Why Are Schools Underreporting Cyberattacks?

January 20, 2023

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’…

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FinCEN: US financial institutions processed ~$1.2B in likely ransomware payments in 2021, up ~3x YoY; ~75% of ransomware incidents in H2 2021 were Russia-linked (Chelsey Cox/CNBC)

Chelsey Cox / CNBC:
FinCEN: US financial institutions processed ~$1.2B in likely ransomware payments in 2021, up ~3x YoY; ~75% of ransomware incidents in H2 2021 were Russia-linked — – U.S. banks and financial institutions processed more than $1 billion in potential ransomware-related payments in 2021.

November 2, 2022

Europol says it has arrested Russian national in Canada linked to LockBit ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure organizations and high-profile companies (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Europol says it has arrested Russian national in Canada linked to LockBit ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure organizations and high-profile companies — Europol has announced today the arrest of a Russian national linked to LockBit ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure organizations …

November 11, 2022

What Do K–12 IT Leaders Need to Know About Cyber Liability Insurance for School Districts?

As cyberattacks against K–12 districts become more frequent and more sophisticated, school leaders are paying the price in the form of cyber liability insurance premium…

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Review: Cisco Umbrella Offers Full-Coverage Cloud Security

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…

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Survey of 1,203 cybersecurity professionals: 33%+ said their organization lost more money from holiday or weekend ransomware attacks, up from 13% in 2021 (Meridith Levinson/Cybersecurity Software)

Meridith Levinson / Cybersecurity Software:
Survey of 1,203 cybersecurity professionals: 33%+ said their organization lost more money from holiday or weekend ransomware attacks, up from 13% in 2021 — As the holidays approach, security leaders wanting to give their teams some much deserved extra time off may get caught in a bind.

November 17, 2022

Q&A with the CEO of Clearwater Compliance, a health care-focused cybersecurity firm, on HIPAA, ransomware attacks, medical IoT device vulnerabilities, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with the CEO of Clearwater Compliance, a health care-focused cybersecurity firm, on HIPAA, ransomware attacks, medical IoT device vulnerabilities, and more — Ransomware attacks still plague our healthcare system. Steve Cagle’s cybersecurity company is trying to prevent them.

October 31, 2022

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