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2024 State of Ransomware in Education: 92% spike in K-12 attacks

Malwarebytes

The Threat Landscape The top gangs that targeted the education sector between January 2023 and December 2023 include LockBit (60), Vice Society/Rhysida (44) , CL0P (22), Medusa (17), and Akira (15). Again, LockBit and Vice Society/Rhysida emerge as the most consistently prolific attackers against the Education sector.

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The 2023 State of Ransomware in Education: 84% increase in attacks over 6-month period

Malwarebytes

The Threat Landscape The leading gangs that targeted the education sector between June 2022 and May 2023 include Vice Society with 43 attacks, LockBit with 33, BianLian (18), Royal (16), and AvosLocker (15). The USA bore the brunt, with 107 reported attacks. Download the Threat Brief How to avoid ransomware Block common forms of entry.

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Infrastructure Hygiene: Why It’s Critical for Protection

Security Boulevard

After many decades as security professionals, it is depressing to have the same issues repeatedly. Get up, clean up after stupid users, handle a new attack, fill out compliance report, and then do it all over again. Of course, we all live in an asymmetrical world when it comes to security. The fundamentals are just… boring.

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Vendor incidents lead the 10 biggest health care data breaches of 2021 so far

SC Magazine

It’s a staggering statistic on its own, considering there have been a host of other security incidents impacting more than 100,000 individuals that did not make the ongoing list. Thus, the mid-year breach update should serve as a wake-up call for the sector to review vendor contracts and assess their security processes.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking APIs

ForAllSecure

APIs are vital in our mobile digital world, but the consequences of API security flaws have yet to be seen. During the pandemic sales of the Home Fitness cycle peloton grew massively, given its popularity, it's natural that security researchers would want to take a look. That kind of makes Jason a one person red team.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking APIs

ForAllSecure

APIs are vital in our mobile digital world, but the consequences of API security flaws have yet to be seen. During the pandemic sales of the Home Fitness cycle peloton grew massively, given its popularity, it's natural that security researchers would want to take a look. That kind of makes Jason a one person red team.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: So You Want To Be A Pentester

ForAllSecure

In a few minutes I’m going to talk to a pentester who’s written a book that can help take your current skills as a sys admin and security engineer and turn them into skills needed to become a great digital pentester. This episode dives into vulnerabilities discovered in web servers. I mean really? Watch EP 01 See TV Guide.