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In the announcement which will be made tomorrow morning at 7 am (local time), there will be three things including — an unprecedented group of allies and partners (the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, and NATO) will be joining the US in exposing and criticising the PRC’s Ministry of State Security’s malicious cyber activities. This is the first time NATO has condemned PRC cyber activities, the officials said via Teleconference.
“We will show how the PRC’s MSS — Ministry of State Security — uses criminal contract hackers to conduct unsanctioned cyber operations globally, including for their own personal profit. Their operations include criminal activities, such as cyber-enabled extortion, crypto-jacking, and theft from victims around the world for financial gain,” the officials said.
FACTBOX:Automakers cutting back on rare earth magnets
Permanent magnet motors – using rare piles of the earth such as neodymium and dysprosium – naturally have a magnetic force. These are at the heart of many electric motors, powering the rotor of the drivetrain.
Motors without permanent magnets, such as induction motors, use electric current, often with copper wiring, to create a magnetic field and power the motor. These are cheaper, but less efficient and require a larger battery, reducing the driving range.
How arrival of land plants affected Earth’s climate control system
Delta variant accounts for 80% of new Covid cases: Govt expert panel chief
“Besides, on invading a human cell, it replicates faster. It leads to a strong inflammatory response in organs like the lungs. However it is difficult to say that disease due to delta variant is more severe. The age profile and the deaths during the second wave in India were quite similar to that seen during first wave,” he stated.
Zoom to buy cloud-based call centre operator Five9 in $15-billion deal
LIC launches health insurance plan, cover upto 80 years
An individual can insure himself/herself(as principal insured(PI), his/her spouse, all children and parents under one policy.The plan is available for principal insured/spouse/parents aged 18 years to 65 years and children of age 91 days to 20 years.
The cover period available for PI/spouse/parents up to age 80 years and for children up to 25 years.
This plan provides benefits like flexible benefit limit to choose from,flexible premium payment options,valuable financial protection in case of hospitalisation, surgery etc,lump sum benefit irrespective of actual medical costs, Increasing Health cover by way of Auto Step Up Benefit and No Claim Benefit.
HDFC Life net profit declines 33 pc to Rs 302 cr in Q1 FY22
”In the quarter gone by, we witnessed a steep rise in death claims with peak claims in wave two at around 3-4 times of the peak claim volumes in the first wave. We paid over 70,000 claims in Q1.The gross and net claims provided for amounted to Rs 1,598 crore and Rs 956 crore, respectively. It appears that claims on individual business have peaked in June and expect them to normalise in the coming months with more people getting vaccinated and a fall in the absolute number of infections,” HDFC Life said on the impact of the pandemic on the business during the quarter.
Govt plans to complete LIC IPO this fiscal: Karad
31.13 lakh domestic air passengers in June, 47% higher than in May: DGCA
China puts controlling stake of revamped Anbang on the block for $5.2 bln
South Africa’s riots insurer in spotlight after days of Carnage
While some claims will be assessed by heavyweight insurers such as Old Mutual Group Ltd. and Santam Ltd., the bulk of the burden will fall to one company little known outside the country: Sasria Insurance Ltd.
Sasria, a state-owned firm with 8.5 billion rand ($591 million) in assets under management, was founded shortly after the Soweto uprising of 1976, when at least 176 people died in demonstrations led by school children against the apartheid government. The frequency and scale of political protests that followed prompted private insurers to stop offering cover to vulnerable businesses, and Sasria was crated to fill the void.
Cyber security key to achieve PM’s dream of USD 5 tr economy: Shah
India among top three countries facing phishing attacks via WhatsApp and Telegram, reveals report
The biggest share of detected malicious links between December 2020 and May were sent via WhatsApp (89.6 per cent), followed by Telegram (5.6 per cent), according to data shared by Kaspersky Internet Security for Android, part of the cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab.
Countries experiencing the highest number of phishing attacks were Russia (46 per cent), Brazil (15 per cent) and India (7 per cent).
Mint Mobile data breach allows hackers to port phone numbers: Report
According to Mint Mobile, which sells mobile phone services and operates as an MVNO on T-Mobile’s cellular network, phone numbers associated with the accounts were “temporarily ported to another carrier without permission”, a media report said.
The company also admits the attacker may have gained access to some account information, including names, numbers, email addresses, passwords and account numbers.
Microsoft, DHL and Amazon most imitated brands for phishing attempts: Report
“Cybercriminals are continually increasing their attempts to steal peoples’ personal data by impersonating leading brands. In fact, in the run up to Amazon Prime Day in Q2, more than 2,300 new domains were registered about Amazon,” said Omer Dembinsky, Data Research Group Manager at Check Point Software.