medibank) were hit by a ransomware attack recently and now an educational institute is ready to join the list.

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Threat actors target K-12 distance learning education, CISA and FBI warn

Security Affairs

The US Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency and the FBI warned about the increase in ransomware attacks targeting the US K-12 educational sector. The US CISA and the FBI warned about the increase in ransomware attacks targeting the US K-12 educational sector aimed at data theft and disruption of distance learning services.

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