As financially motivated attacks get easier to carry out, more universities are entering entering the crosshairs, CrowdStrike says.

VPN credentials and other account data from a "multitude" of schools are available for sale on cybercrime forums, according to an FBI alert.

Phony emails claiming to be from the IRS are attempting to get university students and staff to share their personal identifying information.

The new study will examine how virtual goods like credit card numbers and forged documents are bought and and sold in illicit online marketplaces.