Cybersecurity

An after-action report from the Nevada Governor’s Technology Office says a spoofed website and search engine optimization poisoning led to the ransomware attack that shut down government offices in late August.

With the average cost of breaches on the rise, cybersecurity must be regarded like any other disaster, according to the Local Government Cybersecurity Alliance. Residual costs of incidents must be accounted for, a co-founder said.

School administrators and cybersecurity experts held a conference in Charlottesville recently to learn from each other and discuss how their school divisions and agencies are working to fend off future cyber attacks.

Cyber criminals who stole data from the University of Pennsylvania wrote an email crudely criticizing its admissions, alleging the university "love[s] legacies, donors, and unqualified affirmative action admits."

As state and local agencies worry about cybersecurity budget cuts and increased attacks, public officials and researchers try to build a network to boost digital defenses. Leaders of the effort discuss their aims.

The University of Texas at San Antonio's Cyber Range is part of the city's $200 million Ready to Work program, but only 316 of 741 people who've completed the IT or cybersecurity training have gotten jobs in the industry.

Leaders from the University of Kentucky and Lipscomb University said cyber insurance is not a one-size-fits-all process, and communication with insurers is key to making coverage work with institutional needs.

A recent Amazon Web Services report points to continued global cloud growth across sectors, with security, compliance and cost ranking among the key factors shaping adoption.

An additional layer of tech is helping the state’s Employment Development Department, targeted by fraudsters during the COVID-19 pandemic, smooth out identity verification and make defenses harder to penetrate.

School officials say students are improving their skills at open source intelligence gathering, steganography and network traffic analysis through an annual cybersecurity competition at Danville Community College, Va.

As we enter the holiday shopping season, more people are using AI tools and tips to shop for deals and protect themselves online. Here’s how.

Starting in February, CyberCorps program recruits received cancellation notices for work offers at agencies like NASA, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Defense Contract Management Agency.

A series of cyber attacks on public defenders’ offices in multiple western states have spotlighted the technological vulnerabilities of an often overlooked but critical part of the U.S. judicial system.

Given new pressures from emerging tech, funding cuts and public skepticism, EDUCAUSE’s list of priorities for higher education in 2026 calls for strong data foundations, AI literacy and collaboration.

The 2025 Fall Cybersecurity Summit at Thiel College in Pennsylvania last week involved a variety of speakers on three different panels focused on industry, education and military and government affairs.

A cut to federal food assistance is looming, but residents have been struggling with the program for months. A cyber attack in July targeted a phone system that lets people call about their account information.

When schools across the U.S. were unable to access various learning management systems, security programs and online assessment tools hosted by AWS last week, teachers had to scramble to figure out workarounds.

This week's Cyber Awareness and Research Symposium is a student-oriented event to promote cybersecurity practices and recruit students to programs in cybersecurity, cybersecurity engineering and artificial intelligence.