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Kaspersky reports phishing attacks grow by 40% in 2023
Over 709 million attempts to access phishing and scam websites in 2023, have been thwarted by Kaspersky’s anti-phishing system, marking a 40% increase compared to the previous year’s figures. Messaging apps, artificial intelligence platforms, social media services, and cryptocurrency exchanges were among the pathways most frequently exploited by threat actors to scam users. Kaspersky’s annual…
Al-Shifa Trust treated 30 million people in three decades
President Al-Shifa Trust (AST) Eye Hospital Maj. Gen. (Retd) Rehmat Khan on Monday said that diabetes is becoming more and more common in Pakistan, which is one of the primary reasons for vision problems. Recent reports suggest that every fourth person in the country has diabetes, and 25 percent of them do not know they…
International Women Day: Kaspersky warns of cyberthreats targeting women
Ahead of International Women’s Day, Kaspersky experts have conducted research and found malware-infected websites and phishing pages mainly targeting women – including community sites, forums with advice articles, online stores selling clothes or cosmetics for females, and more. Some of the web pages were originally legitimate resources, later hacked by cybercriminals to spread malware. Kaspersky…
COMSATS Islamabad, D-8 International University Iran ink Academic Accord
Islamabad: COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI) and D-8 International University (D-8 IU), Iran, signed an MoU already authorized by the Federal Cabinet of Pakistan to enhance their collaboration in joint academic and research activities including exchange of faculty, researchers, students, staff, scholarships, training courses for the development of faculty and administrative staff, joint training programs, convening…
Top executive of Njord Partners deletes X profile after secret Putin links exposed
A top executive at private equity firm Njord Partners has banned his X (previously known as Twitter) account after an inquiry revealed that his firm had received Russian state contracts from entities controlled by sanctioned individuals, including a Vladimir Putin buddy.The Telegraph newspaper discovered that Arvid Trolle, a partner and co-founder of Njord Partners LLP,…
Pakistan’s energy landscape revolutionized with unveiling of cutting edge solar products
LAHORE Pakistan’s energy landscape has been revolutionized with the unveiling of cutting edge solar products of Sunova Solar, a global leader in renewable energy solutions. It has set the stage for a paradigm shift in the country’s energy sector with introduction of Tier-1 solar products. The products were launched at a momentous event and the…
Vital China on the move
By Qiu Chaoyi, Li Xinping, Han Xin, People’s Daily The Spring Festival travel rush, carrying people’s hopes for family reunion, reflects the new landscape of China’s high-quality development. During the 2024 Spring Festival holiday, which ran from Feb. 10 to 17, China reported about 2.3 billion trips in varied modes of transport. In particular, the…
Art contributes to rural development of village in China’s Inner Mongolia
By Wu Yue, People’s Daily “Liang, where are you going, ” asked a villager in Xikou village, Mingshuihe township, Arxan of Hinggan League, north China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region. “I have a guest, so I’m showing him around the village,” Liang Shusen answered. Today, Xikou village has become more and more enriched with cultural landscapes…
Lawyer with visual impairment in N China’s Tianjin inspires many like him
By Gong Xiangjuan, People’s Daily At an accessibility communication center named Xinzhiguang, which means “the light of heart,” in north China’s Tianjin municipality, Wang Hui was sitting in front of a computer, preparing for a speech to be delivered at a conference in the afternoon. Wang was invited by Tianjin’s municipal health commission to provide…