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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.
ICICI Lombard Gen launches comprehensive covers for Drones
The comprehensive policy covers six types of risks. The Hull Cover covers any accidental loss/damage to the drone including theft and disappearance within the scope of the policy. Any loss due to wear and tear or gradual deterioration over time, as well as non-compliance with the DGCA guidelines, is not covered under this. The Payload Cover and Equipment Cover insures the accidental physical loss or damage of the payload, while the same is attached to the drone, and to the property being spares, engines and associated equipment, respectively.
China’s Communist Party unveils new plan for law-based governance
The new focus on governance comes in the midst of the on-going crackdown on China’s major corporates, including Alibaba, Tencent and the car hailing app, Didi, which resulted in a big drop in the shares of many Chinese firms listed in the US and Hong Kong markets.
Digital crime on rise, MHA helps 18 states to get cyber forensic labs
A Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System module has also been launched for immediate reporting of financial frauds and to stop siphoning off of funds by the fraudsters. Using these facilities, more than 28,000 police and law enforcement agencies personnel and about 1,000 judicial officers have been trained.
These labs commissioned in Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh are fully functional. However, these state cyber labs in Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura and Delhi are in the final stage and will start working soon.