Posts Tagged ‘virus’

student data privacy

Russia-linked spyware found on school laptops given to children by government from r/worldnews

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/russia-spyware-school-laptops-b1790759.html

Upon unboxing and preparing them, it was discovered that a number of the laptops were infected with a self-propagating network worm,” one teacher reportedly wrote

Laptops provided to schools in order to support vulnerable children learning from home during the coronavirus pandemic have been found to contain viruses.

Teachers from a Bradford school shared details about suspicious files they found on the machines which appeared to be trying to contact Russian servers, the BBC reported.

The government has sent schools over 800,000 laptops in order to help poorer children get the support they need, but have been roundly criticised about both the quality of the laptops and the time it takes to receive them.

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more on student data privacy and China in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2018/10/31/students-data-privacy/

bad rabbit virus

Bad Rabbit cryptoware attack: New virus hits companies in Russia, Turkey, Germany & Ukraine

https://www.rt.com/news/407655-bad-rabbit-cryptoware-attack/
Kaspersky Lab advised those who do not use anti-virus products to restrict execution of certain files (C:\Windows\infpub.dat, C:\Windows\cscc.dat) and shut down the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service. My note: let the wolf in the shed with sheep.
The source of the attack remained undetermined, but earlier this month the head of Microsoft, Brad Smith, pinned the blame for it on North Korea, which allegedly used cyber tools or weapons that were stolen from the National Security Agency in the United States. The top executive, however, did not provide evidence to back his claims.

New ransomware attack hits Russia and spreads around globe

Malware WARNING: ‘Bad Rabbit’ virus causes flight delays, is YOUR PC susceptible?

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/870887/Bad-Rabbit-Ransomware-Malware-UK-Virus

Bad Rabbit ransomware outbreak

 https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2017/10/24/bad-rabbit-ransomware-outbreak/

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more on cybersecurity in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=cybersecurity