19th & 22nd

  Insurance giant CNA hit by new Phoenix CryptoLocker ransomware https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/insurance-giant-cna-hit-by-new-phoenix-cryptolocker-ransomware/ SOURCE:  Lawrence Abrams, Bleeping Computer  Pfizer Begins Testing Its Vaccine in Young Children https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pfizer-begins-testing-its-vaccine-in-young-children/ar-BB1eXLh0?ocid=msedgntp SOURCE:  Apoorva Mandavilli, The New York Times  (via MSN)

  North Korea reportedly tried to hack Pfizer to steal COVID-19 vaccine tech https://www.cnet.com/news/north-korea-reportedly-tried-to-hack-pfizer-to-steal-covid-19-vaccine-tech/ SOURCE:  Carrie Mihalcik, C/net  Losses to romance scams reached a record $304 million in 2020 The FTC believes the pandemic limited people's ability to meet in person, which contributed to a spike in successful online romance scams https://www.zdnet.com/article/losses-to-romance-scams-reached-a-record-304-million-in-2020/ SOURCE:  Catalin Cimpanu, ZDNet  

  You can’t sue Pfizer or Moderna if you have severe Covid vaccine side effects. The government likely won’t compensate you for damages either https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/16/covid-vaccine-side-effects-compensation-lawsuit.html SOURCE:  MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC SEC charges Robinhood with misleading customers about how it makes money https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/17/sec-charges-robinhood-with-misleading-customers-about-how-it-makes-money.html SOURCE:  Maggie Fitzgerald, CNBC

  Texas GOP chair floats secession for 'law-abiding states' after Supreme Court defeat https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/529926-texas-gop-chair-appears-to-suggest-secession-after-scotus-rejects SOURCE:  Tal Axelrod, The Hill CDC will monitor for Bell’s palsy among Pfizer vaccine recipients, but sees no causal relationship https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/11/cdc-monitors-for-bells-palsy-among-pfizer-vaccine-recipients-sees-no-causal-relationship.html SOURCE:  Noah Higgins-Dunn & Berkeley Lovelace, Jr., CNBC

Well, the vaccine has finally arrived. Wonder how many people will take it?  I'm still in the 'wait-and-see' mode.  Biden and Trump both need to put pressure on Congress to pass a stimulus bill.  Unemployment benefits and the eviction moratorium are scheduled to end in December. If a stimulus package is not passed before then, January 2021 is going to be an economic mess.  First ‘mass air shipment’ of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine arrives as airlines prepare for more https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/30/first-mass-air-shipment-of-pfizers-covid-vaccine-arrives-as-airlines-prepare-for-more.html SOURCE:  Leslie Josephs & Berkeley Lovelace Jr., CNBC  Congress returns facing government shutdown deadline, calls for stimulus amid coronavirus surge https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/30/congress-looks-to-pass-coronavirus-stimulus-government-funding.html SOURCE:  Jacob Pramuk, CNBC