Security News > 2022 > May > Security is a pain for American Dental Association: Ransomware infection feared

While the professional association confirmed to The Register it was the victim of a "Cybersecurity incident" that occurred on or around April 21, it did not disclose the nature of the attack.

The association also notified federal law enforcement and hired third-party security specialists "To investigate the impact on ADA systems and restore full system functionality," the email said.

Whether it is or isn't the notorious crime gang under a new moniker, it's a good reminder to remain on guard, said Neil Jones, director of cybersecurity evangelism at security and compliance firm Egnyte.

For the report, IBM security researchers analyzed "Billions" of datapoints including network and endpoint detection devices, incident response engagements, and domain name tracking collected from January to December 2021.

CrowdStrike takes a CNAPP. CrowdStrike combined its cloud security posture management and cloud workload protection modules via an activity dashboard, so now it can boast it has a CNAPP. CNAPP, which stands for cloud native application protection platform, is basically what we used to just call cloud security.

The new, centralized console will help customers prioritize top security issues, address runtime threats, and make cloud threat hunting easier, the security vendor claims.

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