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Education Sector has Seen a 44% Rise in Cyber Attacks Since 2021

CyberSecurity Insiders

From banking to personal data collection, schools must ensure that their systems come with security features and that their employees comply with those security features. That layered approach to security is critical, as creating additional barriers can frustrate and repel lower-level hacking groups looking for easy money.

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MY TAKE: SMBs can do much more to repel ransomware, dilute disinformation campaigns

The Last Watchdog

Local government agencies remain acutely exposed to being hacked. However, at this moment in history, two particularly worrisome types of cyber attacks are cycling up and hitting local government entities hard: ransomware sieges and election tampering. That’s long been true.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: The Internet As A Pen Test

ForAllSecure

Chris Gray of Deep Watch talks about the view from the inside of a virtual SOC, the ability to see threats against a large number of SMB organizations, and the changes to cyber insurance we’re seeing as a result. It’s about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living. And why is that?