The antivirus produced by the Russians must be eliminated
Franco Gabrielli, former Chief of Police and Civil Protection and who now holds the position of Undersecretary to the Prime Minister with responsibility for national security, was recently interviewed by Corriere della Sera, where he spoke about cybersecurity. In the current scenario, where the invasion of Ukraine by Russia has destabilized the international equilibrium, it is necessary to do everything possible not only to hit Russia with severe sanctions, but to get away as much as possible from its dependence. This also concerns the "virtual" world, first of all trying to protect itself from possible cyberattacks.As Gabrielli himself said, "at the moment there are no indicators on the willingness to move the fight on this ground, but that doesn't mean it won't happen. We must not be caught unprepared by developing our defense capacity and resilience “. "The more the situation becomes complicated" and "the more the possibility increases that the conflict extends to cyber attacks on countries declared 'hostile' by Putin" and, consequently, it becomes necessary to face any potential IT problems "not with desperation but with spirit of reaction to avoid the worst consequences “. The first thing to do is to get rid of "the structural limitations of an inadequate public server system" and secondly of "an addiction to Russian technology".
Photo credit - Depositphotos.com As always, it is a good idea to defend yourself from potential attacks, also paying attention to any suspicious e-mails that could constitute phishing attempts, especially if they contain files to open attached that may contain malware, as well as adopt backup systems that allow you to recover important files.
Coronavirus: US records 70,000 new cases in one day — as it happened
Amy Kazmin in New Delhi
India detected a record 32,682 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, bringing it ever closer to the grim milestone of 1m confirmed infections.
The country also recorded an additional 614 coronavirus deaths, bringing the total number of fatalities from the pandemic in India to 24,900.
India now has more than 970,000 confirmed coronavirus infections, the world’s third-heaviest confirmed burden after the US and Brazil.
Despite this, the government has touted its battle against the pandemic as a great success, pointing to the relatively low number of deaths in a nation of 1.3bn people.
Until now, India’s coronavirus hotspots have mainly been metropolises such as Mumbai, the preeminent financial city, and Delhi, the capital district.
But the virus is now spreading into more rural areas, such as Bihar, where medical infrastructure is far weaker.
The failure to control the virus has led to renewed disruptive lockdowns in many parts of the country, including the tech hubs of Pune, Bangalore, pictured, and the state of Bihar.
In the southern state of Karnataka, of which Bangalore is the capital, B. Sriramulu, the state’s health minister and chair of its Covid-19 task force, declared on Wednesday that “only God” could save the state from the ravages of the pandemic.
Public health experts say India’s total confirmed case count, and its official death toll, are likely to be severely understating the true magnitude of the epidemic, as India has one of the lowest rates of testing of any major nation in the world.
In these regions, many ailing coronavirus patients may never be tested, or diagnosed, or treated, simply becoming silent, unacknowledged casualties of the pandemic.