If you ask parents and kids what their favorite days of the year are, many of the answers will be similar – but there’ll be one key difference. And that day comes to certain days of school… Kids’ favorite school day is typically the last day of the academic year: the onset of summer and freedom – what could be better? Hell, Alice Cooper even wrote a song about it. For parents, … [Read more...] about Tips for parents sending kids back to school
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How to safeguard your kids and their gadgets in the new school year
The start of the new school year plunges many parents back into the traditional routine: packing the kids off to school in the morning, and helping with homework in the evening. However, this ordered life is being disrupted by new technologies, which are rewriting the rules of digital hygiene. As ever, the first who have to get to grips with them are the parents. In this series … [Read more...] about How to safeguard your kids and their gadgets in the new school year
Researchers Find Backdoor in School Management Plugin for WordPress
Multiple versions of a WordPress plugin by the name of "School Management Pro" harbored a backdoor that could grant an adversary complete control over vulnerable websites. The issue, spotted in premium versions before 9.9.7, has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2022-1609 and is rated 10 out of 10 for severity. The backdoor, which is believed to have existed since version … [Read more...] about Researchers Find Backdoor in School Management Plugin for WordPress
Cisco Secure Endpoint Strikes Balance for School IT Teams
Education networks are a student data hub – everything from school records, social security numbers, to health records is available. Unfortunately, this data is a natural target for threat actors seeking to land and expand prized PII for their own goals. To ensure data protection, Education IT and security operation teams need to guard against ransomware and other threats. … [Read more...] about Cisco Secure Endpoint Strikes Balance for School IT Teams
School hacking | Kaspersky official blog
School exams not going quite according to plan? It can happen to anyone. Most of those affected will pick themselves up, retake the tests, or change their goals. But in a few cases, students may be tempted to cheat their way to success. Over the years, an underground industry has grown up around that temptation, from discussion fora and how-to videos for hacking into your … [Read more...] about School hacking | Kaspersky official blog