The Growing Quishing Security Threat
Cyberthreats impacted 82% of K–12 schools in the past year and a half, with a high rate of attacks targeting human behavior among the reported approaches. In particular, phishing scams continue to threaten school cybersecurity, as noted in a Consortium for School Networking report. In addition to using deceptive links in emails, attackers are now trying to use QR codes to obtain personal credentials and other information. Data from Microsoft Defender for Office 365 found that more than 15,000 messages containing malicious QR codes are sent to the educational sector daily. “Legitimate vendors…
Cyberthreats impacted 82% of K–12 schools in the past year and a half, with a high rate of attacks targeting human behavior among the reported approaches. In particular, phishing scams continue to threaten school cybersecurity, as noted in a Consortium for School Networking report. In addition to using deceptive links in emails, attackers are now trying to use QR codes to obtain personal credentials and other information.
Data from Microsoft Defender for Office 365 found that more than 15,000 messages containing malicious QR codes are sent to the educational sector daily.
“Legitimate vendors…
