British universities are being hit by hundreds of successful cyber-attacks every year, reports the Times. More than 1,152 intrusions into UK university networks had been recorded in 2016-17, it said.…
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Hacker 'Rasputin' Probes Top Unis and Governments for SQLi Bugs
‘Rasputin’ has subsequently targeted over 60 universities and federal, state, and local US government agencies. By Phil Muncaster A prolific Russian-speaking hacker has been systematically locating and exploiting SQLi vulnerabilities…
University hit 21 times in one year by ransomware
Universities and NHS trusts in England have been hit hard by ransomware in the last year, according to Freedom of Information requests carried out by two cybersecurity firms. By Zoe…
Universities suffer cyber-attack
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks began on Monday. University students across the UK have been unable to submit work, after the academic computer network known as Janet came under…