K-12 schools face cybersecurity risks inside and outside of the classroom
As students return to school, it’s crucial for administrators and IT teams to stay vigilant against opportunistic threat actors.
Google has stepped in to clarify that a newly introduced Android System SafetyCore app does not perform any client-side scanning of content. “Android provides many on-device protections that safeguard users against threats like malware, messaging spam and abuse protections, and phone scam protections, while preserving user privacy and keeping users in control of their data,”…
The threat actor known as Sticky Werewolf has been linked to targeted attacks primarily in Russia and Belarus with the aim of delivering the Lumma Stealer malware by means of a previously undocumented implant. Cybersecurity company Kaspersky is tracking the activity under the name Angry Likho, which it said bears a “strong resemblance” to Awaken…
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: location data of 800,000 electric Volkswagen cars leaked, DoubleClickjacking attack, China denies hacking US Treasury. The post In Other News: Volkswagen Data Leak, DoubleClickjacking, China Denies Hacking US Treasury appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Ryan Price reports on The Manchester Evening News: The Post Office has agreed to pay compensation to hundreds of former subpostmasters whose names and addresses were accidentally leaked during a data breach last year. Last June, the personal details of 555 victims of the Horizon IT scandal were published on the Post Office’s website. What…
Firefox browser maker Mozilla on Friday updated its Terms of Use a second time within a week following criticism overbroad language that appeared to give the company the rights to all information uploaded by users. The revised Terms of Use now states – You give Mozilla the rights necessary to operate Firefox. This includes processing…
Excelsior Orthopaedics says the information of roughly 357,000 patients and employees was stolen in a June 2024 data breach. The post Excelsior Orthopaedics Data Breach Impacts 357,000 People appeared first on SecurityWeek.