Ransomware attacks continued to climb in 2025 as attackers increasingly timed operations around year-end staffing gaps and shifted away from traditional file encryption, according to a new report from NordStellar.
Education's combination of high-value data, sophisticated threats, and operational complexity makes cybersecurity risk management a top priority.
Ransomware attacks across the globe increased by 32% in 2025 — but in the education sector, attacks appeared to plateau, according to the latest research from Comparitech.
Many education institutions have a troubling gap in AI security: AI systems affecting students, including minors, deployed without adversarial testing to identify vulnerabilities before attackers or unintended behaviors cause harm.
AI-based cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has signed a definitive agreement to acquire identity security firm SGNL in a deal valued at approximately $740 million.
Data protection platform AvePoint has unveiled a command center to help organizations monitor artificial intelligence agents, addressing security risks and rising expenses as organizations deploy more automated AI tools.
San Francisco-based AI developer Anthropic recently reported that attackers linked to China leveraged its Claude Code AI to carry out intrusions against about 30 global organizations.
DevOps platform provider JFrog has taken aim at a growing challenge for enterprises: users deploying AI tools without IT approval.
According to Google Cloud's 2026 Cybersecurity Forecast, AI will become standard for both cyber attackers and defenders, with threats expanding to virtualization systems, blockchain networks, and nation-state operations.
Printers may not be glamorous, but they are an often-overlooked attack vector that should be part of every district's cybersecurity strategy.