Schools and universities are lucrative targets for cyber extortion. An investigation into one such incident has found that the University of California (UC) suffered a leak of employee and student data due to flaws in a file sharing service. Meanwhile, analysts are scrutinizing a ransomware attack at a Tokyo-headquartered manufacturer of agricultural and industrial machinery. In other news, a new malware was found siphoning off banking credentials from customers of several European banks. On that note, read further for the top ten cybersecurity highlights for the day.