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Insurers increasingly tap AI to tackle surging Cat losses
Risk experts are increasingly using AI to crack an especially...
Cyber incidents: IRDAI asks insurers to empanel forensic experts in advance
"In addition…, all regulated entities are required to establish a...
Rlys floats tender for consultant to monetise customer data, may withdraw it over privacy concerns
According to the tender document, the data to be studied will include information captured by the transporter's various public facing applications such as ''name, age, mobile number, gender, address, e-mail ID, class of journey, payment mode, login or password'' and...
UK water supplier hit by ‘Extremely Concerning’ cyber attack, vulnerabilities of critical infra exposed
Cybersecurity experts said the breach was alarming but cautioned that it wasn’t clear how deeply the hackers had penetrated the system and whether there may have been controls in place that could have prevented unauthorized tampering with water supplies A company that...
RBI seeks public feedback on changes in payment systems
The focus of RBI's initiatives in the payment systems has been to ease frictions which may arise from systemic, procedural or revenue-related issues. While there are many intermediaries in the payments transaction chain, consumer complaints are generally about high...
Centre blocks 8 YouTube channels for spreading disinformation against India
The channels that were blocked under the Information Technology Rules-2021 include seven Indian news channels The blocked YouTube channels had over 114 crore views; and 85.73 lakh subscribers and the content was being monetised, an official statement said New Delhi;...
Canara HSBC Life Insurance launches Customer Mobile App
Canara HSBC Life Insurance launched customer mobile App ‘Canara HSBC Life Insurance App’ available on android, iOS devices and web portal on the 75th Independence Day of India. Anuj Mathur, MD & CEO, Canara HSBC Life Insurance said, “The launch of the App will...
Funds for ABDM implementation to be given on performance of states, UTs in recording data: NHA
R S Sharma, CEO, NHA This performance-based fund allocation will help in structured implementation of ABDM at the state and UT level, with verified entries strengthening the key national registries being built under the scheme, an NHA statement said R S Sharma, CEO,...
Caste in California: Tech giants confront ancient Indian hierarchy
The update came after the tech sector - which counts India as its top source of skilled foreign workers - received a wake-up call in June 2020 when California's employment regulator sued Cisco Systems on behalf of a low-caste engineer who accused two higher-caste...
Researcher hacks Musk’s Starlink system
Belgian security researcher Lennert Wouters revealed the first-ever hacking of Starlink's user terminals or satellite dishes located at homes and buildings A cyber-security researcher has hacked the Elon Musk-run Starlink satellite-based internet system by using a $25...
Chinese technology in ‘Internet of Things’ poses new threat to West: Reports
The Internet of Things (IoT) has evolved from niche industrial applications to being ubiquitous in homes, offices and some vehicles. These technologies are great to help in our day-to-day life but it turns out to be data collectors which can be used by a hostile state...
Over 2,000 Indian websites hacked by groups in Indonesia, Malaysia
Two cyber groups 'Dragonforce Malaysia' and 'Hacktivist Indonesia' were held responsible for hacking 2000 websites of India, while handling electronic gadgets sitting in Indonesia and Malaysia Apart from the Andhra Pradesh Police, the personal information of many...