December 4, 2020 — A team of hackers launched a global phishing campaign to gain access to the “cold chain” of organizations required to deliver some coronavirus vaccines at super-cold temperatures, according to a cybersecurity task force. The hackers were discovered by IBM Security X-Force, a group “dedicated to tracking

IBM has found that companies and governments have been targeted by unknown attackers, prompting a warning from the Homeland Security Department. A series of cyberattacks is underway aimed at the companies and government organizations that will be distributing coronavirus vaccines around the world, IBM’s cybersecurity division has found, though it is unclear

The average cost of a data breach worldwide reached 3.86 million U.S. dollars in 2020. In fact, the United States alone faced data breaches worth 8.64 million U.S. dollars this year. The average cost of a data breach worldwide reached 3.86 million U.S. dollars in 2020. In fact, the United

Corporate reputations are being tested by a wave of cyber-crime In June, Israeli business daily Calcalist reported that Sapiens, a software company, had paid $250,000 in bitcoin to end a ransomware attack. The breach is thought to have happened when employees started working from home due to Covid-19, according to

The post-COVID-19 surge in the criticality level of medical infrastructure, coupled with across-the-board digitalization, will be big drivers for medical-sector cyberattacks next year. Sophisticated cybercriminals have been trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine research – and researchers say there’s more of that to come going into 2021. Intellectual property theft will