Nearly 70% of education sector organisations surveyed by cybersecurity vendor Netwrix have suffered a cyberattack in the past year, with phishing and user account compromise the most common methods. Three-quarters of these attacks involved compromised user or admin accounts, compared to 48% in other sectors. Experts recommend regular security training, strong password policies, multifactor authentication and automated detection solutions to counter the threats.

Pakistani Threat Actors Targeting Indian Govt. With Email Mimic as ‘NIC eEmail Services’
A sophisticated phishing campaign orchestrated by Pakistan-linked threat actors has been discovered targeting Indian government entities by impersonating the National Informatics Centre’s email services. The