UK university students at risk from email scams, says report
Research has found that none of the UK’s top 10 universities actively block fraudulent emails from reaching recipients. Proofpoint has released data identifying that 97% of the top universities in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia are lagging on basic cybersecurity measures, subjecting students, staff and stakeholders to higher risk of email-based impersonation attacks. […]
50% of UK universities have reported data breaches in last 12 months
More than half of UK universities reported a data breach to the ICO in the last year, while 46% of all university staff received no security training and almost a quarter of institutions (24%) did not commission a penetration test from a third party. That’s according to research conducted by Redscan on the state of cyber security […]
