Targeting colleges and other educational institutions proving to be 'good business' for cybercrimina

Image:  A spate of recent cyberattacks on colleges, universities, seminaries and K-12 schools prompted a warning from the FBI’s Cyber Division this week. The advisory notice, published Tuesday, warned that criminals using malicious software called PYSA ransomware are increasingly targeting education institutions and attempting to extort them. The FBI became aware of PYSA ransomware in March 2020 but has not identified the criminals behind the attacks. Using phishing emails...