Cyber attackers aren't stumbling into education environments by accident. Distributed networks, remote administration, tight IT budgets, and sensitive student data at scale make schools and universities an attractive target. In 2025, education accounted for 16% of all incidents Huntress observed, continuing a cybersecurity pattern that's been building in the sector for years.
The bigger story is how the attacks are changing. Threat actors are ditching the noisy, obvious malware approaches for quieter methods: living-off-the-land techniques that abuse trusted tools, identity-based attacks using stolen credentials, and slow staging that's easy to miss if you're only watching for traditional threats. This eBook digs into what that actually looks like for cybersecurity in education environments, with real examples, the patterns worth watching, and what stronger resilience can look like even with a small team.
