Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (ANN1770324912)
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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis
Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis
- Timeline of ANNE GRADY SERVICES'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 ANNE GRADY SERVICES 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 ANNE GRADY SERVICES breach identified under incident ID ANN1770324912.
The analysis begins with a detailed overview of ANNE GRADY SERVICES's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/anne-grady-services, the number of followers: 201, the industry type: Hospitals and Health Care and the number of employees: 98 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 764 and after the incident was 663 with a difference of -101 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 ANNE GRADY SERVICES and their customers.
Anne Grady Services recently reported "EMBARGO Ransomware Group Strikes Ohio Non-Profit in Repeat Attack", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.
Anne Grady Services, an Ohio-based non-profit supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, has fallen victim to the EMBARGO ransomware group, marking its second ransomware attack in recent history.
Impact assessments are still underway, so the full scope is not yet clear.
Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.
The case underscores how teams are taking away lessons such as The case serves as a stark example of the urgent need for proactive cybersecurity measures, particularly among high-risk but under-resourced organizations.
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 Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating persistent vulnerability of non-profits to cyber threats and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating second ransomware attack in recent history (RansomHub). Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified User Execution: Malicious File (T1204.002) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating rust-based malware deployed by EMBARGO ransomware group and Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating custom tools like MDeployer and MS4Killer used. Under the Persistence tactic, the analysis identified Boot or Logon Autostart Execution (T1547) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating exploit Windows Safe Mode vulnerabilities. Under the Privilege Escalation tactic, the analysis identified Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Bypass User Account Control (T1548.002) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating disable endpoint detection systems (MS4Killer) and Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating windows Safe Mode vulnerabilities exploited. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating mDeployer and MS4Killer disable endpoint detection, Indicator Removal (T1070) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating advanced evasion techniques by EMBARGO, and Masquerading (T1036) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating rust-based malware with custom tools. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating data encryption such as Yes in ransomware details and Inhibit System Recovery (T1490) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating operational disruption caused by ransomware. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating potential exposure of sensitive data mentioned. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.
Sources & References
- ANNE GRADY SERVICES Rankiteo Cyber Incident Details: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/anne-grady-services/incident/ANN1770324912
- ANNE GRADY SERVICES CyberSecurity Rating page: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/anne-grady-services
- ANNE GRADY SERVICES Rankiteo Cyber Incident Blog Article: https://blog.rankiteo.com/ann1770324912-anne-grady-services-ransomware-february-2025/
- ANNE GRADY SERVICES CyberSecurity Score History: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/anne-grady-services/history
- ANNE GRADY SERVICES CyberSecurity Incident Source: https://cyberpress.org/ohio-embargo-ransomware/
- 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