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securitymagazine.comThe education space has become a major target for cybercriminals. In fact, CISA and the FBI recently issued a joint statement warning K-12 schools of worsening dangers in 2021 after a recent 57% spike ransomware attacks in the sector. So, how can teachers and students stay safe? Here, we speak with Kelvin Coleman, Executive Director, National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) about how educators and K-12 cybersecurity leaders can better protect students’ privacy during distance learning sessions. ...

securitymagazine.comThe FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center has released its annual report. The 2020 Internet Crime Report includes information from 791,790 complaints of suspected internet crime—an increase of more than 300,000 complaints from 2019—and reported losses exceeding $4.2 billion. State-specific statistics have also been released and can be found within the 2020 Internet Crime Report and in the accompanying 2020 State Reports....

securitymagazine.comData protection challenges are undermining organizations’ ability to execute Digital Transformation (DX) initiatives globally, according to the Veeam Data Protection Report 2021, which has found that 58% of backups fail leaving data unprotected. The report revealed that against the backdrop of COVID-19 and ensuing economic uncertainty, which 40% of CXOs cite as the biggest threat to their organization’s DX in the next 12 months, inadequate data protection and the challenges to business continuity posed by the pandemic are hindering organizations’ initiatives to transform....

threatpost.comThe popular learning-management system for teacher-student communication is rife with SQL-injection vulnerabilities....

Heise Sicherheits NewsEine Behörden-Norm des Bundesamts für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik könnte auch anderen Organisationen als Richtschnur für sicheres Konferieren dienen....

TheHackersNewsPrivacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo called out rival Google for "spying" on users after the search giant updated its flagship app to spell out the exact kinds of information it collects for personalization and marketing purposes. "After months of stalling, Google finally revealed how much personal data they collect in Chrome and the Google app. No wonder they wanted to hide it," the company...

TheHackersNewsWhen a user account becomes locked out, the cause is often attributed to a user who has simply entered an old or incorrect password too many times. However, this is far from being the only thing that can cause an account to become locked. Another common cause, for example, is an application or script that is configured to log into the system using an old password. Perhaps the most easily...

securitymagazine.comAmanda Fennell, Chief Security Officer (CSO) at global legal and compliance technology company Relativity, has decided to bring her experience to audio in a new podcast called Security Sandbox....

TheHackersNewsResearchers have disclosed vulnerabilities in multiple WordPress plugins that, if successfully exploited, could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code and take over a website in certain scenarios. The flaws were uncovered in Elementor, a website builder plugin used on more than seven million sites, and WP Super Cache, a tool used to serve cached pages of a WordPress site. According to Wordfence...

Heise Sicherheits NewsWer zählen konnte, konnte Ergebnisse und persönliche Daten Fremder abrufen. Über 80.000 Deutsche und Österreicher waren gefährdet. Nun ist das Leck abgedichtet....

securitymagazine.comEmployees create content on a daily basis. Much of this content has no long-term value and is not business critical, however, a small percentage is key to running operations. If this data goes missing or falls into the wrong hands due to a ransomware attack, an organization could be severely wounded and could be at the risk of extinction....

securitymagazine.comSecurity teams need an ally that can help them make meaningful progress, no matter where they are in their maturity. In other words, you need vendors who support your mission—an Alfred Pennyworth to your Batman, if you will. While your organization is out serving society, you need to have someone watching your back, making sure operations run like clockwork....

TheHackersNewsThe U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday announced an indictment against Jean-Francois Eap, the CEO of encrypted messaging company Sky Global, and an associate for wilfully participating in a criminal enterprise to help international drug traffickers avoid law enforcement. Eap (also known as "888888") and Thomas Herdman, a former high-level distributor of Sky Global devices, have been...

TheHackersNewsCybersecurity researchers on Monday disclosed a new wave of ongoing attacks exploiting multiple vulnerabilities to deploy new Mirai variants on internet connected devices. "Upon successful exploitation, the attackers try to download a malicious shell script, which contains further infection behaviors such as downloading and executing Mirai variants and brute-forcers," Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42...

threatpost.comThe ‘young mastermind’ of the Twitter hack will serve three years in juvenile detention. ...

threatpost.comThe Cisco security vulnerability exists in the RV132W ADSL2+ Wireless-N VPN Routers and RV134W VDSL2 Wireless-AC VPN Routers....

Heise Sicherheits NewsLaut CERT Bund läuft eine Mining-Schadsoftware auf "mindestens 600 Exchange-Servern". Administratoren sollten auch bereits gepatchte Maschinen checken....

threatpost.comThe American Rescue Act is the latest zeitgeisty lure being circulated in an email campaign....

threatpost.comA new Mimecast update reveals the SolarWinds hackers accessed several "limited" source code repositories....

threatpost.comResearchers say China-linked APTs lure victims with bogus Huawei career pages in what they dub ‘Operation Diànxùn’....