The education sector accounted for 13 percent of data breaches in the first half of 2017, resulting in the compromise of around 32 million records. Cybercriminals are attracted to these environments for more than just the PII data they can steal. FortiGuard Labs, Fortinets threat intelligence organization, has provided a quick rundown on nine of the most frequently encountered threats currently active in the education sector. The Andromeda Botnet, also known as Gamarue, is an HTTP-based botnet first spotted in late 2011, and it has been observed to drop other malware.”]

