Yes, a hacked website can happen to your school. Here, the myths, misinformation, and truths. Plus, tips for protecting yourself. If you surfed the Internet in 1994, you could probably have gone to all 3,000 websites. (And back then, a hacked website was rare.) Today, you’d be hard pressed to visit even a tiny fraction …
by Lisa McComsey 
Email phishing scams are flooding the Internet: How not to get lured in. Nearly 85 percent of American and British organizations have been victims of phishing attacks, most delivered by email (other popular vehicles include mobile devices, social media, and phone calls). Financial loss, productivity slowdown, and reputation damage are just some of the consequences …
by Lisa McComsey 
An old cybercrime that first surfaced in the late ‘80s, ransomware has re-emerged as a sinister plague. It can infect school networks—and pretty much everyone else on the planet who has access to a computer and the Internet. According to the FBI, ransomware victims in the U.S. doled out $209 million in first quarter 2016, compared …
by Lisa McComsey 
Are your endusers vulnerable to social engineering? The scammers are counting on it. You’ve gone to great lengths to protect your school network with firewalls, filters, and anti-virus software. But you’ve still got a weak link (or hundreds). It’s called your end-user. Any one of staff members or students could fall for a social-engineering scam that devastates …
by Lisa McComsey 
Could your school district be next? Here’s how to protect your network from hackers. Hack jobs are on the rise. Every week, it seems, we hear stories about someone infiltrating a K–12 network. Sure, you do your best to protect your network from hackers. But it’s not so simple. Among these hackers are crafty scammers, ranging from …
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