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The Assembly of the Republic of Albania and telecom company One Albania have been targeted by cyber attacks, the country’s National Authority for Electronic Certification and Cyber Security (AKCESK) revealed this week.
“These infrastructures, under the legislation in force, are not currently classified as critical or important information infrastructure,” AKCESK said.
One Albania, which has
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Anna Jaques Hospital’s health record system was shut down due to a cyberattack, causing delays in receiving services and diverting ambulance arrivals. The hospital is working with cybersecurity professionals to investigate the attack.
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Google has reached a preliminary settlement in a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of deceiving users about their privacy while using the Incognito mode. The settlement comes after a nearly four-year legal battle.
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The extent of the cyber incident is still being determined, but external experts have been engaged to investigate, raising concerns about a potential data breach and exposure of sensitive financial information.
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Microsoft on Thursday said it’s once again disabling the ms-appinstaller protocol handler by default following its abuse by multiple threat actors to distribute malware.
“The observed threat actor activity abuses the current implementation of the ms-appinstaller protocol handler as an access vector for malware that may lead to ransomware distribution,” the Microsoft Threat Intelligence
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