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Hackers Target Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution ‘Cold Chain’: IBM

Photo: Thomas Kienzle (Getty Images) Hackers “assumed to be state agents” have been waging a phishing campaign against pharmaceutical firms and other institutions involved in the forthcoming distribution of a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, IBM announced on Thursday. In a post on Security Intelligence releasing their findings, IBM Security X-Force researchers wrote that “precision […]

Cyber Daily: Covid-19 Vaccine Logistics Chain Is Ripe Target for Hacking, Physical Intrusion

Dec. 4, 2020 9:16 am ET | WSJ Pro Good day. Pharmaceutical firms and their logistics partners are on alert for hacking and physical infiltration that would disrupt supplies of Covid-19 vaccines as they become available. European police group Interpol, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and cybersecurity researchers are warning that would-be thieves and bad […]

IRS to Make ID Protection PIN Open to All — Krebs on Security

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said this week that beginning in 2021 it will allow all taxpayers to apply for an identity protection personal identification number (IP PIN), a single-use code designed to block identity thieves from falsely claiming a tax refund in your name. Currently, IP PINs are issued only to those who […]