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Team LOKGEN March 14, 2022

Education leaders have taken a strong stance on preventing cyberattacks, especially with so many users learning and working from home during the pandemic.
Attackers have taken advantage of the recent chaos, launching more attacks than ever. Even before the pandemic, ransomware attacks on K–12 schools had become increasingly common. In 2021, more than a thousand schools fell victim to ransomware attacks, according to a January 2022 Emsisoft report.
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Cybercriminals have grown more sophisticated with their ransomware…

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A look at enterprise networking infrastructure startup Nile, led by two former Cisco executives, which has quietly raised $125M in the past four years (CNBC)

CNBC:
A look at enterprise networking infrastructure startup Nile, led by two former Cisco executives, which has quietly raised $125M in the past four years — – Nile is being led by Cisco’s former development chief Pankaj Patel and was co-founded by John Chambers, who spent two decades as Cisco’s CEO.

September 14, 2022

LastPass says attackers accessed customers’ data after breaching its cloud storage using information stolen during a security incident in August 2022 (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
LastPass says attackers accessed customers’ data after breaching its cloud storage using information stolen during a security incident in August 2022 — LastPass says unknown attackers breached its cloud storage using information stolen during a previous security incident from August 2022.

December 1, 2022

Cisco reports Q1 revenue up 6% YoY to $13.6B, vs. $13.3B est., including Secure, Agile Networks up 12% YoY to $6.68B, and increases its FY 2023 revenue guidance (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Cisco reports Q1 revenue up 6% YoY to $13.6B, vs. $13.3B est., including Secure, Agile Networks up 12% YoY to $6.68B, and increases its FY 2023 revenue guidance — – Cisco reported fiscal first-quarter results on Wednesday that beat analysts’ estimates on top and bottom lines.

November 16, 2022

Sources: Apple, Samsung, and Xiaomi express concerns over India’s home-grown GPS plan, arguing integrating the system would be costly and require new hardware (Reuters)

Reuters:
Sources: Apple, Samsung, and Xiaomi express concerns over India’s home-grown GPS plan, arguing integrating the system would be costly and require new hardware — India is pushing tech giants to make smartphones compatible with its home-grown navigation system within months …

September 26, 2022

Why Are Schools Underreporting Cyberattacks?

Despite more government interest in K–12 organizations’ cybersecurity infrastructure, not to mention higher thresholds for cyber insurance, an Emsisoft report found a 15 percent increase in attacks against educational institutions in which data was exfiltrated.
“Data was exfiltrated in at least 58 incidents (65 percent) compared to in 44 incidents the previous year (50 percent),” the report noted. Ransomware potentially impacted 1,981 schools in 2022, compared with 1,043 schools that were potentially impacted the previous year.
Even with K–12 IT teams working hard to protect their districts’…

January 20, 2023

Checklist: Don’t Fall Victim to These Common Incident Response Mistakes

In the midst of a cybersecurity incident is not the time for K–12 IT leaders to discover their incident response plan has flaws. While having an IR plan is a positive first step for teams, they also need to ensure the plan will be effective when an attack occurs.
There is no single correct way to create an incident response plan, and the scope of these plans will vary by organization. However, there are common mistakes that all K–12 leaders should avoid.
Click the banner to explore incident response resources from the experts at CDW.

October 11, 2022

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