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According to New Skills Academy’s data breach notification email seen by Hackread.com, the number of victims impacted by the breach is yet unknown. New Skills Academy, a major online learning provider based in Hertford, United Kingdom has suffered a data breach in which account information of its customers has been exposed to unauthorized sources. SEE: […]
It’s not a secret that technologies make our life easier and more comfortable. And education is no exception. Presently, lots of students rely on numerous technological advances that may help write a research paper, conduct research, organize study materials, and manage time more efficiently. In today’s article, we’re not going to talk about such trivial […]
A hacker or simply call them a cyber criminal hacked into the independent student newspaper of the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) “The Fulcrum” and ended up deleting the entire website early Sunday morning. The Fulcrum has been serving the University of Ottawa since 1942 while the website has been online since 2006. The deleted content […]
Two 14-year old 9th graders have been arrested by the police for disrupting the WiFi system of their school, Secaucus High School, Hudson County in March. According to reports, the students used an especially designed app to make the connection so overloaded with traffic that it became difficult for the teachers to upload test results […]
Recently it was reported that Chinese hackers are aiming to target around 26 leading research academies to steal research about maritime technology, the majority of which happen to be based in the USA. In the same week, three mainstream private colleges have claimed that their systems were hacked and hackers managed to gain access to […]
A report by ASER 2018 report hints that only half of the Class 5 students can read a Class 2 textbook with ease. Therefore, with an aim to improve the overall reading literacy in India, Google has launched a new Android app, dubbed Bolo for children in the country. Based on Google’s speech recognition and text-to-speech […]
GitHub Classroom is a teacher-specific tool by the code sharing and collaboration platform, which automates repository creation and access control. It makes it easy for teachers to distribute starter code and collect assignments in one place. Under the hood, GitHub Classroom uses organizations to store course content and student assignments. Adding further to its functionalities, GitHub has […]
Looking for which cyber security certifications you should get your hands on? Here are 5 certifications that will boost your salary in 2018. In response to the growing need for qualified cybersecurity professionals, salaries are on the rise in 2018. But to break into a rewarding cybersecurity role, you’ll need to prove your skills with […]
A Tenafly High School student from Bergen County, New Jersey, is being accused of breaching the security of his school’s computer system in order to change his grades hoping to get admission into an Ivy League college. For those who are not familiar with what an Ivy League college is, it’s a group of eight […]
Steve Wozniak nicknamed “The Woz” known as a coding genius and co-founder of the tech giant Apple along with late Steve Jobs has launched his online technology related education platform called “Woz U.” The platform will help people polish their skills that will ultimately lead them to a successful career in the growing tech industry. According […]
The internet truly has changed the way that we live, with more people shopping, finding entertainment, and even working online than ever before. This has also had a huge impact on the world of education; today, there is a range of online-only universities available for students, along with many well-known campus colleges, such as Pepperdine University, […]
Looking for an app that solves maths equation? — Here’s Photomath Camera Calculator app, enjoy doing maths! Photomath Camera Calculator app is one of the best apps available for both Android and iOS users helping them to solve mathematical equations like a pro! Mathematics is an amazing subject but there is a problem, not everyone is good at […]
A hacker who claims to be the ally of the ISIS terrorist group managed to hack the official website of Tsinghua University, China’s one of the most high-profile universities. The hacker left a deface page containing Arabic language verses from Islamic scripture accompanied by Arabic music. The website (tsinghua.edu.cn) otherwise displays links to departmental information and […]
Simple DNS hijacking enables attackers to distribute Fake Infected Flash Player at UConn website. On Sunday, the official web portal of the University of Connecticut was hacked and used to distribute powerful malware disguised as fake Adobe Flash Player update. The university’s deputy spokesperson Tom Breen informed that on December 27 at around 11:00 a.m. […]
On 17th October 2015, a generous man uploaded an application on Google Play Store named “Cybrary”. The application was meant for people who have unreliable internet connections. The intentions behind this application were to start a free cyber security education portal through the application so that people may use these lessons and learn cyber security […]