UK universities among 76 targeted by hackers

A hacking group linked to Iran could be behind an attack which targeted dozens of universities in 14 countries including the UK in an attempt to steal student credentials.Researchers from the Secureworks Counter Threat Unit (CTU) discovered spoof URL pages for several universities, which would ask victims to enter their login details before bouncing them to their institution's correct address.Victims would be sent the spoof URL through an email appearing to ask them to log in.