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| Source |  AlienVault Blog |
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| Identifiant | 2560465 |
| Date de publication | 2021-03-30 10:00:00 (vue: 2021-03-30 10:05:51) |
| Titre | What educational institutions need to do to protect themselves from cyber threats |
| Texte | This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. Educational institutions are reaping the many benefits and new possibilities offered by online learning, but these new methods of educational instruction come with serious cyber security concerns. These institutions are also a prime focus for hackers because they often host a lot of sensitive data about teachers and students. Furthermore, schools and universities are an easy target because not every teacher or professor is technologically savvy. In fact, many educational institutions have been caught off guard amidst the pandemic and had to rush to implement a remote learning framework that they weren’t hitherto prepared to roll out. The increase in the different amount of devices used to connect to a network from a wide variety of locations adds another factor of complexity when it comes to cyber defense. To make matters worse, there are laws and regulations in place that require schools to abide by certain standards. Failure to comply with these regulations can result in loss of government funding or hefty fines. In this article, we will talk about the most common cyber attacks facing educational institutions today and top tips on how to prevent them. Cyber crime is on the rise As our society increasingly embraces a digital world, partially out of necessity due to the coronavirus pandemic, opportunities for cyber criminals grow more plentiful. In March 2020, the month that marked the onset of the confusion, fear and subsequent lockdowns caused by the global health crisis, organizations experienced a 148% increase in ransomware attacks. When possible, educational institutions should make efforts to allocate or obtain funding for experts that can assist in the area of cyber security. It’s not difficult to find statistics like the one mentioned above that indicate a great need for heightened vigilance towards cyber criminals. Ideally, a cloud-based help desk program can be vital to the cyber security of your organization, enabling staff or students to send alerts if they have reason to believe they have been hacked. A cyber security team that offers security measures such daily backups and regular security patches that can go a long way towards protecting your institution. As the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Top methods of attack used by cyber criminals against educational institutions According to Red Canary’s “Threat Detection Report,” the top three methods of attack facing educational institutions are from process injection, windows admin shares and scheduled tasks. Windows admin shares Most of us are familiar with the “administrative access” request from Windows, which is sometimes prompted when we need to install new programs or otherwise make changes to our settings. If a hacker can find a way to guess or steal an administrative user’s password, or access this through brute force, the entire system becomes compromised. Scheduled tasks Windows task scheduler allows users to arrange for a program or script to be run at a specific time or under certain circumstances. For example, some users might schedule for an antivirus program to run a scan on their computer late in the evening when the user is less likely to be on the computer. Alternatively, a user can schedule that a certai |
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