Schools in Session: Surge in Phishing Attacks Targeting the Education Sector
KnowBe4’s Threat Lab recently observed a phishing campaign targeting educational institutions. Over a 30 day period, 4,361 threats were reported, originating from 40 unique sender domains. 65% of these domains were compromised educational institution IDs. The ultimate aim of these attacks was to harvest credentials resulting in the potential data loss, compromise and further phishing emails.