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Net users in tier-II cities are most vulnerable to cyber security threats, with Patna being the most susceptible. A staggering 47 per cent of netizens surveyed from that city said they had been attacked. Patna was followed by Guwahati and Lucknow, according to a latest report by IT security solutions provider K7 Computing. The study says that almost three out of every ten Indian cyber users encountered one or more cyberattacks, while metro cities have experienced a similar number when compared to the previous quarter. Among the metros and tier-I cities, Delhi has seen the highest increase in terms of infection rate, with a growth of six per cent on a quarter-on-quarter basis, says the K7 Computing's Cyber Threat Monitor report for the second quarter of 2019-20. The company uses infection rate, described as the regional percentage of threat events reported to its K7 Ecosystem Threat Intelligence (K7ETI) infrastructure, as a barometer to measure the exposure of netizens group...

The fire broke out at the Hotel Virat international on Tuesday morning and soon engulfed the adjacent SSJ International Hotel Current Affairs News : Five persons were killed as fire broke out in two hotels here on Tuesday, police said. The fire broke out at the   Hotel Virat   international on Tuesday morning and soon engulfed the adjacent SSJ International Hotel, gutting both buildings. Fire tenders were rushed to contain the blaze. It took more than two hours for the fire fighters to douse the raging flames. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Deepak Kumar said the fire started in the basement and soon leaped to the upper floors. Senior district officials were present at the spot and overseeing search and rescue operations. Police officials told IANS they can still not rule out the likelihood of some people or bodies trapped inside the hotel rooms. The five victim include a woman and a child. They were staying at the   Virat Inter...