Cyber Criminals continue to target the UK education
The National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) recently published an update, which can be found here,  about an increased number of ransomware attacks that have been affecting education establishments within the UK. These attacks have targeted schools, colleges, and universities. The attached link to the report provides great in-depth detail including the recent trends that have been observed recently in ransomware attacks within the UK education sector. The report also provides additional information in regards to the trends that were observed during August and September 2020, along with the more recent ransomware attacks that have occurred since the beginning of 2021.

This report is worth reading should you want to be more aware of just what the most common attacks are currently and will provide information for you to know what to safeguard against. Should you feel you would like to discuss any cyber security concerns you may have, or just want a sanity check to reassure that you have no security vulnerabilities, then please contact the Qual Infosec team using the contact details below and we would be happy to discuss with you further.

E-mail: info@qual.co.uk or call us on 0800 368 8427.