The seventh batch of students has arrived at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport Sharjah (AASTS). The newly appointed Director of AASTS interacted with the new batch of students on the first day of the 2022-2023 academic year and encouraged them to begin their careers in the maritime industry with a proactive and optimistic attitude.

Barracuda researchers discovered that the education (15%), municipality (12%), healthcare (12%), infrastructure (8%), and financial (6%) sectors are the five most targeted by adversaries after identifying and analyzing 106 highly publicized ransomware attacks over the past year. According to the analysis, ransomware attacks on educational institutions more than doubled from the previous year

Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd., a global provider of cybersecurity solutions, reminds students that the start of the school year is always a high priority for cybercriminals. Students spend a lot of time connected to the internet whether they are studying alone, taking online or face-to-face classes, and as a result, they are highly vulnerable to cyber threats such as bank fraud, credentials theft, ID theft, or social media account takeover.

Check Point Research (CPR) recently released its Cyber Attack Trends: 2022 Mid-Year Report, which stated that, similar to the top industry ranking in 2021, the first half of 2022 shows significant increases in attacks across all sectors.
Education and research remains the most targeted industry, with an average of 2,297 attacks against organizations per week in the first half of 2022, a 44 percent increase over the first half of 2021.

Abbas A. Fairouz, Assistant Professor at Kuwait University, discusses Kuwait’s ICT sector, digital transformation in industries, and future developments and trends.