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Bima Sugam achieves financial closure, mops up Rs 340 crore from insurers and GIC Re
The Ministry of Finance has prohibited three PSU general insurers-...
Delhi’s ‘old car no fuel’ policy to kick in soon, fuel stations get cameras to scan vehicles
In March, the Delhi government unveiled its plans that fuel pumps...
Ukraine war led to more damaging and widespread cybersecurity attacks: EU Agency
“Today’s global context is inevitably driving major changes in the cybersecurity threat landscape. The new paradigm is shaped by the growing range of threat actors,” ENISA Executive Director Juhan Lepassaar said in a statement Geopolitics such as Russia’s invasion of...
Biden slams Musk’s Twitter buy, says platform responsible for spewing lies
US President Joe Biden Civil rights groups are also stepping up pressure on advertisers to ensure Musk takes steps to keep the platform from being a host to hate speech or disinformation President Joe Biden criticized Elon Musk’s acquisiton of Twitter Inc., saying the...
Australia sees spike in cyber attacks from criminals and states
Business losses attributable to cyber crime rose on average 14% over the period, with the average crime costing a small business A$39,000 ($24,540) Cyber attacks against Australia from criminals and state-sponsored groups jumped last financial year, with a government...
ICICI Gen Insurance awarded patent for its IoT based device protecting properties from electrical hazards
``With this patent approval of an IoT-based - system, we aim to provide not just insurance covers to our customers but also ensure their safety and prevent hazards. This device will serve as a new-risk solution for customers and having introduced several innovative,...
Twitter sued for mass layoffs by Musk without enough notice
“We filed this lawsuit tonight in an attempt the make sure that employees are aware that they should not sign away their rights and that they have an avenue for pursuing their rights,” Shannon Liss-Riordan, the attorney who filed Thursday’s complaint, said in an...
Nearly 65 per cent of Indian firms are currently employing gig workers
For smaller organisations with less than 2,000 full-time employees, gig worker proportion is more than 5 per cent and none of the organisations surveyed have mentioned a decline in gig hiring, according to the report by Nasscom and job portal Indeed in partnership...
Modern science and technology to address flood problem in NE region: Shekhawat
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat,Union Jal Shakti Minister ''the ministry intends to make maximum use of modern science and technology to come up with a workable solution to the age-old problem of floods in the Northeast region.'' Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh...
Danish train standstill on Saturday caused by cyber attack
"We were contacted by our subcontractor who told us that their testing environment had been compromised by criminal hackers," DSB's chief of security, Carsten Dam Sonderbo-Jacobsen, told public broadcaster DR. A major breakdown of Denmark's train network during the...
Cyber criminals hold Asian tech workers captive in scam factories
Thousands of people, many with tech skills, have been lured by social media advertisements promising well-paid jobs in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, only to find themselves forced to defraud strangers worldwide via the internet CHENNAI/BANGKOK: Indian engineer Stephen...
Russian hackers account for most 2021 ransomware schemes, U.S. says
In analysis issued in response to the increase in number and severity of ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure in the United States since late 2020, the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) said it had received 1,489 ransomware-related...