Dark Reading Daily -- August 13, 2021

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August 13, 2021

LATEST SECURITY NEWS & COMMENTARY

Ransomware Attacks and Payment Demands Soar

In the past 12 months, 30% of ransom demands topped $30 million, but victims who negotiated were able to drive demands down significantly.

Google Releases Tool to Help Developers Enforce Security

The AllStars tool allows software maintainers to automatically check specific facets of their project, such as security policy.

Online Businesses Become a Phisher's Playground

A global shift to online business this year has led to an increase in phishing attacks through website builders and CMS platforms. But not nearly enough businesses have deployed sufficient security measures against these campaigns.

Partnering With the Legal Team on OT Cybersecurity

With proper coordination, legal counsel can be a key partner for security teams, helping them make headway on their OT vulnerabilities while limiting legal risk.

Dark Reading News Desk Talks to Axis Security

Last year's broad shift to working from home had the unintended impact of raising the profile of zero trust as a way to authenticate users. Axis Security CTO Gil Azrielant unpacks the benefits of zero trust, the types of organizations that benefit most from it, and how zero trust and SASE play together.

AI for the Masses: Disinformation's New, Unneeded Superpower?

Georgetown researchers experimented with smarter AI applications that can convincingly write a variety of content types and investigated how the tech can be manipulated. Dark Reading News Desk interviews the researchers.

One-Third of Organizations Have Been Hit by Ransomware

Companies further along in digital transformation less likely to be ransomware victims, research from IDC also finds.

(Sponsored Video) Endace Embraces Network Recording to Resolve Security Incidents Faster

With an array of online challenges to address, infosec pros should add network recording to their arsenal, according to Cary Wright, VP of product management for Endace. Instead of guesswork from logs, rewinding to see what happened can resolve incidents faster, he says.

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Presenting the 2021 PWNIE Award Winners The list of 2021 PWNIE Award winners includes security researchers behind some of the biggest vulnerabilities discoveries over the past year. Top 5 Techniques Attackers Use to Bypass MFA Like other protective measures, multifactor authentication isn't failsafe or foolproof. Security of Open Source Components Requires More Collaborative Efforts While companies have expanded their use of open source, most are not giving back -- and the open source security continues to falter. MORE

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Attacks Leveraging Open Redirects on Google Meet, DoubleClick Surge

Phishing operators took advantage of the issue to redirect victims to malicious websites.

Cybersecurity Executive Order: Securing the Software Supply Chain

The new executive order will help foster a more collaborative and unified approach to cybersecurity, an approach that highlights the importance of securing software by design.

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Why Security Services Are the M&A Trend to Watch

Non-security-specific organizations are among those rushing to take advantage of growing enterprise demand for a wide range of service capabilities.

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