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Dental Practices Under Attack by Ransomware Gangs

More than a dozen dental practices have recently disclosed data breaches. Six of them are dental practices linked to Soniva Dental.  Soniva has 14 locations in Texas and Massachusetts, and as of yesterday, six of its Texas locations had notified the Texas Attorney General’s Office of breaches: Soniva Dental’s website is currently offline with a note about “scheduled maintenance.” While the ransomware gang known as The Gentlemen claimed responsibility for the Soniva Dental breach, another group, CRPxO,  has recently claimed

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Coordinated Cyberattack Targets 30+ Minnesota Water Systems as One Plant Goes Offline

The Hacker News reports: A coordinated cyberattack targeted operational technology at more than 30 Minnesota community water systems on July 26 and 27, triggering a statewide cybersecurity response. Braham, Plymouth, South St. Paul and Maple Plain have publicly described a plant outage, communications failures or affected automated controls. Braham‘s water plant went offline, and the city asked residents to minimize water use until treatment resumed. Plymouth reported cellular communications problems at two water towers and multiple wastewater lift stations but continued operating

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Ernst & Young data breach claimed by ShinyHunters extortion gang

Bleeping Computer reports: The ShinyHunters extortion gang has claimed responsibility for a recently disclosed Ernst & Young data breach, saying it obtained credentials for some of the company’s systems via a supply-chain attack. Ernst & Young disclosed the breach earlier this month, saying a third-party support ticket system used by its IT personnel was compromised and support tickets that may contain client tax information were stolen. EY says it detected unusual activity on April 23 and determined that the attacker

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Malware Ransomware

79% of ransomware attacks now originate from compromised identities, Sophos report finds

Manila Standard reports that identity is the dominant initial access vector in ransomware attacks, according to a new report from Sophos: Sophos, a global cybersecurity leader, released its seventh annual State of Ransomware report, a vendor-agnostic survey of IT and cybersecurity leaders across 17 countries identifying the impact of ransomware on businesses and how prepared organizations are to defend against them. This year’s report reveals that identity is the dominant initial access vector (IAV), with four in five (79%) of ransomware

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KPMG sacks senior partner after finding she hid board documents

Financial Review reports: KPMG has sacked its former chief operating officer Eileen Hoggett from the firm’s partnership in a rare move after finding she had stored printed copies of confidential Lendlease board documents in her locker, shared them with her colleagues to win audit contracts, and repeatedly lied about it. A furious John Sams, the firm’s new chief executive, briefed partners on the dramatic development during a hastily convened all-partner call on Friday. He told the staff that the firm had

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LATEST NEWS ON HACKING, CYBER SECURITY & DATA BREACH

Featured News and Articles

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Dental Practices Under Attack by Ransomware Gangs

More than a dozen dental practices have recently disclosed data breaches. Six of them are dental practices linked to Soniva Dental.  Soniva has 14 locations in Texas and Massachusetts, and as of yesterday, six of its Texas locations had notified the Texas Attorney General’s Office of breaches: Soniva Dental’s website is currently offline with a note about “scheduled maintenance.” While the ransomware gang known as The Gentlemen claimed responsibility for the Soniva Dental breach, another group, CRPxO,  has recently claimed

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Critical Infrastructure

Coordinated Cyberattack Targets 30+ Minnesota Water Systems as One Plant Goes Offline

The Hacker News reports: A coordinated cyberattack targeted operational technology at more than 30 Minnesota community water systems on July 26 and 27, triggering a statewide cybersecurity response. Braham, Plymouth, South St. Paul and Maple Plain have publicly described a plant outage, communications failures or affected automated controls. Braham‘s water plant went offline, and the city asked residents to minimize water use until treatment resumed. Plymouth reported cellular communications problems at two water towers and multiple wastewater lift stations but continued operating

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Ernst & Young data breach claimed by ShinyHunters extortion gang

Bleeping Computer reports: The ShinyHunters extortion gang has claimed responsibility for a recently disclosed Ernst & Young data breach, saying it obtained credentials for some of the company’s systems via a supply-chain attack. Ernst & Young disclosed the breach earlier this month, saying a third-party support ticket system used by its IT personnel was compromised and support tickets that may contain client tax information were stolen. EY says it detected unusual activity on April 23 and determined that the attacker

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Malware Ransomware

79% of ransomware attacks now originate from compromised identities, Sophos report finds

Manila Standard reports that identity is the dominant initial access vector in ransomware attacks, according to a new report from Sophos: Sophos, a global cybersecurity leader, released its seventh annual State of Ransomware report, a vendor-agnostic survey of IT and cybersecurity leaders across 17 countries identifying the impact of ransomware on businesses and how prepared organizations are to defend against them. This year’s report reveals that identity is the dominant initial access vector (IAV), with four in five (79%) of ransomware

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