Curated Daily News for August 24, 2020

Today’s topics include: Supply-chain attacks surge, Quantum error correction with a twist, Malicious AWS AMI’s, BEC attacks pivot to the finance team, SME’s especially vulnerable to attacks, and is a ransomware attack a reportable breach?

• SMEs Especially Vulnerable to Pandemic Security Challenges
• Arcane – Tool To Backdoor iOS Packages (iPhone ARM)
• How IT-OT Security Has Changed in the Wake of COVID-19
• Companies Battle Another Pandemic: Skyrocketing Hacking Attempts
• BEC Operators Switch Focus on Finance Department Employees (over Executives), New Data Shows
• Is a Ransomware Attack a Reportable Data Breach?
• Researchers Sound Alarm Over Malicious AWS Community AMIs
• The HttpOnly Flag – Protecting Cookies against XSS
• Quantum computers do the (instantaneous) twist
• The Day the Music Died: Certificate Expiration Takes Down Spotify
• ‘Next-Gen’ Supply Chain Attacks Surge 430%
• Breaking Smartphone NFC Firmware: The Gory Details