Kaspersky Identifies Over 5,000 Pandemic-Related Phishing Websites

Kaspersky has identified more than 5000 pandemic-related phishing websites since the beginning of the pandemic.

Various fake payment offers and discounted Covid-19 tests are among the most common schemes used by cybercriminals. Recently, phishing ads for fake QR codes and vaccination certificates for restaurants and public events have become popular. Pandemic-related scamming activity peaked in March 2021. Kaspersky researchers observed a slight decline in June, before cybercriminals intensified their efforts. During this month, Kaspersky products detected and blocked ’14 percent’ more pandemic-related phishing websites than they did in May.

PayNearby Partners with Visa, RBL Bank to Democratize Last Mile Digital Payments

PayNearby has partnered with Visa and RBL Bank to launch SoftPoS and mPOS for its 15,00,000+ retail network. With the addition of these options, PayNearby claims to be the first company to launch an all-inclusive digital package for retailers that is form-factor agnostic and provides a wide choice to end consumers. PayNearby’s upgraded digital payment package now supports QR code payment, UPI payment, Aadhaar Pay, SMS payment, Card payment (debit/credit/contactless) and payment through mobile tokenization.

While SoftPoS allows merchants to accept contactless payments of up to Rs 5000 through a simple tap and pay mechanism on NFC-enabled smartphones, PayNearby’s 2-in-1 Micro ATM + MPOS machine allows easy acceptance of debit/credit cards at the last mile.

Cloudera Launches DataFlow for the Public Cloud for Automation, Operational Efficiency

Cloudera, the enterprise data cloud company, has launched Cloudera DataFlow for the Public Cloud, a cloud-native service for data flows to process hybrid streaming workloads on the Cloudera Data Platform (CDP). With Cloudera DataFlow for the Public Cloud, users can now automate complex data flow operations, boost the operational efficiency of streaming data flows with auto-scaling capabilities, and cut down on cloud costs by eliminating infrastructure sizing guesswork.