On September 19, Darren Pauli reported: Multiple zero-day security vulnerabilities have been found in the world’s most popular educational software – holes that allow students to change grades and download unpublished exams, whilst allowing criminals to steal personal information. Vulnerabilities in the Blackboard Learn platform have the potential to affect millions of school and university…
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NM: Schools take closer look at computer security
It’s nice to see some schools getting the message and being proactive on preventing ID theft or reducing the risk. Reyes Mata reports: To protect students from becoming part of an identity theft scam, schools in Las Cruces have responded to online security threats by no longer collecting Social Security numbers from students. “We used…
101 Sites hacked and huge amounts of data leaked by Stohanko
As earlier reported there has been a huge dump of accounts, data and personal information from a huge range of websites and this comes from a hacker by the name of Stohanko. All together we have count 101 sites, huge amount of data and personal information which ranges from emails, phone numbers, full names and address. There…
Two years later, Texas parent who reported a breach gets prosecutors off his back and his laptop returned
A Texas parent who reported a school district security breach involving sensitive student records spent the next two years facing federal charges and trying to get his laptop back Back in August 2009, DataBreaches.net reported that a parent had his work and personal computers seized by the FBI after he reported a security breach to his…
International Institute of Information Technology hacked and accounts leaked by CYB3R-M4FI4
International Institute of Information Technology (https://alumni.iiit.ac.in/) has been hacked and had a dump of accounts leaked onto pastebin. all the accounts seem to be user accounts with emails, usernames and encrypted passwords. The institute was set up in the year 1998 with seed support from the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The Institute strives to combine highest…
Survey Says Only 18 Percent of Colleges Believe Their Security Access Control Is Effective
Data from independent research, Effective Management of Safe & Secure Openings & Identities, shows 82 percent of public, private and 2-year specialized colleges and universities believe they are not very effective at managing safe and secure openings or identities. Only 18 percent believe they are very effective at granting or denying access to appropriate individuals or…