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1. Attackers Target Small Manufacturing Firms

   The most common tactics include credential stuffing using valid accounts, various forms of deception, and vulnerabilities in third-party software, Rapid7 says in its latest quarterly threat report.

2. Vulnerability Disclosure Programs See Signups & Payouts Surge

   More than $44.75 million in rewards were paid to hackers over the past year, driving total payouts beyond $100 million.

3. New Google Search Hacks Push Viruses & Porn

   Three incidents demonstrate how cybercriminals leverage the scourge of black-hat search engine optimization to manipulate search results.

4. Startup Aims to Map and Track All the IT and Security Things

   Security service JupiterOne spins off from a healthcare service provider's homegrown technology.

5. Can Schools Pass Their Biggest Cybersecurity Test Yet?

   Understaffed, underfunded, and underequipped, IT teams in the K-12 sector face a slew of challenges amid remote and hybrid learning models. Here's where they can begin to protect their schools against cyberattacks.

6. Microsoft Extends Data Loss Prevention to Cloud App Security

   The update, one of several announced today, is intended to help employees remain compliant when handling data across cloud applications.

7. Permission Management & the Goldilocks Conundrum

   In today's COVID-19 era, managing access has become even more difficult, especially for large organizations. Here's how to get it "just right."

8. Nearly 70% of IT & Security Pros Hone Their Cyber Skills Outside of Work

   New research shows how security skills are lacking across multiple IT disciplines as well - including network engineers, sys admins, and cloud developers.

9. Remote Work Exacerbating Data Sprawl

   More than three-quarters of IT executives worry that data sprawl puts their data at risk, especially with employees working from insecure home networks, survey finds.

10. 'Dark Overlord' Cyber Extortionist Pleads Guilty

    Nathan Wyatt was sentenced to five years in prison after changing a previously not guilty plea.