Security News > 2024 > March > Securing the future: Addressing cybersecurity challenges in the education sector

In this Help Net Security video, Kory Daniels, CISO at Trustwave, shines a light on the impact the current threat environment can have for both universities and students.

1.8 million devices related to the education industry are being publicly exposed globally- Ransomware attacks remain the dominant source of breaches for the education sector- Threat actors are selling VPN access to universities on the dark web- The "Russian Market" on the dark web has listed over 82,000 logs mentioning the name mit.

Edu in the past year - predominantly containing login credentials for subdomains of MIT- Students are being preyed upon with fake job offers- Fake university communications emails are impersonating university IT departments.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/03/08/universities-current-threat-environment-video/