Threat Intelligence , Breach , Critical Infrastructure Security Global education sector attacks surge 63% April 29, 2026 Share By SC Staff Global educational institutions experienced a 63% surge in cyberattacks during the period spanning November 2024 to October 2025, with data breaches soaring 73% and hacktivist-driven activity jumping 75%, according to threat intelligence compiled by Quorum Cyber, reports Infosecurity Magazine . The firm's 2026 Global Cyber Risk Outlook for Higher Education, drawing from FalconFeeds.io data across sixty-seven countries, documented 425 recorded incidents compared to 260 in the prior twelve-month window. Universities face a multi-front threat landscape: nation-state actors targeting high-value research in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and advanced materials; Iranian-linked hacktivists escalating distributed denial-of-service attacks, defacements, and data leak operations; and persistent ransomware campaigns led by groups including FunkSec, Cl0p, and INC. Ambrose Neville, head of information security at Queen Mary University of London, noted that the sector's foundational commitment to "openness and collaboration" makes aggressive system lockdown impractical, forcing institutions to prioritize "security resilience," early threat spotting and rapid response, over rigid isolation. Quorum Cyber's recommendations emphasize intelligence-led vulnerability management, offline backups, phishing-resistant multifactor authentication, and regular incident response tabletop exercises to counter the accelerating threat tempo. SC Staff Related Threat Intelligence Swisscom radar warns of geopolitical cyber surge SC Staff April 29, 2026 Swisscom's latest Cybersecurity Threat Radar warns that the Swiss threat landscape is being fundamentally reshaped by the convergence of state-sponsored attacks, hybrid disinformation campaigns, and the compounding risks introduced by artificial intelligence and interconnected operational technology systems, The Fast Mode reports. Threat Intelligence AI lowers attack barriers, Google intel chief warns SC Staff April 29, 2026 Google Threat Intelligence Vice President Sandra Joyce warned that artificial intelligence is rapidly lowering the technical barriers for cyber attackers, enabling threat groups to scale operations, accelerate intrusion timelines, and automate workflows, though fully autonomous agentic attacks have yet to be observed in the wild, Security Brief Asia reports. Threat Intelligence Cybercriminals adopt structured operational security to evade detection SC Staff April 29, 2026 The framework details a three-tier architecture: public, operational, and extraction layers, designed for strict separation of exposure, execution, and monetization. Related Events Cybercast Better Threat Intelligence Between Public and Private Sectors On-Demand Event Virtual Conference Nationwide Cybersecurity Summit 2025: Safeguarding America’s Digital Future On-Demand Event Virtual Conference Securing the Future of Finance: Strategies to Counter Modern Cyber Threats On-Demand Event Get daily email updates SC Media's daily must-read of the most current and pressing daily news Business Email By clicking the Subscribe button below, you agree to SC Media Terms of Use and Privacy Policy . Subscribe Related Terms Corruption Covert Channels DNS Spoofing Darknet Data Mining Deauthentication Attack Defacement Dictionary Attack DumpSec Morris Worm You can skip this ad in 5 seconds