As the 2023 academic year kicks off, schools across the globe are facing an escalating cybersecurity crisis, the Atlas VPN team reports. Data shows the education sector is the most targeted industry by cybercriminals, primarily motivated by the high percentage of schools choosing to pay the ransom. A recent Sophos survey of 3,000 IT and […]

Barracuda Networks, provider of cloud-first security solutions, published its Fifth Annual Threat Spotlight on Ransomware. The new report looks at ransomware attack patterns that occurred between August 2022 and July 2023. Barracuda researchers analysed 175 publicly reported successful ransomware attacks across the world between August 2022 and July 2023, and in the primary categories Barracuda […]

ThriveDX, a global leader in cybersecurity and digital skills training, continues its mission to reskill and upskill the global cybersecurity workforce with the launch of a cybersecurity apprenticeship programme that will create job opportunities for diverse cyber talent at no-training cost. This unique programme, made possible through strategic partnerships with non-profit organisations focusing on registered […]

Aruba S.p.A, the main Italian cloud provider and leader in data centre services, web hosting, email, PEC and domain registration, has announced the birth of ArubaKube, a spin-off of the Polytechnic University of Turin and an Aruba centre of excellence for research, development and innovation in cloud native technologies. The headquarters of ArubaKube is located […]

Thousands of satellites are currently orbiting the Earth and there will be many more in the future. Researchers from Ruhr University Bochum and the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Saarbrücken have assessed the security of these systems from an IT perspective. They analysed three current low-earth orbit satellites and found that, from a […]

In response to the growing threat of ransomware attacks against schools around the world, IBM announced it will provide in-kind grants valued at $5 million to help address cybersecurity resiliency in schools. Since its creation in 2021, the IBM Education Security Preparedness Grants programme has expanded globally, and this year will also include enhanced offerings […]

In response to the growing threat of ransomware attacks against schools around the world, IBM has announced it will provide in-kind grants valued at US$5 million to help address cybersecurity resiliency in schools. Since its creation in 2021, the IBM Education Security Preparedness Grants programme has expanded globally and this year will also include enhanced […]

NHS details of more than a million patients have been compromised in a cyberattack, senior health chiefs have been warned. A recent ransomware attack on the University of Manchester affected an NHS patient dataset that holds information on 1.1 million patients across 200 hospitals, according to a report in The Independent. Among the details potentially […]

SANS Institute, a global leader in cybersecurity training, has announced a partnership with the Kuwait Institute of Banking Studies (KIBS), the training arm overseen by the Central Bank of Kuwait. This alliance brings together the expertise of both institutions to deliver an intensive, immersive Cyber Security Leaders Program, designed to create a new front line of cybersecurity […]

Red Helix, a leading UK cybersecurity managed service provider, has launched an innovative coding club for primary school children that will provide them with additional exposure to the real world applications of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The goal of this project is to start addressing the chronic shortage of cyber skills in the […]