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“SIRC 2020 Re-Mind”:Mumenthaler and Kessler to address the virtual event, Global-Asia Insurance Partnership to be launched
Deputy Prime Minister, Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies and Minister for Finance, Heng Swee Keat will announce the launch of the Global-Asia Insurance Partnership (GAIP), a new global centre of excellence in risk management in Singapore that is a tripartite partnership amongst regulators, academia and industry
Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University will be the research institution partner under the GAIP, to work on studies about the future development and needs of the insurance sector.
All insurance/reinsurance industry practitioners and media can register for the virtual event free of cost at https://sirc.6connex.com/event/SIRC2020REMIND/login
Swiss Re joins global coalition to better predict & prevent outbreak and pandemics, to harness data and analytics
The Trinity Challenge aims to develop ideas and tools for tackling the three stages of infectious disease emergencies – identification, response and recovery.
By becoming a member of The Trinity Challenge, Swiss Re is joining leaders across the academic, non-profit and private sectors including Google, Microsoft and Facebook, GlaxoSmithKline, McKinsey & Company, the Gates Foundation, the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London.
Govt to bring new law to curb air pollution in Delhi-NCR
The new law will be only for Delhi and NCR. It will come out soon. I cannot comment on what penalties it will entail. It is a new law to curb pollution in Delhi NCR region only. Air Act is for the nation and it will be as it is, Environment Secretary, R P Gupta, told PTI.
Cyberattack on Dr Reddy’s Labs sharp reminder to strengthen digital infrastructure: Analysts
Dr Reddy’s faced a major data breach yesterday which triggered a shutdown of its key facilities. The company experienced data breaches in servers in the UK, the US, India, Brazil and Russia. Afterwards, the company released a statement which said that in the wake of a detected cyberattack, it had isolated all data centre services to implement preventative measures. Dr Reddy’s anticipates all services to be up within 24 hours and does not expect any major impact on operations due to the cyberattack.
Cybersecurity tops corporate priorities in India now: Study
With users connecting from outside the corporate walls, secure access defined as the ability to verify identity and establish trust no matter how, where, or when users log in, is the top cybersecurity challenge faced by the largest proportion of Indian organizations (68 per cent)when supporting remote workers.
Microsoft most imitated brand by hackers in Q3 2020: Report
In a brand phishing attack, criminals try to imitate the official website of a well-known brand by using a similar domain name or URL and web-page design to the genuine site.
The link to the fake website can be sent to targeted individuals by email or text message, a user can be redirected during web browsing, or it may be triggered from a fraudulent mobile application.
Russians who pose threat to US elections have hacked nuclear plants and power grid
In other attacks, it has hijacked the software updates for computers attached to industrial control systems. It has also blasted targets with phishing emails in search of employees, or co-workers, who might have access to critical systems at water, power and nuclear plants.
Apple fixes 6 malicious apps posing as Adobe Flash installers
Cyber criminals managed to pass malicious apps through the Apple app “notarization” process for the second time this year, reports ZDNet.
The six new notarised apps posed as Flash installers.
Once installed, the apps would download and install the OSX/MacOffers adware.
OSX/MacOffers is known for modifying the search engine in the victim’s browser.
The six malicious apps have now been de-notarised by Apple.
South Korea urges people to get flu vaccinations despite death tolls
“Vaccination offers far greater benefits compared to side effects, and both the WHO and domestic and overseas experts agree,” Health Minister Park Neung-hoo told a briefing on Sunday, in a reference to the World Health Organization.
Last year, more than 1,500 elderly people died within seven days of receiving flu vaccines, but those deaths were not linked to the vaccinations, the government said.
As South Korea presses on with its inoculations, southeast Asia’s tiny city state of Singapore became one of the first nations this week to call a temporary halt to the use of two influenza vaccines, as a precaution.
Blaze at Mumbai mall doused after 56 hours
“It was a level-5 (massive) blaze and was doused around 5 am on Sunday,” a fire brigade official said.
Over 3,500 people from an adjacent residential high- rise were evacuated as a precautionary measure
Earlier this month, a blaze at a cutlery market in south Mumbai took almost 45 hours to be extinguished.