HIGHER EDUCATION

2024 ThreatDown State of Malware in Education

The 2024 State of Malware in Education is a comprehensive analysis of six pressing cyberthreats—including CL0P, Living Off The Land (LOTL) attacks, malvertising, and Big Game ransomware— and outlines the proactive measures IT and security teams can take to safeguard their organizations.

Cybercriminals are rewriting the playbook. Are you keeping up?

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Key findings

  • Educational institutions need to prepare for cyberthreats—not just malware
  • Ransomware is now a zero-day threat
  • Threat actors are avoiding detection via ‘fly under the radar’ tactics
  • Macros are being replaced by malvertising
  • Android trojans are breaking into bank accounts
  • A new threat prevention playbook is needed

70%

Increase in known ransomware attacks against the higher education sector in 2023. 

This means attacks increased from 
129 incidents in 2022 to 
265 incidents in 2023.

What you’ll learn

  • Discover why targeting Macs has become an easy choice for criminals and uncover the most dangerous threats for Mac, Windows and Android.
  • Understand why Living Off The Land (LOTL) is such a difficult problem to solve and what is behind the recent boom in malvertising.
  • Learn how CL0P is rewriting the ransomware playbook and why Big Game ransomware remains the most serious threat.
  • Gain the insights and tactics your resource-constrained IT team need to protect your organisation in the year ahead.

What’s inside

This year’s State of Malware report looks at six threats that deserves your educational institution’s full attention.

IT and security teams now face “Living Off the Land” (LOTL) attacks, malvertising, zero-day ransomware, and a range of other cyberthreats that don’t meet the traditional definition of malware.

Readers will explore the diversity and seriousness of the dangers businesses face, and discover the techniques and technologies to stop them.

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