Education Sector
Piles of textbooks, clattering typewriters, and dusty chalkboards are the stuff of myth and legend now. The new education sector is saturated with cutting edge technologies, often before the mass market knows that they exist, and often on a shoestring budget. BlackLake Security is here to help with security education and solutions that fit your unique needs.
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08/31/2022
Student Loan Breach Exposes 2.5M Records
2.5 million people were affected, in a breach that could spell more trouble down the line. This post was... More >
08/30/2022
Watering Hole Attacks Push ScanBox Keylogger
Researchers uncover a watering hole attack likely carried out by APT TA423, which attempts to plant the ScanBox JavaScript-based reconnaissance... More >
08/29/2022
Tentacles of ‘0ktapus’ Threat Group Victimize 130 Firms
Over 130 companies tangled in sprawling phishing campaign that spoofed a multi-factor authentication system. This post was originally published... More >
08/26/2022
Ransomware Attacks are on the Rise
Lockbit is by far this summer’s most prolific ransomware group, trailed by two offshoots of the Conti group. This... More >
08/25/2022
Cybercriminals Are Selling Access to Chinese Surveillance Cameras
Tens of thousands of cameras have failed to patch a critical, 11-month-old CVE, leaving thousands of organizations exposed. This... More >
08/24/2022
Twitter Whistleblower Complaint: The TL;DR Version
Twitter is blasted for security and privacy lapses by the company’s former head of security who alleges the social media... More >
08/23/2022
Firewall Bug Under Active Attack Triggers CISA Warning
CISA is warning that Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS is under active attack and needs to be patched ASAP. This... More >
08/22/2022
Fake Reservation Links Prey on Weary Travelers
Fake travel reservations are exacting more pain from the travel weary, already dealing with the misery of canceled flights and... More >
08/19/2022
iPhone Users Urged to Update to Patch 2 Zero-Days
Separate fixes to macOS and iOS patch respective flaws in the kernel and WebKit that can allow threat actors to... More >
08/18/2022
Google Patches Chrome’s Fifth Zero-Day of the Year
Google has patched the fifth actively exploited zero-day vulnerability discovered in Chrome this year as one in a series of... More >
08/17/2022
APT Lazarus Targets Engineers with macOS Malware
The North Korean APT is using a fake job posting for Coinbase in a cyberespionage campaign targeting users of both... More >
08/16/2022