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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (MID1777588198)

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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis

Rankiteo Incident Impact-68
Company Score Before Incident756 / 1000
Company Score After Incident688 / 1000
INCIDENT NUMBERMID1777588198
Type of Cyber IncidentBreach
ATTACK VECTORNA
DATA EXPOSEDSensitive patient data, including names,...
INCIDENT DATE01/11/2025
STATUSOngoing

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of Mid-South Pulmonary & Sleep Specialists P.C.'s Breach and lateral movement inside company's environment.
  • Overview of affected data sets, including SSNs and PHI, and why they materially increase incident severity.
  • How Rankiteo’s incident engine converts technical details into a normalized incident score.
  • How this cyber incident impacts Mid-South Pulmonary & Sleep Specialists P.C. Rankiteo cyber scoring and cyber rating.
  • Rankiteo’s MITRE ATT&CK correlation analysis for this incident, with associated confidence level.

Full Incident Analysis Transcript

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Mid-South Pulmonary & Sleep Specialists P.C. breach identified under incident ID MID1777588198.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Mid-South Pulmonary & Sleep Specialists P.C.'s information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mid-south-pulmonary, the number of followers: 174, the industry type: Medical Practices and the number of employees: 42 employees

After the initial compromise, the video explains how Rankiteo's incident engine converts technical details into a normalized incident score. The incident score before the incident was 756 and after the incident was 688 with a difference of -68 which is could be a good indicator of the severity and impact of the incident.

In the next step of the video, we will analyze in more details the incident and the impact it had on Mid-South Pulmonary & Sleep Specialists P.C. and their customers.

On 02 November 2023, Mid-South Pulmonary & Sleep Specialists (MSPSS) disclosed Data Breach issues under the banner "Mid-South Pulmonary & Sleep Specialists Data Breach Exposes Sensitive Patient Information".

On or around November 2, Mid-South Pulmonary & Sleep Specialists (MSPSS) detected suspicious activity within its network, prompting an investigation with third-party forensic experts.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Sensitive patient data, including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance details, and medical diagnoses.

In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Will notify affected individuals once review is complete.

The case underscores how Ongoing, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Will notify affected individuals once review is complete.

Finally, we try to match the incident with the MITRE ATT&CK framework to see if there is any correlation between the incident and the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

The MITRE ATT&CK framework is a knowledge base of techniques and sub-techniques that are used to describe the tactics and procedures of cyber adversaries. It is a powerful tool for understanding the threat landscape and for developing effective defense strategies.

MITRE ATT&CK® Correlation Analysis

Rankiteo's analysis has identified several MITRE ATT&CK tactics and techniques associated with this incident, each with varying levels of confidence based on available evidence. Under the Initial Access tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating detected suspicious activity within its network and Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating unauthorized access to healthcare systems. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified OS Credential Dumping (T1003) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating social Security numbers, health insurance details compromised and Unsecured Credentials (T1552) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating highly sensitive personal and medical information targeted. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating names, addresses, dates of birth, medical diagnoses compromised and Data from Information Repositories (T1213) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating healthcare systems targeted for sensitive data. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating sensitive patient data compromised and Transfer Data to Cloud Account (T1537) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating no details on breach’s origin or data exfiltration. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating suspicious activity detected within network and Data Manipulation (T1565) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating reviewing impacted files to identify affected individuals. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.

Initial Access
Valid Accounts (70%)
Exploit Public-Facing Application (50%)
Credential Access
OS Credential Dumping (60%)
Unsecured Credentials (60%)
Collection
Data from Local System (80%)
Data from Information Repositories (70%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (70%)
Transfer Data to Cloud Account (50%)
Impact
Data Destruction (40%)
Data Manipulation (30%)

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