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Beazley appoints Alessandro Lezzi as Group Head of Cyber Risks
Beazley, a leading specialty insurer, has today announced...
India and UK to collaborate on developing financial regulations
Participants from India and UK touched upon reforms in respective...
Govt targets connecting all Indians through internet by 2025: Rajeev Chandrasekhar
“Unlike many countries, data privacy is a fundamental right in India. The Government is bringing Data Protection Bill, which is with the Parliamentary Standing Committee now,” informed the Minister.
S&T Ministry launches country first cattle genomic chip for conservation of indigenous breeds
This indigenous chip was developed by the concerted efforts of scientists of the National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NAIB), Hyderabad, an autonomous body under the aegis of the Department of Biotechnology.
New method for modelling COVID-19 spread incorporates real-time data on people’s movements
“Our work opens the door to a larger integration between epidemiological models and real-world data to, through the use of supercomputers, determine best public policies to mitigate the effects of a pandemic,” Ritabrata Dutta of Warwick University, UK said.
Ransomware attacks increased by 64% in last one year: Report
“Ransomware criminals have refined their tactics to create a double extortion scheme. The initial steps towards safeguarding an organisation from any possible ransomware attack involve assuming vulnerability and setting a goal of not paying the ransom,” said Murali Urs, Country Manager, Barracuda Networks India, in a statement.
National Health Authority teams up with IIT Delhi to strengthen India’s response to COVID-19 crisis
Through this partnership, the National Health Authority (NHA) will be a technical collaborator on the US Agency for International Development (USAID)-supported SAMRIDH Healthcare Blended Financing Facility, a statement by the NHA said.
SAMRIDH Healthcare Blended Financing Facility aims to catalyse market-based health solutions to improve access to affordable and quality healthcare services for low-income and vulnerable communities, particularly for Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) beneficiaries.
IIT Delhi serves as the hosting entity for SAMRIDH. This initiative is implemented by a Technical Support Unit managed by IPE Global.
UN experts call to impose moratorium on sale of surveillance technology
Two years ago the then UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression published a report on the dangerous impact of surveillance technology on human rights and recommended an immediate moratorium on its sale and transfer until international regulations incorporating human rights safeguards were adopted. The international community failed to heed his call.
A new phishing attack lurking to scam banking customers: Advisory
“It has been observed that Indian banking customers are being targeted by a new type of phishing attack using ngrok platform.”
“The malicious actors have abused the ngrok platform to host phishing websites impersonating internet banking portals of Indian banks,” according to the advisory issued by CERT-In on Tuesday.
Amazon partners Marsh to offer product liability insurance to sellers
Amazon announced it is creating the insurance network-Amazon Insurance Accelerator- along with implementing a new policy of paying shoppers’ injury and damage claims up to $1,000.
The online marketplace now requires third-party sellers to obtain product liability coverage after reaching $10,000 in sales within one month on Amazon.
Sex scandal in Alibaba sparks #MeToo moment in China
“An Alibaba executive raped his female employee, but the company has taken no action!” she screamed, handing out the leaflets to stunned colleagues until security guards forcibly removed her. “No one is taking responsibility!”
The allegations she printed on those pages, and in a lengthy post over the weekend that went viral on China’s tightly controlled internet, are now reverberating across the upper echelons of Alibaba and in C-suites across much of the country.
Accenture says ransomware attack had no impact, withholds comment on data
Accenture said in a statement Wednesday that it had “identified irregular activity in one of our environments” and ” immediately contained the matter and isolated the affected servers.” It did not specify when the incident occurred — or acknowledge that it was ransomware. But the description of its response was consistent with ransomware.