With back-to-school around the corner, Check Point Research (CPR) sees the highest volume of cyberattacks on the education and research sector. Hackers sent the most cyberattacks on the education and research sector every month in 2022 and in 2021, marking a 114% increase these past two years. The shift to remote learning during the COVID-19 […]

Proofpoint, a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, has released new research which found that the top universities in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom are lagging on basic cybersecurity measures, subjecting students, staff and stakeholders to higher risks of email-based impersonation attacks. Proofpoint’s research found that 97% of the top 10 universities across […]

Ericsson and King Mongkut University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) are partnering to support Thai students to build 5G ICT skills for the future. The partnership will provide KMUTT students with access to ‘Ericsson Educate,’ Ericsson’s online education initiative that supplements the students’ ongoing technical studies with courses that aim to strengthen their ICT skills and […]

SentinelLabs has uncovered a cluster of activity by threat actor, Aoqin Dragon, dating at least as far back as 2013. Aoqin Dragon’s primary focus is assessed to be espionage, targeting government, education and telecommunication organisations in south-east Asia and Australia. The threat actor has a history of using document lures with pornographic themes to infect […]

University College London (UCL), a leading research institution, faced almost 60 million malicious email attacks in the first three months of 2022, according to official figures. The data, which was obtained through the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and analysed by the Parliament Street think tank, revealed that a total of 58,628,604 spam, phishing, malware […]

Check Point Software Technologies, a leading provider of cybersecurity solutions globally, is supporting the Rakia Israeli space mission by hosting the communication to the specialised control centre, located at its headquarters in Tel Aviv where it will also be accommodating a visitor centre. On April 8, Israeli astronaut Eytan Stibbe took off from Cape Canaveral, […]

Palo Alto Networks, a global cybersecurity leader, has announced that it is working with Education Scotland to provide interactive learning to demystify cybersecurity for young people in Scotland. Children are spending an increasing amount of time online, whether for online learning, accessing content on the web or using social media platforms to stay in touch […]

The TEC Partnership, one of England’s largest providers of further and higher education, is transforming the way it defends against ransomware and other cyberthreats. The education provider recognised the need to go further — to introduce a complete, proactive approach to security and to do it cost-effectively. Harshad Taylor, Group Executive Director of IT, TEC Partnership, discusses […]

Cybersecurity experts at Aston University will work with the government to support its national cybersecurity strategy by mapping blind spots in the UK’s regional cybersecurity systems. The Cyber Security Innovation (CSI) Centre at Aston University will work with EY Cyber Security Consulting on the £180,000 project for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport […]

Digital Transformation has occurred across all industries – including education. Though the advantages of this are numerous, it has also posed new challenges around data security. Irfahn Khimji, Chief Systems Engineer at Tripwire, tells us what these new challenges are and provides advice for teams with limited resources on how they can create a simple but […]