Denis Lafitte, Chief Digital Information Officer at Guys’ and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, has urged the government not to disband the NHS England cyber security team amidst its significant reorganisation. This followed a ransomware attack on their pathology provider Synnovis which prompted the postponement of over 11,000 patient procedures. After the attack, the Trust had to rebuild its systems from scratch and is prioritising increasing awareness of cyber security throughout its operations.
Windows Agere Modem Driver 0-Day Vulnerabilities Actively Exploited To Escalate Privileges
Microsoft has disclosed two critical zero-day vulnerabilities in the Agere Modem driver bundled with Windows operating systems, confirming active exploitation to escalate privileges. The flaws,
