Security & Privacy


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ED Grant Portal Target of Phishing Campaign

Threat researchers at BforeAI have identified a phishing campaign spoofing the U.S. Department of Education's G5 grant management portal.

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Report: AI Security Spend Surges While Traditional Security Budgets Shrink

A new report from global cybersecurity company Thales reveals that while enterprises are pouring resources into AI-specific protections, only 8% are encrypting the majority of their sensitive cloud data — leaving critical assets exposed even as AI-driven threats escalate and traditional security budgets shrink.

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Report Finds Agentic AI Protocol Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks

A new report from Backslash Security has identified significant security vulnerabilities in the Model Context Protocol (MCP), technology introduced by Anthropic in November 2024 to facilitate communication between AI agents and external tools.

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IBM Launches Agentic AI Governance and Security Platform

IBM has introduced a new software stack for enterprise IT teams tasked with managing the complex governance and security challenges posed by autonomous AI systems.

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Report: AI Security Controls Lag Behind Adoption of AI Cloud Services

According to a recent report from cybersecurity firm Wiz, nearly nine out of 10 organizations are already using AI services in the cloud — but fewer than one in seven have implemented AI-specific security controls.

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Cloud Security Auditing Tool Uses AI to Validate Providers' Security Assessments

The Cloud Security Alliance has unveiled a new artificial intelligence-powered system that automates the validation of cloud service providers' (CSPs) security assessments, aiming to improve transparency and trust across the cloud computing landscape.

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Report Identifies Malicious Use of AI in Cloud-Based Cyber Threats

A recent report from OpenAI identifies the misuse of artificial intelligence in cybercrime, social engineering, and influence operations, particularly those targeting or operating through cloud infrastructure. In "Disrupting Malicious Uses of AI: June 2025," the company outlines how threat actors are weaponizing large language models for malicious ends — and how OpenAI is pushing back.

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Majority of Districts Lack Dedicated Cybersecurity Funding

According to a recent CoSN survey, most school districts (61%) do not have dedicated funding to keep networks and data secure, instead relying on general funds to pay for cybersecurity efforts.

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Data Security Report Identifies Cloud Governance Gaps, AI Impact

A recent Varonis data security report notes that excessive permissions and AI-driven risks are leaving cloud environments dangerously exposed.

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Establishing a Proactive Defense Against Evolving Cyber Threats

Here are six good starting points for K-12 districts that want to improve their cybersecurity mitigation strategies and take a more proactive approach to mitigating risk.