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Over 13,000 malware threats detected every hour in 2020: Report
“Attackers are going to innovate and roll out new ways to target businesses in 2021. It is, therefore, essential for them to invest in robust cybersecurity solutions that can prevent them from being prey to the evolving threat landscape,” said Himanshu Dubey, Director, QuickHeal Security Labs .
Google says North Korea-backed hackers sought cyber research
While the country has denied involvement, North Korea has been linked to major cyberattacks, including a 2013 campaign that paralysed the servers of South Korean financial institutions, the 2014 hacking of Sony Pictures, and the WannaCry malware attack of 2017.
Cyber Insurance- a must for Enterprises
A cyber insurance cover is a must especially for corporates as it is designed to help an organization mitigate risk exposure by offsetting costs involved with recovery after a cyber-related security breach or similar event.
Currently, insurance covers are designed to protect against a number of cyber exposures that can impact businesses including direct costs to the corporates as well as claims/losses from third parties.
IT minister to launch ‘Work from Anywhere’ portal, Tejas Virtual Intelligence tool at NICSI event
Prasad would also launch the ‘Work from Anywhere’ portal, a virtual environment that enables employees to ”access routine applications like e-office, calendar, mail, and other departmental applications and communicate across through VC ensuring safety during this pandemic with social distancing and work assurance from anywhere”.
Augmented automated underwriting ushers in new-age technology in life insurance:Munich Re
Munich Re Automation Solutions has unveiled a blueprint on how augmented automated underwriting will revolutionise customer experience
Indian startups attract $10.14 billion in funding in 2020: Report
In terms of sectors, e-commerce attracted the highest investment with $3 billion, followed by fintech at $2.37 billion and edtech at $1.52 billion.
The report said Bengaluru, Delhi NCR and Mumbai accounted for 90 per cent of the startup investments in the country, signalling concentration of angel investors and appetite in these regions.
Bengaluru led with $4.3 billion in startup investments, followed by Delhi NCR ($3 billion) and Mumbai ($2 billion).Globally, startups raised over $308 billion in funding, with the US garnering $165 billion.
RBI says it is open to exploring possibility of digital version of fiat currency
“In India, the regulators and governments have been sceptical about these currencies and are apprehensive about the associated risks.”Nevertheless, the RBI is exploring the possibility as to whether there is a need for a digital version of fiat currency and in case there is, then how to operationalise it,” the RBI said in its booklet on ‘Payment Systems in India — Journey in the Second Decade of the Millennium’.
US leading race in artificial intelligence, China rising: Survey
“The Chinese government has made AI a top priority and the results are showing,” said Daniel Castro, director of the think tank’s Center for Data Innovation and lead author of the report.
Google opening up its spaces in US to serve as mass COVID-19 vaccination sites: Sundar Pichai
“Today we’re announcing that we’ll be opening up Google spaces to serve as mass vaccination sites, committing more than USD 150 million to promote vaccine education and equitable distribution, and making it easier for you to find where and when to get a vaccine,” Pichai announced in a blog post on Monday.
“Searches for ‘vaccines near me’ have increased 5x since the beginning of the year and we want to make sure we’re providing timely and locally relevant answers,” he said.
WhatsApp treating Indian users differently from Europeans matter of concern: Government tells HC
The central government told the high court that it was also a matter of concern that Indian users were being “unilaterally” subjected to the change in privacy policy by social networking platform WhatsApp.