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Securing a Higher Education Campus remains a significant challenge. There is a direct conflict between the open collaborative nature of our advanced institutes of learning and the perennial need to lock down all sources and targets of cyber threats. For example, in an EDUCAUSE survey, it identified cybersecurity as the number one IT issue for universities in 2024, reflecting the immense pressure on security teams.

According to Salt Security's 2024 State of API Security Report, 80% of API attacks attempt to exploit one or more OWASP API Security Top 10 vulnerabilities. Yet, only 58% of organizations prioritize protection against these well-known threats. This gap leaves many businesses exposed to cyber risks that could have been prevented. Investing in API testing tools helps safeguard your mobile application ecosystem against evolving threats.

Security leaders in the life sciences and health technology fields know how important it is to safeguard sensitive data like protected health information (PHI), personally identifiable information (PII), and confidential research data. They also know what’s at stake with a security breach or data exfiltration event. But what’s not always clear is how to find the right solution to keep all that data safe.

Depending on the size of your organization, its needs, industry regulations and security risks, how often you review privileged access can vary. However, a best practice for most organizations is to review privileged access quarterly to maintain a strong security posture. Continue reading to learn more about the importance of reviewing privileged access regularly, best practices and how KeeperPAM streamlines privileged access reviews.

The latest iteration of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) just came into force, and there is much to discuss about how security professionals can get up to speed on meeting its requirements.

On March 14, 2025, a critical supply chain attack targeted the widely used GitHub Action tj-actions/changed-files. This action, utilized in over 23,000 repositories, was compromised when attackers injected malicious code, causing CI/CD pipeline secrets to be exposed in GitHub Actions logs. This breach raised serious concerns regarding the security of GitHub Actions and the importance of implementing robust security measures in CI/CD workflows.

On March 20, a relatively unknown user on Breach Forums posted the allegation that Oracle had suffered a data breach. According to published reports, the attacker claimed that 6 million customer records were exfiltrated from Oracle's SSO and LDAP systems. The threat actor behind the post is allegedly offering to sell the data, providing multiple purchasing options based on company name, hashed credentials, and other sensitive information.

On March 20, 2025, a threat actor known as Rose87168 posted on the dark web, claiming to be selling breached Oracle Cloud Traditional servers along with approximately 6 million exfiltrated user records. The hacker did not mention the price for the stolen data. He alleged that critical information, including SSO (Single Sign-On) and LDAP credentials, Java Keystore (JKS) files, passwords, and authentication keys, was stolen from Oracle’s login infrastructure.

Most organizations today utilize cloud computing to streamline their workflows and deliver more cost-effective and scalable infrastructure. While some still host everything on-premises, and some are evolving to all-cloud, the middle ground of a hybrid cloud environment is becoming increasingly popular.

In March 2025, several US federal agencies issued a joint warning on the phishing-based, ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) threat group Medusa and are encouraging organizations to implement mitigations to reduce the likelihood of being impacted by an attack.