Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (SWS1768001948)
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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis
Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis
- Timeline of SouthWestern Society of Pediatric Dentistry's Ransomware 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 SouthWestern Society of Pediatric Dentistry 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 SouthWestern Society of Pediatric Dentistry breach identified under incident ID SWS1768001948.
The analysis begins with a detailed overview of SouthWestern Society of Pediatric Dentistry's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/swspd, the number of followers: 23, the industry type: Professional Training and Coaching and the number of employees: 3 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 772 and after the incident was 651 with a difference of -121 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 SouthWestern Society of Pediatric Dentistry and their customers.
On 14 February 2024, Pediatric Dentistry of Oklahoma disclosed Ransomware issues under the banner "Pediatric Dentistry of Oklahoma Data Breach".
Pediatric Dentistry of Oklahoma was involved in a data breach involving sensitive patient information due to a sophisticated ransomware attack on its third-party management company.
The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Third-party management company's network, and exposing Protected health information (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII).
In response, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Immediate action to secure systems, and stakeholders are being briefed through Notification by mail to affected individuals.
The case underscores how Ongoing, and recommending next steps like Monitor account statements, obtain free credit reports, consider placing fraud alerts or credit freezes, report suspicious activity to financial institutions and law enforcement, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Monitor account statements, obtain free credit reports, consider placing fraud alerts or credit freezes, report suspicious activity.
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 Trusted Relationship (T1199) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attack on its third-party management company. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified User Execution: Malicious File (T1204.002) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating sophisticated ransomware attack. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating access to the network triggered an immediate response. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating pHI and PII of patients may have been accessed and Data from Information Repositories (T1213) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating medical and dental histories, treatment details, medication records. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating potential data exfiltration linked to ransomware. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating use of ransomware—a tactic often linked to data exfiltration and extortion. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Obfuscated Files or Information (T1027) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating sophisticated ransomware attack. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.
Sources & References
- SouthWestern Society of Pediatric Dentistry Rankiteo Cyber Incident Details: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/swspd/incident/SWS1768001948
- SouthWestern Society of Pediatric Dentistry CyberSecurity Rating page: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/swspd
- SouthWestern Society of Pediatric Dentistry Rankiteo Cyber Incident Blog Article: https://blog.rankiteo.com/sws1768001948-pediatric-dentistry-of-oklahoma-ransomware-february-2024/
- SouthWestern Society of Pediatric Dentistry CyberSecurity Score History: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/swspd/history
- SouthWestern Society of Pediatric Dentistry CyberSecurity Incident Source: https://www.claimdepot.com/data-breach/pediatric-dentistry-of-oklahoma-2026
- Rankiteo A.I CyberSecurity Rating methodology: https://www.rankiteo.com/Images/rankiteo_algo.pdf
- Rankiteo TPRM Scoring methodology: https://static.rankiteo.com/model/rankiteo_tprm_methodology.pdf