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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (ASS1776978420)

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Rankiteo Incident Impact-238
Company Score Before Incident767 / 1000
Company Score After Incident529 / 1000
INCIDENT NUMBERASS1776978420
Type of Cyber IncidentRansomware
ATTACK VECTORPhishing, Exploited Vulnerabilities
DATA EXPOSEDProtected Health Information (PHI)
INCIDENT DATE30/04/2020
STATUSCompleted (13 of 19 ransomware-related investigations under OCR's risk analysis initiative)

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of Assured Imaging'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 Assured Imaging 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 Assured Imaging breach identified under incident ID ASS1776978420.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Assured Imaging's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/assured-imaging, the number of followers: 16, the industry type: Medical Equipment Manufacturing and the number of employees: 12 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 767 and after the incident was 529 with a difference of -238 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 Assured Imaging and their customers.

Assured Imaging recently reported "HHS Settles Four HIPAA Violations Tied to Ransomware Attacks, Totaling $1.17 Million", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

The U.S.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting EMR (Electronic Medical Records) system, and exposing Protected Health Information (PHI), with nearly 427,000+ (collectively) records at risk, plus an estimated financial loss of $1,170,000 (total fines).

In response, and began remediation that includes Corrective action plans, OCR monitoring for two years, and stakeholders are being briefed through Delayed victim notifications (Assured Imaging).

The case underscores how Completed (13 of 19 ransomware-related investigations under OCR's risk analysis initiative), teams are taking away lessons such as HIPAA-compliant risk analysis is critical to prevent ransomware attacks and avoid regulatory penalties. Entities of all sizes are subject to OCR enforcement, and recommending next steps like Conduct regular HIPAA-compliant risk analyses, implement robust cybersecurity measures, ensure timely victim notifications, and prepare for OCR compliance audits, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering OCR emphasizes the importance of HIPAA Security Rule compliance to mitigate ransomware risks.

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 Phishing (T1566) with high confidence (90%), with evidence including attack vector such as Phishing (Consociate Health), and initial access broker such as entry point such as Phishing and Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (60%), with evidence including attack vector such as Exploited Vulnerabilities, and vulnerability exploited such as Lack of HIPAA-compliant risk analysis. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified User Execution: Malicious File (T1204.002) with moderate to high confidence (80%), with evidence including type such as Ransomware, and ransomware strain such as PYSA (Assured Imaging). Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Adversary-in-the-Middle (T1557) with moderate confidence (50%), with evidence including attack vector such as Phishing, and data compromised such as Protected Health Information (PHI). Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with high confidence (95%), with evidence including data encryption such as Yes (ransomware encrypted data), and type such as Ransomware and Defacement: Internal Defacement (T1491.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), with evidence including systems affected such as EMR (Electronic Medical Records) system, and data encryption such as Yes. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (80%), with evidence including data exfiltration such as Potential (Assured Imaging), and customers affected such as 244,813. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Disabling Security Tools (T1089) with moderate confidence (60%), with evidence including vulnerability exploited such as Lack of HIPAA-compliant risk analysis, and root causes such as inadequate cybersecurity measures and Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating root causes such as Lack of HIPAA-compliant risk analysis. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (90%), with evidence including data compromised such as Protected Health Information (PHI), and systems affected such as EMR system. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.

Initial Access
Phishing (90%)
Exploit Public-Facing Application (60%)
Execution
User Execution: Malicious File (80%)
Credential Access
Adversary-in-the-Middle (50%)
Impact
Data Encrypted for Impact (95%)
Defacement: Internal Defacement (70%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (80%)
Defense Evasion
Disabling Security Tools (60%)
Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (50%)
Collection
Data from Local System (90%)

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