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2020-10-29 12:43
A report published Thursday by security firm Barracuda Networks details how schools are being hit by phishing emails and what they can do to better protect themselves.
Schools and colleges have been preyed on by specific types of phishing campaigns, including spear phishing and Business Email Compromise attacks.
Analyzing the 3.5 million spear phishing attacks seen from June through September 2020, Barracuda found that more than 1,000 educational institutions were targeted.
The types of attacks against schools also shifted from summer to fall.
In almost 90% of the BEC attacks against schools, the criminals used Gmail accounts to send their phishing emails.
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